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Michigan and Argonne Join Forces to Drive Clean Energy Transition
Using cutting-edge scientific research to realize a cleaner and more resilient Michigan economy is the aim of a newly formed partnership between the state and the U.S. Department of Energy's Argonne National Laboratory."Today's (April 4) MOU (Memorandum of understanding) will help us achieve our goal of 100% clean energy by 2040," said Michigan Gov. Gretchen Whitmer. "We are excited to partner ...
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Powin and Pulse Clean Energy Partner on a 50 MW / 110 MWh UK Battery Energy Storage System
Portland, Ore. and London, England – Global energy storage platform provider Powin LLC (Powin) announces an agreement with Pulse Clean Energy (Pulse), an investor, developer and operator of flexibility and stability assets in the UK. The agreement is to deploy a 50 MW/110 MWh Battery Energy Storage System (BESS) on project Overhill, located in Scotland, UK. The UK government has ...
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Wärtsilä to deliver one of Scotland’s largest energy storage systems to Zenobe with Quantum High Energy
Technology group Wärtsilä will supply a 300-megawatt (MW) / 600-megawatt hour (MWh) energy storage system under an Engineered Equipment Delivery (EEQ) contract to Zenobe, an electric vehicle fleet and battery storage specialist, in Kilmarnock, Scotland. This is the second energy storage system Wärtsilä is delivering to Zenobe, and it will be one of the largest in Scotland to ...
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Arizona State, Idaho National Laboratory Team to Boost Clean Energy Research
Idaho National Laboratory (INL) and Arizona State University (ASU) have agreed to expand their joint efforts in clean energy research for the next five years. An agreement signed in October establishes a framework for both institutions to develop low-carbon processes for the energy and manufacturing sectors. One joint project works to improve and decarbonize methods to extract critical minerals ...
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Largest energy storage project in Virginia now online in Dominion Energy territory
The Dry Bridge Energy Storage project in Chesterfield County, Virginia, is now fully operational and providing key power services to Dominion Energy customers. Development firm East Point Energy sold the project to Dominion Energy Virginia in September 2021, prior to the company’s acquisition by Equinor. At 20 MW/80 MWh, Dry Bridge is the largest battery energy storage project in Virginia. ...
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California Sees Unprecedented Growth in Energy Storage
New data show California is surging forward with the buildout of battery energy storage systems with more than 6,600 megawatts (MW) online, enough electricity to power 6.6 million homes for up to four hours. The total resource is up from 770 MW four years ago and double the amount installed just two years ago. Details of the energy storage fleet, a key component in the state's transition to 100 ...
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CMBlu Energy Receives $106.7 Million Strategic Growth Investment from STRABAG SE
CMBlu Energy (CMBlu), a designer and manufacturer of long-duration Organic SolidFlow battery storage systems, announced that STRABAG SE, the global infrastructure technology group, is making a $106.7 million equity investment in CMBlu. The new capital will accelerate CMBlu's battery development and manufacturing scale-up, while cementing strategic alignment with STRABAG's construction and ...
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Delorean Power and Holden Municipal Light Department Partner On Battery Energy Storage Project
Delorean Power LLC, an energy storage project developer, owner and operator, and Holden Municipal Light Department (HMLD), a municipally-owned utility, announced this weeka new battery energy storage facility that will drive impactful cost savings and establish HMLD among the energy technology leaders in New England. The project will be located in the town of Holden and will be owned and operated ...
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Designing the Tools for a More Resilient National Energy Grid
On behalf of the Australian Government, the Australian Renewable Energy Agency (ARENA) this week announced $499,744 in funding for Monash University to investigate oscillation issues in Australia’s national energy grid. The $1.3 million project will develop a tool to help identify the root causes of oscillatory instability and identify potential solutions. The tool will be suitable for use by the ...
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Department of Energy Awards Xcel Energy Up to $70 million for Long Duration Energy Storage
Xcel Energy announced this week (Sept 22) it has received a grant of up to $70 million from the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE). The award will partially fund two long duration energy storage systems in Minnesota and Colorado. Each demonstration-scale system will be a 10 megawatt/1,000 megawatt-hour iron-air battery developed by Massachusetts-based Form Energy. The batteries will be located at ...
