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Leeward Renewable Energy’s 88MW/352MWh California BESS enters operations

May 8, 2025
Developer and IPP Leeward Renewable Energy’s (LRE) 88MW/352MWh Chaparral Springs battery energy storage system (BESS) in Kern County, California is now fully operational.
CATL's Hank Zhou, CTO ESS Europe, unveiling the new product. Image: CATL.

CATL launches 9MWh ‘two in one’ stacked BESS product in response to transportation weight limits

May 8, 2025
CATL has launched a 9MWh grid-scale BESS product which comprises two smaller units stacked on top of each other, which it said gets around weight challenges for transportation.
Lithium-ion BESS project supplied by Saft, one of the EASE members that contributed to the new guide. Image: Saft.

EASE guide ‘serves as blueprint for safe deployment of BESS across Europe’

May 8, 2025
European energy storage trade association EASE has recommended the harmonisation of international standards for battery storage safety.
TWAICE data strategy KPIs webinar

VIDEO: The right data strategy for BESS means unlocking system-level KPIs for optimal performance

May 8, 2025
Energy-Storage.news proudly presents our sponsored webinar with TWAICE, on building the right data strategy for battery storage market success.
Image: EnergyCo.

EnergyCo grants access rights for 7.15GW of renewables and energy storage in Australia

May 8, 2025
7.15GW of renewables and energy storage projects have been granted access rights to connect to Australia’s first REZ in Central-West Orana.
Image: WaterNSW.

AGL fully acquires 13.9GWh of pumped hydro in New South Wales, Australia

May 8, 2025
AGL Energy has acquired two pumped hydro energy storage (PHES) sites in the Hunter region of New South Wales, totalling 13,930MWh.
Significant growth will be seen in all three modelled scenarios, but deployment will still fall short of what's required, SolarPower Europe said. Image: SolarPower Europe.

SolarPower Europe forecasts 45% CAGR for battery storage to 2029, urges policymakers to do more

May 7, 2025
Europe breaking battery storage deployment records, but more still needs to be done to accelerate uptake, according to SolarPower Europe.
Con Edison's 7.5MW BESS project in the Fox Hills area of New York City. Image: Con Edison.
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Utility Con Edison on using long-duration energy storage technology to help decarbonise New York City

May 7, 2025
ESN Premium speaks with King Look, director of research and development at New York utility Con Edison, about implementing long-duration energy storage (LDES) in New York City.
Sonnen Texas VPP

Sonnen launches ‘highly scalable’ 60MWh virtual power plant in Texas

May 7, 2025
Energy storage virtual power plant (VPP) provider Sonnen is partnering with Abundance Energy and Energywell Technology Licensing to develop a battery-enabled VPP in Texas, US.
Image: Clean Energy Associates

Beyond lithium? Why alternative battery chemistries are promising—but not ready

May 7, 2025
Alternative technologies to lithium-ion are unlikely to oust the incumbent anytime soon, writes Anh Vu of Clean Energy Associates (CEA).

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