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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.
BESS availability can be put at risk without the right commissioning process being in place, we learned from TWAICE's May webinar. Image: Solar Media - TWAICE.

State of Charge: Energy-Storage.news webinars of H1 2023

July 31, 2023
We continue our summer season look back at the first half of this year with another chance to watch the sponsored webinars Energy-Storage.news has been proud to bring you.
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.
AI solutions for optimisation need not be 'black boxes' of uncertainty for customers. Image: Flickr User Deepak Pal.

The future of battery trading: Addressing the risks and rewards of AI optimisation

July 25, 2023
With the rise of AI-driven solutions for optimisation of trading using battery energy storage system (BESS) assets, Prudence Heck and Andrew Young of Spearmint Energy consider strategies and risks.
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‘Parallels’ between trading with gas versus batteries highlights shortcomings of fossil fuels

July 5, 2023
More similarities exist between the business models of trading energy from batteries and other, more ‘traditional’ types of asset than many people realise.
One of two large-scale BESS units built and owned by Pacifico Energy which were the first in the country to start wholesale market trading of energy. Image: Pacifico Energy.

First BESS in Japan to commercially trade energy commissioned by country’s biggest solar developer

June 27, 2023
Milestone reached in utility-scale battery storage market development in Japan, with Pacifico Energy trading energy from two new projects.
Containerised battery storage units at a project in Hokkaido, northern Japan, where grid operator's rules require renewable generators to add storage. Image: Sungrow.

Japan’s Itochu, Osaka Gas partner for battery storage with initial 11MW grid-scale project

June 8, 2023
Japanese conglomerate Itochu is launching its first grid-scale BESS project with utility Osaka Gas and finance group Tokyo Century Leasing.
Aerial view of Pillswood BESS large-scale battery storage asset in northern England.
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‘Europe’s biggest BESS’ netted nearly US$3 million revenues in Q1 2023

May 31, 2023
Europe’s biggest battery storage system earned £2.3 million (US$2.85 million) revenues in Q1 2023.
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ROUNDUP: UK large-scale battery news from SSE, EDF, TagEnergy

May 16, 2023
Another edition of news in brief, this time from the UK’s booming large-scale battery energy storage system (BESS) market.

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