The first pumped hydro energy storage (PHES) project to be built at a former coal mine in the US will receive up to US$81 million in Department of Energy (DOE) funding.
Another edition of news in brief from the UK, as the National Energy System Operator pledges to improve Balancing Mechanism ‘skip rates’ and a 1GW project gets local authority approval.
Aura Power-ib vogt JV, along with Neoen, have recently submitted applications with the Alberta Utilities Commission to construct three projects with a 425MW/1,250MWh cumulative battery storage capacity.
Three US-based independent power producers (IPPs) are currently seeking permission from the Minnesota PUC to construct new renewable energy facilities incorporating battery storage.
Canada’s Capstone Infrastructure and Denmark’s Eurowind Energy are proposing to construct a 400MW/3200MWh standalone BESS in Alameda County, California.
RWE has submitted a Conditional Use Permit (CUP) application with a local authority in Colorado to construct a 200MW standalone BESS using Tesla 2XL Megapacks.
Brightnight is seeking approval from the Arizona Corporation Commission to construct a generation tie-in transmission line (gen-tie) in La Paz County, Arizona.
