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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.
Artist's concept drawings of how VSUN's residential flow battery could look. Image: VSUN.

Australian projects trial benefits of distributed neighbourhood and flow battery energy storage

June 21, 2022
The government of Victoria, Australia, has opened a round of funding for ‘neighbourhood-scale’ battery storage.
Battery storage project in New York. Image: Convergent Energy + Power.

New York grid operator says wholesale market will drive investment in energy storage

June 20, 2022
There could be nearly 13GW of energy storage on the grid in New York by 2052, according to the state’s grid operator NYISO.
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Europe needs 600GW of energy storage by 2050, says trade body EASE

June 20, 2022
Europe will need a total of 187GW of energy storage by 2030 and 600GW by 2050 to meet its renewable energy targets, according to the European Association of Energy Storage (EASE).
1414 Degrees early concept art for the Aurora project. Image: 1414 Degrees.

Australia large-scale hybrid CSP-battery-PV project revived after pull-out of investors

June 17, 2022
Novel project in development in Australia combining CSP, molten silicon thermal storage, solar PV and grid-scale BESS appears to be revived.
Muja coal power plant is scheduled for phased retirement by the end of 2029. Image: Wikimedia user nachoman-au

Western Australia invests A$3.8 billion to manage coal to renewables-plus-storage transition

June 17, 2022
Western Australia will retire its two state-owned coal power plants by 2030 and invest in renewable energy and energy storage.
Sembcorp has been involved with UK BESS projects like the one pictured, which uses Fluence's containerised battery units. Image: Sembcorp.

Sembcorp to build 200MW battery storage at Singapore’s industrial hub Jurong Island

June 16, 2022
Sembcorp is building 200MWh of battery storage systems on Singapore’s Jurong Island, home to much of the country’s industrial activity.
The 6MW ground mounted PV array. Image: GPM / Mahindra Susten.

Indian state Gujarat tenders for 500MW of renewables with storage for rural electrification

June 15, 2022
Gujarat will sign power purchase agreements for renewables paired with energy storage to bring electricity to off-grid villages.
Artist rendering of the Fort Carson project. Image: Lockheed Martin.

Lockheed Martin putting long-duration flow battery at US Army’s Fort Carson

June 15, 2022
‘Innovative long-duration storage technology’ from Lockheed Martin will be deployed at the US Army’s Fort Carson in Colorado.
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ROUNDUP: US has 35TWh of pumped hydro potential, 5.8GW grid capacity tender in Spain, 530MW of ESS projects progress in Philippines

June 14, 2022
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