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Imperial Oil's refinery at Sarnia where the battery storage is being built. Image: Enel X/Imperial Oil.

Enel X deploying 40MWh behind-the-meter battery storage system at Imperial Oil refinery in Ontario

February 23, 2022
The energy transition arm of Italy’s Enel Group has started construction on a 20MW/40MWh behind-the-meter battery energy storage system at Imperial Oil’s petrochemical complex in Sarnia, Ontario, which it claims will be the largest in North America.
Tunnelling work at Iberdrola's Tâmega hydropower complex in North Portugal which includes 880MW of PHES. Image: Iberdrola

Construction begins on 3.5GWh Gran Canaria pumped hydro plant; progress on 18GWh more PHES

February 21, 2022
Construction has started on a 3.5GWh pumped hydro plant in Gran Canaria, Spain, and progress has been made on two other projects totalling 18GWh of storage in mainland Spain and Nevada, US.
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Wind-plus-storage projects in Chile and Kazakstan could have up to 1GWh of battery storage each

October 29, 2021
as been awarded a tender of public lands in Chile to host a wind power project and Total Eren is developing a 1GW wind power project in Kazakhstan: both would be paired with large-scale battery energy storage systems (BESS) of up to 1GWh capacity each. 
A Zenobe Energy electric bus fleet. Image: Zenobe Energy.

ROUNDUP: BESS for Australian electric buses, 5MWh project to save CA$1m a year, SolarEdge launches home battery

October 22, 2021
News in brief from around the world in energy storage.
Ameresco equipped the Marine Corps Recruit Depot in Parris Island, South Carolina with clean energy tech including solar PV and battery storage. Image: Ameresco.

Ameresco’s 2GWh battery storage for utility SCE to help address California’s power reliability risks

October 22, 2021
Clean energy solutions provider Ameresco has contracted with California investor-owned utility Southern California Edison (SCE) to deliver battery energy storage systems (BESS) totalling 537.5MW of output and 2,150MWh.
Other projects awarded to NHOA are in territories including Guam, Italy, Massachusetts and Hawaii (pictured). Image: Engie EPS / NHOA

NHOA awarded contract for Western Australia’s biggest BESS, at decommissioned coal plant

October 20, 2021
Further details of a 200MWh battery energy storage system (BESS) contract awarded to New HOrizons Ahead (NHOA) in Australia have been revealed. 
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ROUNDUP: Wärtsilä Bahamas contract, Largo VRFB deal, GE & Calpine 80MWh California project

July 29, 2021
News in brief from around the world in energy storage.
A BESS deployed for grid services in Taiwan by Powin Energy. Image: Powin Energy.

Powin Energy supplies battery storage for microgrid in Israel, frequency regulation in Taiwan

July 21, 2021
Powin Energy has installed battery energy storage systems (BESS) in Israel and Taiwan which, while small by comparison to some of the company’s recent US projects, mark entry into new territories for the Oregon-headquartered system integrator.
How the Mornington BESS project could look. Image: Maoneng.

Australian renewables developer Maoneng reveals details of proposed 240MW / 480MWh battery project

July 21, 2021
Renewable energy company Maoneng has made public its plans for a 240MWp / 480MWh battery energy storage system (BESS) which it has proposed to build in Victoria, Australia.
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Siemens and Fluence to build renewables-integrating 100MW/200MWh battery project in Germany

July 20, 2021
Siemens has signed a letter of intent for the construction of a turnkey 100MW / 200MWh large-scale battery energy storage system (BESS) in Wunsiedel, northern Bavaria, Germany.

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