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US President Joe Biden visiting a National Renewable Energy Lab (NREL) solar facility. Image: NREL.

Biden’s executive action to support solar likely to run in tandem with support for energy storage

June 14, 2022
Actions taken this month by the US government to support solar industry unlikely to come at the expense of support for energy storage.
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New York awards 159MW of co-located BESS in 2.4GW renewable tender

June 13, 2022
New York has awarded 22 solar PV projects totalling 2.4GW of power, including six co-located sites with a combined 159MW of battery energy storage systems (BESS).
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Development bank funds co-located 80MWh BESS on US-Mexico border

June 13, 2022
US development bank NADBank is providing a US$65.7 million loan for a co-located solar project with an 80MWh battery energy storage system (BESS) in Texas.
Queensland's Wivenhoe PHES plant, which has been in operation since 1985. Image: Queensland State Archives via Flickr / Public Domain.

Queensland puts A$48 million into studies for potential large-scale pumped hydro sites

June 13, 2022
Australia’s first new large-scale pumped hydro energy storage (PHES) plant in nearly 40 years is being built in Queensland and the state’s government is now exploring options for more.
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Solar-plus-storage project with up to 4,500MWh of batteries proposed in Philippines

June 13, 2022
An infrastructure group owned by Philippine billionaire Enrique K Razon has proposed construction of one of the biggest solar-plus-storage projects in the world.
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PG&E reveals storage plans in climate strategy report, cuts ribbon on Elkhorn BESS

June 10, 2022
Californian investor-owned utility (IOU) PG&E has revealed its energy storage plans in a Climate Strategy Report and cut the ribbon on the 182.5MW Elkhorn battery energy storage system (BESS).
Rendering of a New South Wales battery storage project currently under construction through Shell and state-owned energy developer Edify Energy. Image: Edify.

‘Super Battery’ first to benefit from New South Wales government’s A$1.2 billion spending pledge

June 10, 2022
New South Wales’s single biggest ever investment in infrastructure will go towards enabling renewable energy additions across its networks.
The shift represents a break with Illinois' historic past, as pictured in a 1915 book, 'Coal mining in Illinois'. Image: Internet Archive Book Images via Flickr (Public Domain).

Illinois ‘Coal to Solar’ transition scheme awards grants for 255MW of battery storage

June 9, 2022
Companies building battery energy storage facilities at former coal power plant sites in Illinois will get US$280.5 million in grants.
2021 infographic on the project. Image: Mitsubishi Power Americas.

Department of Energy confirms US$504 million loan to 300GWh Utah hydrogen energy storage hub

June 9, 2022
Utah project claimed as largest green hydrogen storage hub planned globally will get loan funding from the US Department of Energy.
Black coal, the closest competitor to battery storage, will be all but off the system by the mid to late 2030s. Image: Flickr user John Englart.

After the Climate Wars: Why does Australia need an electricity storage target?

June 8, 2022
How a deployment target scheme could transform the economics of storage in Australia and help the government fulfil its promises to voters.

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