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First of its Kind Energy Pproject in US Expected to be Constructed in Columbia County
Columbia County may soon be home to one of the most sustainable, advanced energy storage systems in the country, according to Alliant Energy. This week (Sept 22), the company announced it has been selected for a grant of up to approximately $30 million from the U.S. Department of Energy's Office of Clean Energy Demonstrations (OCED) for a proposed 200-megawatt hour energy storage system. Alliant ...
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$30M in New Funding to Advance Concentrating Solar-thermal Technologies
The U.S. Department of Energy Solar Energy Technologies Office (SETO) announced the Solar-thermal Fuels and Thermal Energy Storage Via Concentrated Solar-thermal Energy funding opportunity, which will award $30 million for projects to produce fuels via renewable energy resources and improve thermal energy storage technologies. The research, development, and demonstration projects resulting from ...
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ESS Commissions First Iron Flow Battery Deployment for Sacramento Municipal Utility District
ESS Tech, Inc., a leading manufacturer of long-duration energy storage systems (LDES) for commercial and utility-scale applications, this week announced that it has completed commissioning of six Energy Warehouse™ systems delivered to the Sacramento Municipal Utility District (SMUD), the nation’s sixth-largest community-owned electric service provider. The six Energy Warehouse™ systems represent ...
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Fluence Energy Storage Project to Provide Advanced System Stability Services in the UK
Statkraft has chosen Fluence Energy UK Ltd., a subsidiary of Fluence Energy, Inc., to deliver its first battery-based energy storage project connected directly to the transmission network. It is also the third project across the UK and Ireland that Statkraft, Europe's largest generator of renewable energy, will deliver together with Fluence, a market leader in energy storage products and ...
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PNNL: The Future of Grid Energy Storage Starts Today
by JoAnna Wendel, PNNL In a decarbonized, electrified future, next-generation batteries will improve the reliability and resilience of the electrical grid while allowing increased integration of renewable energy. These batteries will also be able to provide backup power during or after natural disasters, like ice storms, extreme heat waves, hurricanes, and more. A new facility called the Grid ...
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Salt River Project and CMBlu Energy Announce Launch of Innovative Energy Storage Project
Salt River Project, a community-based, not-for-profit public power utility and the largest electricity provider in the greater Phoenix metropolitan area, and CMBlu Energy, a designer and manufacturer of long-duration Organic SolidFlow energy storage systems, announced a pilot project to deploy long-duration energy storage (LDES) in the Phoenix area. The 5-megawatt (MW), 10-hour-duration project, ...
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Eos Energy Enterprises Announces Project AMAZE,' a $500M Program to Address Storage Demand
Eos Energy Enterprises, a leading provider of zinc-powered long-duration stationary energy storage systems, this week (Aug 31) announced Project AMAZE American Made Zinc Energy, a $500 million planned expansion and a significant milestone to build 8 GWh of clean energy storage production capacity. Project AMAZE supports Eos' strategy to address increased long-duration energy storage demand driven ...
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New York's First State-Owned Utility-Scale Energy Storage System Now Operating in North County
Governor Kathy Hochul this week (Aug 25) announced that New York's first state-owned utility-scale battery energy storage project is now operating in the North Country's Franklin County. The 20-megawatt facility installed and operated by the New York Power Authority connects into the state's electric grid, helping to relieve transmission congestion and pave the way for the utility industry and ...
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Dominion Energy, Airports Authority break ground on solar and energy storage project at Dulles
Officials from Dominion Energy and the Metropolitan Washington Airports Authority (MWAA) were joined by federal, state and local leaders this week (Aug 22) to break ground on the Dulles Solar and Storage project at Dulles International Airport. Located in the southwest corner of Dulles International Airport, the Dulles Solar and Storage project will generate enough clean energy to power more than ...
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SEIA Report: $100 Billion Invested in US Solar and Storage
Since the Inflation Reduction Act (IRA) passed one year ago, U.S. solar and storage companies have announced over $100 billion in private sector investments, helping bolster the American economy, according to new analysis released today by the Solar Energy Industries Association (SEIA). Solar and storage manufacturing is now surging in the United States, as 51 solar manufacturing facilities have ...
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