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FREYR Battery expands gigafactory plan amid pledge of support from Norway’s government

June 30, 2022
FREYR Battery will go ahead with construction of its first battery gigafactory in Norway, which has announced a National Battery Strategy.
The 6MW ground mounted PV array. Image: GPM / Mahindra Susten.

VIDEO: Business models and drivers for India’s energy storage market

June 30, 2022
Energy-Storage.news proudly presents this sponsored webinar with Clean Horizon, discussing the prime potential of energy storage in India.
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Germany finally gives energy storage its own legal definition

June 29, 2022
The German parliament has passed law amendments giving energy storage its own legal definition, in a move welcomed by industry sources.
FCAS services remain the biggest revenue stream for most BESS assets in Australia, like the Hornsdale Power Reserve (pictured). Image: Neoen.

Hornsdale Power Reserve issued with penalty for failure to deliver contingency services

June 29, 2022
Hornsdale Power Reserve in South Australia has been fined for breaching National Electricity Rules over a three month period in 2019.  
An existing community, or neighbourhood battey site in Western Australia. ARENA has called for systems of between 500kW and 5MW from applicants. Image: Horizon Power.

Australia ‘should adopt energy storage target, drop capacity mechanism plans’

June 29, 2022
Australia’s Clean Energy Council calls for an energy storage target, while arguing that a plans for a capacity mechanism should be scrapped.
Boundary Power R-Series SAPS installation. Image: Boundary Power.

Western Australia putting 1,000 PV-plus-battery standalone power systems into remote and rural areas

June 28, 2022
The government of Western Australia has begun a drive to deploy at least 1,000 renewable energy off-grid power systems.
Rendering of CS Energy's 200MWh Chincilla BESS project, announced by the state-owned group earlier this year. Image: CS Energy.

Queensland state budget funds battery storage buildout ‘blitz’

June 27, 2022
Queensland’s state government has identified batteries as the fastest way to add energy storage to the electricity network.
Astoria Generating Station. New York's largest single peaker plant site has an important legacy with a dark side. It's also among the first to have a committed plan to replace some of its capacity with batteries, by owner Eastern Generation. Image: wikimedia user tim1337

Eastern Generation gets permit for 135MW battery storage at New York fossil fuel plant site

June 23, 2022
Approval has been granted for construction of a large-scale BESS at the site of an existing fossil fuel power plant in New York.
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LDES Council: ‘significant policy support’ for sector needed until 2030-35

June 23, 2022
Significant policy support for the long duration energy storage (LDES) sector may be needed until 2030-35 when the market matures, says a new LDES Council policy toolbox report.
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.

Australia’s capacity mechanism ‘shouldn’t lock in reliance on aging and polluting generators’

June 22, 2022
A capacity mechanism for Australia’s National Electricity Market needs to catalyse investment in renewable energy and energy storage.

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