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World’s largest compressed air energy storage project breaks ground in China Once completed, the Jintan project will hold the title of the world’s largest compressed air energy storage facility, integrating groundbreaking advancements in both power output and efficiency.
Vincent Shaw
Dec 20, 2024
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Australian utility-scale battery deployment surges past solar, wind – falls short of requirements Big BESS is booming Down Under, with almost 5 GW of projects under construction in 2024, according Rystad Energy. While encouraging, the analyst reports that the volume remains insufficient to overcome growing rates of renewable curtailment. “We have around 3 GW operational at the moment, but about half of that is still in commissioning. So you still only have 1.5 GW on the market where the average load is 23 GW,” Rystad Energy’s David Dixon tells ESS News.
Jonathan Gifford
Dec 20, 2024
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Second-life batteries
Boralex plans li-ion and vanadium flow hybrid in France, Acciona colocates new and second-life EV batteries in Spain Canada's Boralex will combine two battery types at an innovative site in France and Acciona Energía will study the performance of new, versus second-life, electric vehicle (EV) batteries at a stationary storage site in Badajoz, Spain.
Pilar Sanchez Molina
Dec 20, 2024
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Colombia’s first solar energy storage system operational Energy company Celsia has installed the 1 MW/2 MWh system at the Celsia Solar Palmira 2 PV farm in Valle del Cauca.
Luis Ini
Dec 20, 2024
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Projects & Applications
Spain plans first capacity market auctions for summer 2025 The Ministry for the Ecological Transition and the Demographic Challenge (MITECO) has opened consultation about a capacity mechanism to ensure security of electricity grid supply. The resulting capacity market would be expected to be operational in 2026.
Pilar Sanchez Molina
Dec 19, 2024
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Finance
Grenergy sells stake in Chile’s Oasis de Atacama project for close to billion dollars The portfolio sold to independent power producer (IPP) ContourGlobal includes 451 MW of solar and 2.5 GWh of storage.
Luis Ini
Dec 19, 2024
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Enel to retrofit battery storage at century-old pumped hydro storage plant The EU-backed battery energy storage system (BESS) will function as an additional energy reservoir, ensuring uninterrupted supply from the century-old facility in Italy's Bergamo province.
Pilar Sanchez Molina
Dec 19, 2024

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Stanwell adds 650 MW to its growing energy storage portfolio Queensland state-owned generation company Stanwell has boosted its energy storage portfolio with two new developments with a combined capacity of almost 650 MW entering its project pipeline.
David Carroll
Oct 08, 2024
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GIGA Storage’s battery project in Belgium expands to 2.8 GWh Netherlands-based Giga Storage is advancing its massive Green Turtle battery energy storage project in Belgium, having increased its capacity and assembled the construction team.
Marija Maisch
Oct 07, 2024
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Australian utility banks on renewables and storage, exits all hydrogen projects Australian utility Origin Energy has withdrawn from its potential development at the Hunter Valley Hydrogen Hub on Koorangang Island in New South Wales, 170 kilometres north of Sydney, turning its focus to renewables and storage projects.
Ev Foley
Oct 07, 2024
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Finnish former mine to host 530 MWh pumped hydro facility A Swedish company has acquired the rights to an underground pumped hydro energy storage system at the Pyhäsalmi mine, which is being repurposed for research and cultural activities.
Max Hall
Oct 04, 2024
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Massachusetts set for 1.2 GWh CATL battery The Ward Hill battery energy storage system (BESS) is moving through Haverhill’s zoning process, focusing on wetland classification near the installation.
John Fitzgerald Weaver
Oct 04, 2024
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Plans for 1 GWh of energy storage in Chile Japanese and French companies are planning to hybridize three big solar sites in the country's Atacama Desert region.
Pilar Sanchez Molina, Luis Ini
Oct 04, 2024
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Big-battery storage capacity could increase fivefold in Germany by 2026 Industry body the Bundesverband Solarwirtschaft (BSW-Solar) expects around 7 GWh of large-scale battery storage to be added during that period.
Sandra Enkhardt
Oct 04, 2024
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ACWA Power and Sumitomo to finance 968 MW of BESS in Uzbekistan The Saudi developer will be able to finance $4.2 billion worth of battery, solar, and wind sites with the sale of 49% of its holding in five big projects.
Max Hall
Oct 03, 2024
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Texas set for 1.35 GWh of large-scale BESS French oil major TotalEnergies and German-owned renewables developer RWE have announced plans for five large-scale batteries in the US state.
Gwenaelle Deboutte, Max Hall
Oct 03, 2024
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