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St Thomas, in the US Virgin Islands, where the Randolph Harley Power Plant is located. Image: wikimedia user Sunil Pereira.

Wärtsilä nears finish of pandemic-delayed US Virgin Islands hybrid power project

April 5, 2023
A hybrid power project combining thermal engines with battery storage nearing its completion after delays caused deadlines to be extended.
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Texas: ITC-aided 200MW merchant project comes online, CATL in 5GWh supply deal

March 30, 2023
Texas continues to be a hotbed for energy storage activity, as CATL announces major supply deal and first project to get ITC comes online.
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New York regulators give utilities three-year extension on energy storage projects

March 27, 2023
The New York Public Service Commission has given utilities until the end of 2028 to put in place large-scale energy storage resources, extending a previous 2025 deadline.
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Ameresco to get 2.1GWh BESS project for Southern California Edison to ‘substantial completion by summer’

March 1, 2023
Ameresco has nearly completed its three-site, 2.1GWh battery energy storage system project for utility Southern California Edison.
Anti-war protestors photographed in Glasgow, Scotland, as Russia’s invasion began, February 2022. Image: Credit: Wikimedia user Daniel Naczk.

European energy strategy must reconcile the need for flexibility

January 30, 2023
European policy makers need to strengthen the role of flexibility technologies, write Fluence’s Julian Jansen and Lars Stephan.
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US sets another record for quarterly energy storage installation figures

December 19, 2022
The US industry deployed more than 5GWh of energy storage in the third quarter of 2022, close to half the entire amount of storage installed in the country in 2021.
European Commission delegation visiting a Fluence battery storage project in Lithuania. Image: Energy Cells via LinkedIn.

Fluence expects EBITDA breakeven in 2024, angles for IRA incentives with product strategy

December 14, 2022
Fluence said the company is on track to grow revenues by almost a third on “multi-year” basis, leading to breakeven EBITDA in 2024.
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Lithium battery pack prices go up for first time since BloombergNEF began annual survey

December 6, 2022
Lithium-ion battery pack prices have gone up 7% in 2022, marking the first price rise since BloombergNEF began its surveys in 2010.
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Logistical challenges no match for delivery of 150MWh BESS in Australia’s outback

November 24, 2022
On-time commissioning for the 100MW/150MWh Wandoan South BESS came amid serious challenges.
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Overcoming the great disconnect in the battery storage supply chain

May 16, 2022
Rising demand for batteries, largely coming from the electric vehicle (EV) sector, means raw materials prices continue to be volatile.

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