Energy storage

Employing a Tesla two-hour Megapack system, the Pillswood project, near Hull, the UK, has the capacity to store up to 196 MWh of electricity in a single cycle.

Powin LLC will deliver a 1.9 GWh battery energy storage system for Akaysha Energy, a BlackRock company, to power the New South Wales Waratah Super Battery Project.

Global industry organisations representing wind, solar, hydropower, green hydrogen, long duration energy storage and geothermal energy industries have officially joined forces under one Global Renewables Alliance, with the signing of a memorandum of understanding at COP27.

Zenobe has begun construction on battery storage projects totalling £750 million in Scotland at Blackhillock, Kilmarnock South, and Eccles.

Global law firm, Norton Rose Fulbright, has advised Gore Street Energy Storage Fund on its acquisition of a 200 MW battery storage project from Kona Energy.

Source Energie and Galileo have entered into a long-term joint development venture, named Source Galileo, with a plan to develop over 5 GW of offshore and onshore renewable energy and storage projects in Ireland, Norway, and the UK.

Minety South Storage 2 will provide enough energy to power more than 13 000 homes.

Arenko has signed a second contract with Vattenfall to optimise a new co-located 20 MW/45.5 MWh battery asset in Northumberland, North East England.

Neoen will integrate output from its Goyder South Stage 1 wind farm and storage from its Blyth Battery, supported by its energy management expertise.

GoreStreet Energy Storage Fund has agreed to acquire from Kona Energy a 200 MW construction-ready energy storage project in Heysham, North West England.

The joint agency of Enterprise Estonia and KredEx has allocated €584 950 for Eesti Energia to prepare the construction of Estonia’s first hydroelectric energy storage facility.

The acquisition of these 33 early to late-stage projects will accelerate renewables development across multiple states in North America and significantly strengthen the Group’s project pipeline.

Rye Development has filed its pre-application document and notice of intent to file a license application to the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission for the Lewis Ridge Closed Loop Pumped Hydropower Storage project.

The US DOE has announced more than US$28 million across three funding opportunities to support projects that will advance and preserve hydropower as a critical source of clean energy.

Statkraft has announced the signing of two optimisation agreements with Gresham House Energy Storage Fund plc (GRID), for two battery energy storage projects in Scotland.