Irish utility and IPP ESB has received planning consent for a project combining wind and battery energy storage system (BESS) technology in Scotland, UK.
Developer Monsson Group and system integrator Prime Batteries Technology have inaugurated a 6MW/24MWh battery energy storage system (BESS) in Romania, the country’s largest.
The US Bureau of Land Management (BLM) has given the go-ahead for a large-scale battery energy storage system (BESS) co-located with a wind plant in California.
In a double whammy of Sweden BESS market news, developer SENS has secured the land for a 40MW project while system integrator Alfen will deploy a 20MW system at a wind farm.
Hawaii’s main utility Hawaiian Electric has entered into contract negotiations with the developers of 15 renewable energy projects, including solar, wind and a combined 2.1GWh of energy storage.
EDF Renewables has reached financial and commercial close on two virtually-coupled hybrid projects in South Africa, combining wind and solar with a combined 75MW of battery storage.
The national electric utility of Senegal, Senelec, has signed a 20-year capacity change agreement (CCA) with developer Infinity Power for a 40MW/160MWh battery energy storage system (BESS) project.
Successful optimisation of batteries co-located with wind is complex but could help “unlock a blueprint” for managing assets at portfolio level, the chief executive of UK software company Arenko has said.
