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South Africa’s Eskom confirms contract awards for 1,440MWh battery storage

August 1, 2022
South Africa’s primary electricity supplier Eskom has announced details of forthcoming major battery storage deployments.
Joe Manchin at an event with Energy Secretary Jennifer Granholm (left). Image: Joe Manchin's office.

Manchin-Schumer-backed Inflation Reduction Act includes ITC for energy storage

July 28, 2022
Hopes have been raised once again that US lawmakers could introduce an investment tax credit for energy storage.
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Statkraft participates in largest ever battery storage dispatch to Ireland grid

July 28, 2022
Renewable energy company Statkraft participated in what it says was the largest dispatch of energy from battery storage to the Ireland grid to-date, on July 14th.
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Georgia Power gets approval for 765MW energy storage in 2022 Integrated Resource Plan

July 26, 2022
Georgia’s Public Service Commission (PSC) has approved state utility Georgia Power’s 2022 Integrated Resource Plan.
Wildfire season causes many problems each year in the US including impacts on the electric grid and peoples' ability to keep the lights on. Pictured is a 2013 wildfire at Yellowstone National Park. Image: Mike Lewelling, National Parks Service via Flickr.

Biden launches US$5 billion grid resiliency grant programme for disadvantaged communities

July 26, 2022
The US Department of Energy has launched 140 programmes to advance equitable development of climate, sustainability, and health measures.
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India adds Energy Storage Obligation policy to renewable energy purchase scheme

July 26, 2022
India’s government has added an Energy Storage Obligation alongside its Renewable Purchase Obligation for the first time.
Major BESS projects internationally, including the Victorian Big Battery in Australia (pictured) and Zenobe's upcoming project in Scotland are providing inertia via their inverters. Image: Victoria State government.

Australian Capital Territory government ‘invests’ in 250MW battery project

July 25, 2022
The state government of the Australian Capital Territory (ACT) will pledge funding towards a BESS rollout.
Detail of cell stacks at the completed demonstration system at VRB Energy's project in Hubei Province. Image: VRB Energy.

First phase of 800MWh world biggest flow battery commissioned in China

July 21, 2022
Commissioning has taken place of a 100MW/400MWh vanadium redox flow battery (VRFB) energy storage system in Dalian, China.
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State-owned power company to build 800MWh BESS in Poland

July 21, 2022
State-owned power company PGE Group has obtained regulatory approval to build a 200MW/820MWh battery energy storage system (BESS) in Poland.
Hero Future Energies hosting an India Republic Day celebration at one of its solar PV plants earlier this year. Image: Hero Future Energies via Twitter.

Tender for 10MW of battery storage won by Hero Future Energies in Kerala, India

July 20, 2022
Hero Future Energies has won a tender to construct grid-scale battery storage in the Indian state of Kerala.

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