energy storage News
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ERCOT Provides New Look at Battery Storage Production on the Grid
As part of continued efforts to increase transparency into grid operations, ERCOT recently (Dec 7) announced the new Energy Storage Resources (ESR) dashboard and Integration Report that provides Texans with a view of charging and discharging battery production on the grid. “Energy Storage Resources (batteries) are connecting to the grid at an incredible rate and becoming a significant part of our ...
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NERC Submits Comprehensive Work Plan Addressing FERC Order 901 Directives
NERC has submitted a comprehensive Standards Development Work Plan in support of NERC’s 2024 work plan priorities around inverter-based resource reliability risks and to address directives from FERC Order 901. The work plan explains how NERC will prioritize the development of projects consistent with the timelines specified in the order, with full implementation of the resulting standards by ...
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PJM Publishes 2024 Long-Term Load Forecast
PJM has released its new long-term load forecast, and it predicts estimated electricity demand growth of 1.7% per year for summer peaks, 2% for winter peaks, and 2.4% for net energy over a 10-year planning horizon starting in 2024. The PJM footprint has about 500,000 light-duty EVs in 2024, and S&P Global is forecasting about 23 million light-duty EVs by 2039, a growth rate of just under 30% ...
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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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World's Most Advanced Battery Energy Storage System Comes Online in Hawaii
Plus Power™ this week announced it has begun operating its Kapolei Energy Storage facility on Oahu, Hawaii, which the company notes is the most advanced grid-scale battery energy storage system in the world, helping transition the state's electric power from coal and oil to solar and wind. "This is a landmark milestone in the transition to clean energy," said Brandon Keefe, Plus Power's ...
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Public Service Company of Oklahoma Seeks New Generation Resources
Public Service Company of Oklahoma (PSO) has issued a Request for Proposals (RFP) seeking additional generation resources. The RFP seeks up to 1,500 megawatts of additional power generating capacity to be in service no later than December 15, 2028. The RFP includes all sources, such as natural gas, wind, solar and energy storage proposals. PSO is open to acquiring energy through a variety of ...
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SPP Seeks Industry Experts to Assess Competitive Transmission Project Proposals
Southwest Power Pool, Inc. (SPP) is accepting applications to create a pool of industry experts. These experts may be chosen to serve on an independent panel to review competitive transmission construction proposals in 2024. In response to the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission’s Order 1000, SPP annually forms a pool of individuals used to create a panel of industry experts. This panel will ...
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Southern Company Ranks First Among Utilities in Fortune's Most Admired Companies for 2024
Southern Company ranks as the No. 1 most-admired electric and gas utility worldwide according to Fortune magazine's World's Most Admired Companies list for 2024. A ranking of the world's most respected and reputable companies, the list is based on a survey of more than 3,700 executives, directors and financial analysts. "It is an honor to be named the most-admired electric and gas utility by ...
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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 ...
By Powin Energy
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Technavio Report: Global Smart Grid Market to Reach $173 Billion by 2030
According to a new report (January 2024) from Technavio, the global market for smart grid technologies estimated at $49.8 billion in 2022, is projected to reach a revised size of $173 billion by 2030, growing at a CAGR of 16.8% over the analysis period 2022-2030. Software, one of the segments analyzed in the report, is projected to record 18.4% CAGR and reach $80 billion by the end of the ...
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Rolls-Royce wins contract to supply 80 MW of BESS in Latvia
Rolls-Royce Holdings Plc (LON:RR), a British engineering business, made an announcement today that it has obtained a contract to deliver 80 megawatts (MW) and 160 megawatt hours (MWh) of battery energy storage systems (BESS) to Latvia. These systems will be responsible for providing assistance to substations of the local transmission system operator, AST. After outbidding two other competitors ...
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NuEnergen, OBM Foreman to Automate Energy Curtailment for the Southwest Power Pool
Demand response services provider and energy management consultant NuEnergen announced this week a partnership to bring automated demand response to users of the Southwest Power Pool (SPP) through a collaboration with OBM Foreman, an industry leading miner management and curtailment software provider. This integration allows for rapid response to grid constraints by adjusting crypto mining ...
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University of Waterloo: Research on Using Idle Trucks to Power the Grid with Clean Energy
University of Waterloo researchers are tapping into idled electric vehicles to act as mobile generators and help power overworked and aging electricity grids. The research proposes paying drivers of fuel cell powered trucks to rest during rush hour and while resting, to plug into a hydrogen refueling station or pipeline and use their trucks’ idle fuel cells as generators to provide electricity to ...
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NREL Releases Beginner’s Guide to Understanding Power System Model Results for Long-Term Planning
The Beginner’s Guide to Understanding Power System Model Results for Long-Term Resource Plans is designed to improve decision-making in the electricity planning process by strengthening dialogue between system planners and relevant stakeholders. It focuses on interpreting scenario results generated by power system planning models. These results are often used to inform integrated resource plans, ...
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Enel markets portions of its 1.7-GW Italian BESS property to the Sosteneo fund.
Enel SpA, announced on Friday that it has reached a deal to divest 49% of a stake in an Italian firm that possesses the rights to a portfolio of 1.7 GW of battery energy storage systems (BESS) and several open cycle gas turbine (OCGT) plants. A domestic subsidiary of the utility, Enel Italia SpA, will sell Sosteneo Fund 1 HoldCo Sarl its stake in Enel Libra Flexsys Srl for approximately EUR 1.1 ...
By Enel SpA
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Arizona’s Largest Battery is Now Operating on SRP’s Power Grid
Salt River Project (SRP) and NextEra Energy Resources, LLC, this week announced Arizona’s largest operational battery energy storage system is now online. Sonoran Solar Energy Center is a 260-megawatt solar facility with the ability to charge a 1 gigawatt-hour battery energy storage system, located south of Buckeye, Arizona. The solar and battery storage system is adding clean energy to the grid ...
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Report: Aggregated Capacity of Energy Storage in the C&I Sector to Reach 124 GWh by 2030
Battery Energy Storage Systems (BESS) are fast becoming essential components of overall smart energy approaches, not only inside public grids and at consumers’ premises, but they are now also adopted by Commercial and Industrial (C&I) enterprises as key building blocks of their smart energy strategies. According to a new report from ABI Research, the worldwide aggregated battery storage ...
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SoCalGas Supports Nostromo Energy's Installation of an Innovative Energy Storage Solution
Southern California Gas Company this week announced the successful installation of an innovative energy savings solution at the Beverly Hilton and Waldorf Astoria hotels, that helps reduce the need for air conditioning during peak electric demand, reducing greenhouse gas emissions, energy use, and costs. Nostromo Energy's IceBrick system will receive incentives from the California Public ...
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SDG&E Unveils Four Advanced Microgrids to Boost Grid Resilience and Reliability
San Diego Gas & Electric (SDG&E) this week unveiled four new microgrids featuring advanced remote operation capabilities and state-of-the-art safety technologies to help enhance grid reliability and bolster resiliency for the surrounding communities. The four microgrid and energy storage sites, located in the communities of Clairemont, Tierra Santa, Paradise, and Boulevard, will help ...
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New MISO Attributes Roadmap Focuses on Future Grid Reliability Needs
MISO recently (Dec 15) published its Attributes Roadmap report which explores three key electric system attributes required to ensure grid reliability and presents recommended solutions to inform ongoing stakeholder collaboration. The report presents insights and solutions to the three system attributes where near-term risk is most acute - system adequacy, flexibility, and system stability. “We ...
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