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Xcel Energy's Riverside power plant in Minnesota which was converted from coal to combined cycle gas turbines (CCGT) in 2009. Credit: Xcel Energy

US utility Xcel seeks solar and storage proposals to replace retiring coal plant

August 16, 2023
US electric utility Xcel Energy has launched a request for proposals (RFP) for solar and battery storage projects to replace its Allen S. King coal-fired power plant in the US state of Minnesota.
1MWh battery storage system based on zinc-air technology from Eos Energy Enterprises at a wastewater treatment plant in 2017 in Caldwell, New Jersey. Image: Eos

New Jersey seeks input on energy storage incentives, with state falling short of target

August 15, 2023
Regulators in New Jersey have opened up a Request for Information (RFI) on a draft incentive plan to promote energy storage deployment in the northeastern US state.
Artist rendering of a battery storage asset of the type to be deployed by FlexGen for Alliant Energy. Image: Alliant Energy.

Alliant Energy gets 175MW/700MWh BESS projects at Wisconsin PV plants approved

August 10, 2023
Alliant Energy’s plans to build two large-scale battery storage projects to pair with solar PV in Wisconsin have been approved by regulators.
Representatives of the companies as the agreements were signed, standing with Indonesia Coordinating Ministry for Maritime and Investment Affairs Deputy for Infrastructure and Transportation Coordination, Rachmat Kaimuddin (third from left). Image: Vena Energy

Suntech, Powin and Rept Battero sign up for Vena Energy’s Indonesia clean energy ‘hybrid megaproject’

August 8, 2023
Framework agreement signed between developer Vena Energy and suppliers to a cross-border clean energy ‘hybrid megaproject’ in Indonesia.
Schematic of the BESS business, with three Hitachi departments/subsidiaries involved. Image: Hitachi.

CATL joint venture orders Hitachi Energy BESS for grid-scale project in Japan

August 7, 2023
Construction is set to begin on a battery storage project in Japan through JV involving CATL with utility Shikoku Electric Power.
Schematic of the new JV business. Image: RENOVA Inc.

Japanese oil major Idemitsu’s energy storage JV launches with 15MW BESS project

August 3, 2023
Idemitsu Kosan, Japan’s biggest petroleum producer, has launched an energy storage business and announced its first lithium battery project.
A grid-scale sodium-sulfur (NAS) battery storage site in Japan. Image: NGK Insulators.

Japanese utility putting 70MWh NGK NAS battery into energy trading markets

July 27, 2023
NGK Insulators will supply a sodium-sulfur (NAS) battery storage system to a project for utility Sala Energy in Japan’s Shizuoka Prefecture.
Philippines president Ferdinand R. Marcos Jr cuts the ribbon to inaugurate ABB's BESS project in June. Image: Gov't of Philippines official photo.

State of Charge: Energy-Storage.news’ Guest Blogs of H1 2023

July 25, 2023
Our mid-year series continues with a look back at all 12 Guest Blogs published during the first six months of this year.
A vanadium redox flow battery (VRFB) system manufactured by E22, a subsidiary of Spanish renewables company Gransolar. VRFB is among the broad suite of technologies that can deliver long-duration storage. Image: E22 / Gransolar.

‘Spain could eliminate economic curtailment of renewables’ with 15GW of long-duration energy storage

July 21, 2023
More than 5% of Spain’s renewable energy generation could face economic curtailment between 2025 and 2030, but long-duration energy storage (LDES) could reduce or eliminate that need.
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EU electricity market proposals welcome but fall short in supporting energy storage, trade groups say

July 20, 2023
The backing of new Electricity Market Design proposals by the European Parliament is welcome, but the plan still falls short in its support for energy storage technologies.

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