Energy storage

Macquarie Asset Management has agreed to acquire a significant minority stake in DESRI via a number of MAM-managed funds.

The project for the construction of the new Alcántara II reversible hydroelectric pumping station has obtained a favourable environmental impact statement, according to a resolution of the Ministry for Ecological Transition and the Demographic Challenge.

Saft, a subsidiary of TotalEnergies, has won a major contract to deliver a turnkey, utility scale battery energy storage system for Genesis Energy Ltd.

FuturEnergy Ireland has submitted a planning application for the first iron-air battery storage project in Europe.

ScottishPower Renewables has received consent for its Hollandmey renewable energy development in Caithness, 8 km southwest of John o’ Groats.

Root-Power has begun construction on its latest battery energy storage site, Coryton Energy Park, in Corringham, Essex.

Joulen has called on the UK government to deliver a Better Battery Strategy to reduce bills, stabilise the grid, and deliver a clean energy system.

Root-Power has received planning consent for new battery energy storage project in Surrey, UK.

GE Vernova has been chosen to provide an integrated BESS solution for a large scale storage project in Australia.

Apatura has secured planning permission for a major new battery energy storage system in Port Glasgow, Inverclyde, with a capacity of 700 MW.

Eku Energy has completed the commissioning of the Maldon battery energy storage system located in Essex, England.

Contracts have been awarded as the Orkney-Caithness Link project gathers pace in the UK.

Earlier this year, Staffordshire Moorlands District Council granted planning consent for an extension to Innova’s solar and energy storage project, Blythe solar farm.

Root-Power has announced the submission of planning applications for a further 210 MW of battery energy storage projects in Reading, Manchester, Lancashire, Rotherham, and Rochdale.

RWE has begun construction of an ultra-fast battery storage system with an installed capacity of 7.5 MW and a storage capacity of 11 MWh on the site of its power plant in Moerdijk, in the Netherlands.