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Wärtsilä GEMS rack. The EMS and its integrated software drives the value of energy assets and project and portfolio level, says Ruchira Shah. Image: Wärtsilä
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Bigger, faster BESS: Wärtsilä’s EMS for the ‘multi-gigawatt-hour’ era of energy storage

August 13, 2024
Wärtsilä Energy Storage & Optimisation’s software lead, Ruchira Shah, speaks to ESN Premium about the newest iteration of the GEMS Digital Energy Platform.
Origin's Eraring coal power station, scheduled to close in August 2025. Image: CSIRO.

Australia: Origin Energy’s 2GWh BESS expansion plan for Eraring coal power site approved

July 25, 2024
Australian utility Origin Energy has approved the second stage of the Eraring battery energy storage project in New South Wales, Australia.
IFC Asia-Pacific regional head of infrastructure and natural resources Vikram Kumar (left) moderating a panel discussion following his keynote speech at ESS Asia 2024. Image: Paul Collinson / Solar Media

Southeast Asia’s learning curve for energy storage adoption in focus at ESS Asia 2024

July 12, 2024
Emerging energy storage markets across Asia face a similar learning curve today as their maturing counterparts have done in the past.
Energy storage is now a major player in the global energy transition. Image: Huawei
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Accelerating PV and energy storage – a special report from Huawei, ESN and PV Tech

July 4, 2024
Energy-Storage.news, PV Tech and Huawei present a special report on the technologies and trends shaping the global energy storage market.
Grid-forming BESS assets can provide inertia to maintain system stability. Image: Transgrid.

4.8GW of grid-forming BESS needed to maintain NSW system strength, says Transgrid

June 25, 2024
Transgrid, has indicated that 4.8GW of grid-forming BESS will be necessary to stabilise the grid in New South Wales to support renewable energy deployment.
NHOA's recently completed 107MWh BESS in Gaungdong province, China. Image: NHOA.

NHOA Energy wins contract for Statkraft’s 113MWh BESS in Scotland

June 20, 2024
NHOA Energy signed an agreement with Statkraft to supply a battery energy storage systems (BESS) for a 113MWh project in Coylton, Scotland.
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Grid-forming technology and its role in the energy transition

June 18, 2024
Aaron Philipp Gerdemann explores some of the grid-forming technologies emerging as alternatives to traditional solutions for safeguarding the grid.
Europe’s solar sector stands at a critical juncture. Image: PV Tech

PV Tech Power 39: European PV in focus, grid-forming battery storage, and Ireland’s first 4-hour BESS

May 30, 2024
The Q2 2024 edition of our downstream solar PV journal, PV Tech Power, is now available to download.
Delegates at the Energy Storage Summit EU 2024 in London last month, including from Merus Power. Image: Solar Media.
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Provider Merus and customer Ardian talk 40MWh Finland BESS project: ‘negotiations have to move with the market’

March 6, 2024
We discuss a 40MWh project in Finland with both the BESS provider Merus Power and customer/project owner eNordic, the investment manager in the region for private equity firm Ardian.
Major BESS projects internationally, including the Victorian Big Battery in Australia (pictured) and Zenobe's upcoming project in Scotland are providing inertia via their inverters. Image: Victoria State government.
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Advanced inverters ‘push boundaries’ of how batteries can replace fossil fuel plants on power grid

February 22, 2024
The inverters at an upcoming 300MW/600MWh project in Scotland, UK, will enable the asset to deliver inertia that is “essential for the grid to function efficiently”.

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