Energy storage

Varco Energy has secured £58 million of debt financing facilities with NatWest to help fund its pipeline of battery energy storage systems.

Enlight Renewable Energy has commenced the commercial operation of the Arad Valley 1 project in Israel, with a solar generation capacity of 17 MW and a storage capacity of 31 MWh.

ESS Tech, Inc. has completed commissioning of six Energy Warehouse systems delivered to the Sacramento Municipal Utility District.

Invinity Energy Systems plc has received its first customer order for its next-generation product, code-named ‘Mistral’.

Guzman Energy and renewable developer National Renewable Solutions have announced the execution of a power purchase agreement for the 140 MW Shallow Basket photovoltaic solar project to be paired with 50 MW of battery storage.

Clearstone Energy is seeking planning consent for a new 400 MW/800 MWh battery energy storage system project in Devon.

Neoen has reached 3.3 GW of capacity in operation or under construction in Australia.

Aker Solutions Subsea and Mocean Energy will explore low-carbon solutions that increase the lifetime of brownfield energy infrastructure by using locally generated ocean power to tie-back stranded reservoirs.

SSE Renewables has celebrated construction starting at its 150 MW/300 MWh battery energy storage system at Ferrybridge, West Yorkshire, with a groundbreaking ceremony.

Convergent Energy and Power and Alectra Energy Solutions have confirmed that their joint venture was recently selected by Ontario’s Independent Electricity System Operator to build and operate three battery energy storage systems.

ENGIE has signed a binding agreement for the acquisition of 100% of Broad Reach Power from private equity funds EnCap and Apollo.

As part of RWE’s ongoing effort to create green electricity production in the Rhenish mining district, the company is constructing a photovoltaics plant at the Hambach lignite opencast mine, which has been named RWE Neuland Solar Farm.

Dominion Energy and the Metropolitan Washington Airports Authority break ground on Dulles airport solar-and-storage project, set to generate up to 100 MW of power and store 50 MW.

Wärtsilä has completed construction at the Torrens Island grid scale battery energy storage system with AGL Energy Limited.

An assessment conducted at the U.S. Department of Energy’s National Renewable Energy Laboratory shows that the global warming potential of pumped storage hydropower systems is the lowest among the technologies studied.