A district network heating operator in Finland has commissioned a 1MW/100MWh thermal energy storage project using novel ‘Sand Battery’ technology from Polar Night Energy.
ESN Premium speaks with King Look, director of research and development at New York utility Con Edison, about implementing long-duration energy storage (LDES) in New York City.
The European Commission has approved a €699 million (US$760 million) state aid scheme in Spain to support the deployment of up to 3.5GW of energy storage.
Finnish telecoms firm Elisa will manage the charging activity of a 100MWh ‘Sand Battery’ project, optimising its activity in the country’s electricity reserve market.
Technology firm Hyme Energy and potential customer Arla Foods are seeking EU funding for a 200MW thermal energy storage system project, which they claim is the largest in the world.
The US Department of Energy (DOE) announced a conditional commitment to IceBrick Energy, for a loan of up to US$305.54 million to finance Project IceBrick, 9 December.
Construction is underway on a 100MWh thermal energy storage project in Finland, using the same ‘Sand Battery’ technology as a 8MWh system which came online in 2022.
A 100MW thermal solar and molten salt energy storage system in Xinjiang, China, is set to be completed and grid-connected by the end of the year, part of a project which has deployed conventional solar PV.
A new research centre ‘uniquely equipped’ to evaluate energy storage technologies has opened at Pacific Northwest National Laboratory (PNNL) in Washington, US.
