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UK ROUNDUP: Canadian Solar sells portfolio, Cambridge Power, Lynher Energy project news

July 28, 2022
Another edition of our news in brief from the energy storage industry focusing on the bustling UK market.
The majority of BESS deployed in Canada to date has been large behind-the-meter C&I systems in Ontario like the one pictured, but this could be set to change. Credit: PRNewsfoto/Convergent Energy + Power

Brookfield to enter 161MW/644MWh battery project in Ontario IESO tender

July 13, 2022
Brookfield Renewable has proposed a 644MWh battery storage system to compete in the Ontario grid operator’s RfP.
LG Energy Solution provided battery racks to Moss Landing Energy Storage Facility, California, the biggest battery storage system in the world at 3GWh capacity. Image: LG Energy Solution.

World’s biggest battery storage system comes back online after months of shutdown

July 12, 2022
Moss Landing Energy Storage Facility, the single largest battery energy storage system (BESS) project in the world so far, is back online.
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EIA: US battery storage tripled to 4.6GW in 2021 and broadened out of ancillary services

July 8, 2022
Battery storage capacity in the US more than tripled to 4,631GW in 2021 and increasingly broadened out of ancillary services, according to the Energy Information Administration (EIA).
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.  
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.
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Scatec signs PPAs for co-located solar with 1.1GWh storage in South Africa

June 6, 2022
Renewable energy power producer Scatec has signed power purchase agreements (PPA) for three co-located solar and storage projects with 1.1GWh of energy storage in South Africa.
Image: NYPA via Twitter.

Drive to rehabilitate New York City fossil fuel peaker plant sites with battery storage

April 22, 2022
New York Power Authority has started a process of adapting fossil fuel peaker plant sites to host battery storage which could replace them. 
Land at California's Salton Sea, where the extraction of lithium from geothermal brine will be piloted. Image: CTR.

Biden’s Defense Production Act intervention ‘won’t solve near term battery supply chain challenges’

April 14, 2022
President Joe Biden’s recent invocation of the Defense Production Act of 1950 could help solve supply chain issues, but only over the longer term. 
Mercedes-Benz Energy stand at a trade show in Europe, pictured in 2017. Image: Andy Colthorpe / Solar Media.

Mercedes-Benz Energy returns to ESS market with second life tie-up

April 5, 2022
EV batteries made by Mercedes-Benz will be given a new lease of life in stationary energy storage systems (ESS). 

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