Energy storage

Spearmint Energy has commenced commercial operation of Revolution, a 150 MW/300 MWh battery energy storage system project in West Texas.

HASI has announced that it has invested in a 605 MW renewable portfolio owned and operated by The AES Corporation, comprising of several solar and solar-plus-storage projects.

A battery storage project developed by Pacific Green and owned by the Sosteneo Energy Transition Fund is now connected and energised on the electricity transmission network following work by National Grid to plug the facility into its 400 kV Richborough substation in Kent.

Technology group Wärtsilä will supply a 15-MW/30-MWh energy storage system to Tampa Electric Company, which will be co-located with a 25 MW solar plant in Dover, Florida.

Qair has surpassed the 1 GW milestone of installed capacity, reaching 1.4 GW in operation or under construction.

Construction work on RWE’s largest battery storage project in Germany to date is making swift progress, with the firsts of 250 battery blocks having recently been installed in Neurath.

Suomen Voima Oy is aiming to build 1 – 3 small scale pumped-storage hydropower plants in Northern Finland.

Arise AB has partnered with Fenix Repower AS, a developer of solar, onshore wind, and storage projects in Norway and Ukraine.

Statkraft is acquiring the 450 MW Red John Pumped Storage Hydro scheme in Scotland from ILI, strengthening its commitment to Scotland’s renewable energy goals and UK energy security.

Octopus Energy has launched a joint venture with Nexta Capital Partners to devlop 1.5 GW of commercial scale battery storage systems in Italy.

Sungrow has signed a supply agreement with EDF Renewables to provide 264 MWh liquid-cooled energy storage systems and MV transformers for the Umoyilanga project in South Africa.

Copenhagen Infrastructure Partners has taken final investment decision and commenced construction on a 500 MW/1000 MWh energy storage system in Coalburn, Scotland, which will be one of the largest of its kind in Europe.

Masdar has signed a joint development agreement with the Jordanian Ministry of Energy and Mineral Resources to develop a 1 GW wind project with a battery energy storage system, and a memorandum to explore the feasibility of establishing a green hydrogen plant.

SUSI Partners and SMT Energy have agreed to significantly grow their Texas battery energy storage portfolio, adding 10 projects with a combined capacity of 100 MW to a fully operational 100 MW portfolio.

ANDRITZ has received an order from Energie AG to supply the electromechanical equipment for the new Ebensee pumped storage power plant.