Energy storage

GE Hydro Solutions has delivered the first two of four new 300 MW pumped storage turbines to the Anhui Jinzhai pumped storage power plant, China.

EDF Renewables UK has signed a contract with Wärtsilä for a new transmission-connected battery storage facility in Sundon, Bedfordshire, the UK, which will form part of a new Energy Superhub.

Balance Power has announced the approval of a 49.5 MW battery storage project in St Austell, Cornwall, the UK.

KBR has been awarded a contract to provide engineering services for an offshore energy storage project for CrossWind, a joint venture between Shell and Eneco.

SMA America, and Powin have signed a two-year framework agreement for the supply of SMA system solutions for a total of 2 GW of storage capacity as well as for service work.

Statkraft has signed a second hybrid power purchase and battery optimisation agreement with Warrington Borough Council, covering a solar farm and battery storage site in Gloucestershire, UK.

Renewable Power Capital is working with Eelpower to acquire, build, and operate utility scale battery storage projects.

ACWA Power has signed a memorandum of understanding with PT Perusahaan Listrik Negara for the development of battery storage for renewable energy facilities and green hydrogen development in Indonesia.

The Board of Directors of Morrow Batteries has announced the appointment of Lars Christian Bacher as Chief Executive Officer, effective 1 December 2022.

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.