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Presentation of a Magaldi MGTES unit at the event in Salerno, Italy. Image: Enel X / Magaldi Group

Solar-powered ‘sand-based battery’ thermal energy storage project underway in Italy

March 31, 2023
Enel X and Magaldi Group have begun construction on 13MWh thermal energy storage plant based on patented technology.
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.

Australia needs major energy storage investment to face ‘wicked challenge’ of net zero, CSIRO says

March 29, 2023
National science agency CSIRO has said Australia needs multiple energy storage technologies at massive scale to achieve its transition.
Onslow Dam at Lake Onslow, New Zealand. A PHES plant at the site was conceptualised by Associate Professor Earl Bardsley from the University of Waikato in 2004. Image: Mohammed Majeed.

New Zealand considers investing US$9.8 billion in 5TWh of pumped hydro to bridge energy deficit

March 17, 2023
The government of New Zealand considering viability of pumped hydro among its options to plug energy deficits of between 3TWh and 5TWh.
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UK government looking at LDES-specific policy

March 8, 2023
The UK government is looking to bring in policy specifically around long-duration energy storage (LDES) by the end of next year.
Artistic rendering to promote Form Energy's battery tech. The company has also received DOE demonstration project funding elsewhere. Image: Form Energy.

Year in review 2022: Long-duration storage with iron-air battery company Form Energy

January 11, 2023
Mateo Jaramillo, CEO of long-duration energy storage startup Form Energy responds to our questions on 2022 and the year ahead.
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Thermal energy storage can increase LDES deployments by 2-2.5x, says Council report

November 10, 2022
With nearly half of global emissions coming from heat processes, clean long duration energy storage (LDES) which can store thermal energy are crucial for decarbonisation, says a new LDES Council report.
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TotalEnergies, 1414 Degrees, others join LDES Council in Q3

September 22, 2022
Oil and gas major TotalEnergies, thermal energy storage system company 1414 Degrees and six other companies have joined the Long Duration Energy Storage (LDES) Council.
Seminoe Dam, Wyoming. Image: Brian Brameier, US Bureau of Reclamation via Flickr.

ROUNDUP: LG ES partners academics, Siemens Energy compressed air, License application for 900MW Wyoming PHES plant

June 7, 2022
News in brief from around the world in energy storage.
Compressed air sites on the northern coast of Europe could provide large amounts of storage capacity, Corre Energy believes. Image: Corre Energy.

REPowerEU is a major step forward in the drive for a sustainable energy system

June 7, 2022
There’s a lot to like about the REPower EU plan, writes Patrick McClughan of long-duration energy storage company Corre Energy.
Battery storage and solar array at Google's Saint-Ghislain data centre complex in Belgium. Image: Google / Centrica Business Solutions.

Google ‘excited’ for potential of battery-based technologies at data centres

April 21, 2022
Google hails project to retrofit data centre with battery storage as a step towards rolling out similar solutions across global fleet.

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