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Puerto Rico's electricity supply network is being reinvented after successive extreme weather events brought the island territory to a standstill, damaging most of its critical infrastructure. Image: Tesla.

US DOE’s Loan Programs Office to support Puerto Rico utility-scale solar PV and BESS

July 23, 2024
The US Department of Energy has issued a loan of up to US$861.3 million to support 200MW solar PV and 285MW/1,140MWh BESS in Puerto Rico.
MITECO said that the isolated nature of the Canary Islands’ electricity networks allows it to test the use of storage as a tool for integrating storage into a ‘100% decarbonised system’. Image: MITECO

Spain allocates funding for 92MW generation, 186MWh energy storage on Canary Islands

December 6, 2023
The Spanish Ministry of Ecological Transition (MITECO) has allocated €85 million (US$91 million) to develop 51 renewable energy generation and storage projects on the Canary Islands.
BESS in paradise: original 2020 groundbreaking for Leclanché's since-delayed solar-plus-storage project which appears back on track. Image: Leclanché.

US Virgin Islands, St Kitts & Nevis get to 30% renewable energy with Honeywell, Leclanché BESS solutions

December 6, 2023
Grid-scale battery storage will be added in the Caribbean by Honeywell in the US Virgin Islands and Leclanché in St Kitts & Nevis.
The Maldives is home to more than half a million people, who live across its hundreds of islands, most of them relying on expensive and polluting imported diesel for their electricity. Image: wikimedia user Nevit Dilman.

Maldives launches tender seeking 40MWh BESS and EMS across 18 islands

August 23, 2023
The Republic of Maldives has launched a tender process, seeking to procure battery energy storage systems (BESS) in an energy transition project supported by Asian Development Bank (ADB) funding.
A solar PV plant in the southern Negev Desert region of Israel. Image: Belectric.

Israel’s national plan to enable wider development of energy storage resources

August 15, 2023
A new national plan to regulate planning procedures and permitting for energy storage facilities looks likely to be adopted in Israel.
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Akuo Energy enlisted for 150MWh BESS in French overseas territory New Caledonia

August 15, 2023
The government of New Caledonia, a French overseas territory in Polynesia, has announced plans for a 150MWh battery energy storage system (BESS) to be deployed by IPP Akuo Energy.
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Non-lithium battery tech deployments from CMBlu, Ambri and NGK

July 19, 2023
Projects using novel, non-lithium battery technology have been progressed by organic flow battery firm CMBlu, liquid metal battery firm Ambri, and the NAS battery division of NGK Insulators.
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Western Pacific’s biggest solar-plus-storage project inaugurated in Palau

June 22, 2023
Pacific island country of Palau has welcomed the commissioning of its first large-scale solar-plus-storage project, representing the largest power plant of its kind in the Western Pacific region.
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GE to deliver turbines for 3.5GWh pumped hydro plant in Gran Canaria

May 9, 2023
Conglomerate GE will provide six 37MW turbines for a pumped hydro energy storage plant in the Spanish overseas territory of Gran Canaria.
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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