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Spain allocates €150m for 2.82 GWh of grid-scale, standalone batteries The 45 battery and thermal energy storage projects allocated European Union subsidies will add more than 779 MW/3.4 GWh of capacity to the Spanish grid.
Pilar Sanchez Molina
4 hours ago
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Construction of Spain’s first grid booster batteries to begin in January Grid operator Red Eléctrica de España (REE) will install two 25 MW/18.75 MWh batteries in what it has described as 'the largest SATA [storage as a transmission asset] system in the south of the European Union and the first of its kind to be built in Spain.'
Pilar Sanchez Molina
6 hours ago
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Lightsource starts construction of 640 MWh Australian battery Lightsource bp has started construction of its Woolooga battery energy storage system (BESS) in Queensland and its million-panel Goulburn River hybrid project in New South Wales (NSW).
Ev Foley
7 hours ago
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Markets
US adds cumulative 3.8 GW in Q3, residential battery storage hits all-time high In the third quarter of 2024, the US installed 3.8 GW of storage across all segments, 80% increase from Q3 2023.
Blathnaid O’Dea
Dec 13, 2024
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Canadian Solar switches on Phase I of Gansu standalone BESS Once completed, the standalone battery storage project in China's Gansu province will have a cumulative storage capacity of 2 GWh.
Vincent Shaw
Dec 13, 2024
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Projects & Applications
Long duration energy storage must scale 50x faster to reach net zero Long-duration energy storage (LDES) capacity should reach 1.5 TW by 2030 and up to 8 TW by 2040 to achieve global decarbonization targets, says the LDES Council. Its annual report contains ‘seven enablers’ to scale LDES, mostly hinging on awareness of the technology.
Blathnaid O’Dea
Dec 13, 2024
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600 MWh of BYD batteries arrive for Chile’s Oasis de Atacama solar-plus-storage site Spanish company Grenergy has announced the 105 batteries that will complete construction of phase 1 of the seven-stage project have arrived at the Chilean port of Iquique.
Luis Ini
Dec 13, 2024

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Solar plant in south-central Uzbekistan
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Uzbekistan to build its first big battery Nur Bukhara Solar PV LLC FE, a project company owned by Masdar, will deliver a 63 MW battery energy storage system alongside a 250 MW solar plant in south-central Uzbekistan.
Patrick Jowett
May 29, 2024
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RWE limondale solar farm
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RWE to build Australia’s first eight-hour battery German energy giant RWE has announced its investment decision to build a 50 MW/400 MWh battery project in New South Wales (NSW). Tesla will supply its Megapack batteries for the project with commissioning planned for late 2025.
Marija Maisch
May 28, 2024
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Gravity storage
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Enel, Energy Vault build 18 MW/36 MWh of US gravity storage Energy Vault and Enel have revealed plans to build 18 MW/36 MWh of gravity storage in the United States. They say that the project will be the first large-scale gravity energy storage in a Western country.
Pilar Sanchez Molina
May 24, 2024
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Darling downs power station
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Origin Energy unveils plans for 2 GWh battery in Australia Australian energy giant Origin Energy has revealed plans to build what could be the biggest battery energy storage system (BESS) in the state of Queensland, as it continues the expansion of its renewable energy generation and storage portfolio.
David Carroll
May 21, 2024
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China southern power grid
Sodium-ion batteries
China switches on first large-scale sodium-ion battery China Southern Power Grid has deployed a 10 MWh sodium-ion battery in China’s Guangxi Zhuang region. It is the first phase of a 100 MWh project.
Pilar Sanchez Molina
May 21, 2024
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Illustration of compressed air cases
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Eneco, Corre Energy partner on compressed air energy storage project Corre Energy, a Dutch long-duration energy storage specialist, has partnered with utility Eneco to deliver its first compressed air energy storage (CAES) project in Germany. Eneco will acquire 50% of the project.
Marija Maisch
May 16, 2024
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GIGA Storage 600 MW battery park
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Europe’s largest battery storage project secures approval Netherlands-based developer Giga Storage has obtained the irrevocable permit for the construction of a 600 MW/2,400 MWh battery energy storage system (BESS) project in Belgium.
Marija Maisch
Apr 19, 2024
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WEL Battery park
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New Zealand welcomes first big battery to national grid New Zealand’s transition to a renewable energy future has taken a significant step forward with the nation’s first grid-scale battery energy storage project now offering injectable reserves to the electricity market for the first time.
David Carroll
Mar 13, 2024
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Dungowan pumped hydro energy storage
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EDF to develop 3 GWh pumped hydro project in Australia The Australian arm of French energy giant EDF Group has acquired and agreed to co-develop the proposed 300 MW/3 GWh Dungowan pumped hydro energy storage project in New South Wales, Australia.
David Carroll
Feb 28, 2024
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