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Energy minister Chris Bowen (left) at Wallgrove, a 50MW/75MWh BESS project in Western Sydney, NSW, Australia. Image: Transgrid.

New South Wales: AU$7 million for pumped hydro, first grid-scale BESS is delivering inertia

December 20, 2022
New South Wales has pledged financial support to pumped hydro project, while state’s first grid-scale BESS is in full commercial operations.
GE Hydro Solutions turbines at the Jinzhai project. Image: GE Renewable Energy.

GE Renewable Energy installs first turbines at 1.2GW China pumped hydro plant

December 14, 2022
The hydropower subsidiary of General Electric’s renewables business has installed first pair of 300MW turbines at pumped hydro site in China.
Ceremony to start construction of a pumped hydro plant by Jagan Mohan Reddy, chief minister of Andhra Pradesh, India. The project is one of a number by Greenko, a prolific participant in tenders. Image: CMO Andhra Pradesh via Twitter.

Greenko wins NTPC energy storage tender in India with pumped hydro proposal

December 12, 2022
Greenko has won a technology agnostic tender hosted by NTPC Renewable Energy in India to provide long-duration energy storage.
Flow battery demonstration plant in Hubei, China, where the world's biggest VRFB system, at 100MW/400MWh, went online recently. Image: VRB Energy.

Wood Mackenzie: Investment pours in for long-duration energy storage, but scale remains challenge

December 8, 2022
Enough money invested in long-duration energy storage technologies and projects over the past three years to result in 57GW of deployments.
Some of the old mining infrastructure at Pyhäsalmi. Image: Wikimedia user usv.

European Commission approves state aid for 530MWh Finland pumped hydro plant

December 7, 2022
European Commission has given green light for state aid towards development of a large-scale pumped hydro energy storage in Finland.
How it works. Image: LDES Council.

‘Geomechanical Pumped Storage’ startup Quidnet gets US$10 million ARPA-E funding

December 6, 2022
Quidnet, developing a proprietary mechanical energy storage technology, will receive funding from US DOE’s ARPA-E.
Awardee Sunamp makes thermal 'heat batteries'. Pictured is CEO Andrew Bissell at the company's premises in East Lothian, Scotland. Image: Sunamp.

Long-duration energy storage projects get US$40 million from UK government

November 29, 2022
UK government Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy has provided US$39.67 million to five energy storage projects.
3D rendering of a Gravitricity project. Image: Gravitricity.

UK, Australian gravity storage tech startups seek opportunities and scale

November 29, 2022
A UK company has received funding to explore potential sites in India for demonstration of its proprietary gravity energy storage technology.
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Vanadium flow battery partners sign agreement to develop gigafactory in Australia

November 24, 2022
CellCube and North Harbour Clean Energy in talks to build factory in Australia with 1GW/8GWh annual production capacity.
Inauguration of Ukraine's first grid-scale BESS in 2021. Ukraine joined ENTSO-E as an Observer Member in April 2022. Image: DTEK.

Ukraine tender would pair hydroelectric plants with large-scale battery storage

November 23, 2022
Tender to pair hydro plants in Ukraine with battery storage, amid reports of massive damage to the country’s grid and generation fleet.

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