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ArcLight: Legacy thermal plant sites ‘make excellent potential locations for battery projects’

June 30, 2022
ArcLight views its portfolio of existing thermal power plant assets as “excellent potential locations for battery projects”.
Florida Power & Light's 409MW/900MWh Manatee Energy Storage Center, under construction. Paired with a solar PV plant, the battery storage went online a few months ago. Image: Florida Power & Light.

NextEra Energy zero-carbon plan would put 50GW of energy storage in Florida Power & Light territory

June 20, 2022
NextEra Energy decarbonisation strategy includes eliminating all scope 1 and 2 emissions from its operations by 2045 without carbon offsets.
Black coal, the closest competitor to battery storage, will be all but off the system by the mid to late 2030s. Image: Flickr user John Englart.

After the Climate Wars: Why does Australia need an electricity storage target?

June 8, 2022
How a deployment target scheme could transform the economics of storage in Australia and help the government fulfil its promises to voters.
Feldheim, Germany, is a village which has already used a combination of wind, solar and biogas with battery storage to cover all of its energy needs from renewables. Image: LG Chem.

Europe needs a ‘massive rollout’ of energy storage

May 19, 2022
European policymakers appear to have a blind spot when it comes to energy storage and its role in the transition away from fossil fuels.
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Up to 5.9GW of battery storage in Duke Energy carbon reduction plan for Carolinas

May 17, 2022
Duke Energy’s carbon reduction plan for its Carolina businesses includes proposals for a “significant growth” in energy storage deployments.
Keeping the lights on while decarbonising will require far more energy storage than the EU market is set up to facilitate, the EC said. Image: NASA.

Energy storage absent from leaked draft of European Union power plan

May 13, 2022
A leaked draft version the policy strategy designed to liberate the European Union from ties to Russian fossil fuel imports, includes no mention of energy storage.
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European decarbonisation and fuel independence from Russia ‘impossible without energy storage’

May 11, 2022
European Union must develop coherent strategy on energy storage to achieve decarbonisation goals and end dependency on Russian fossil fuels.

ROUNDUP: BESS nearly equals gas capacity additions in US, 10MW system online in Germany, Energy Vault begins building system in China

May 6, 2022
News from around the world in energy storage.
Rendering of CS Energy's 200MWh Chincilla BESS project, announced by the state-owned group earlier this year. Image: CS Energy.

Queensland peaker plant proposal adds batteries, reduces planned gas turbine capacity

April 27, 2022
Peaker plant in Queensland which would have relied on 1,000MW of gas generation will instead combine turbines and batteries.
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Greece doubles 2030 energy storage target to 3GW

April 26, 2022
Greece has doubled its 2030 target for energy storage deployment to 3GW as it aims for a renewable electricity generation proportion of 70%.

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