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SDG&E Wins "Project of the Year" Award for Battery Energy Storage Facility
As part of their annual awards to recognize the industry's top disruptors and innovators that are transforming and shaping the future, SDG&E's battery energy storage facility in Escondido, Calif. was selected by Utility Dive for the 2017 Dive Awards project of the year.' In February, SDG&E unveiled, what was then, the world's largest lithium-ion battery energy storage facility in ...
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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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GE and Arenko to Build One of the World’s Largest Energy Storage Facilities in the UK
Arenko has selected GE to deliver a 41MW battery energy storage system capable of responding quicker and more effectively than traditional energy technologies to meet real time demand of consumers. The new energy storage system will supply on demand power to approximately 100,000 UK homes and contribute to reducing energy bills for UK households and businesses. GE notes that this critical energy ...
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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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AES Commissions Alamitos Energy Storage Facility in Long Beach, California
The AES Corporation has commenced operations of the Alamitos battery energy storage system (BESS), one of the world's largest battery storage systems in operation today. The BESS, a stand-alone energy storage facility for local capacity, will provide up to 400 megawatt-hours of energy to ensure greener, smarter and more reliable power to Southern California Edison customers, while also helping ...
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Siemens Gamesa's High-Performance Energy Storage Facility Enters Final Construction Phase
Siemens Gamesa Renewable Energy (SGRE) will soon be celebrating the topping-out ceremony of its electric thermal energy storage (ETES) facility in Hamburg-Altenwerder. With this innovative storage system, Siemens Gamesa is providing an answer to one of the central challenges facing the energy transition: how to make the supply and demand for electricity from renewable energy sources more ...
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Solar and Energy Storage Indonesia Expo
Fueling Indonesia’s Growth With Smarter Energy Options Solar and Energy Storage Indonesia is set to be the premium exhibition that is focused towards introducing the latest innovations and quality high-grade technologies. The exhibition will equip the country’s integrated industrial, infrastructure development and manufacturing supply chain sectors with advanced solar and renewable ...
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North America's First Major Power-to-Gas Energy Storage Facility Now Open
Enbridge Gas Distribution Inc. and Hydrogenics Corporation recently (7/16) announced that the first major energy storage facility using hydrogen in North America is now operational. The facility features technology developed and manufactured in Mississauga, Ontario by Hydrogenics and represents one of several projects selected by the Independent Electricity System Operator (IESO) of Ontario for ...
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SDG&E Seeks More Storage To Harness Clean Energy And Enhance Reliability
San Diego Gas & Electric (SDG&E) recently announced that it has signed contracts for five new local battery storage facilities for a total of 83.5 megawatts (MW). These four-hour energy storage facilities would be like having batteries from more than 5,500 all-electric, long-range vehicles at the ready. In addition, the company signed a contract to add a 4.5 MW demand response program. ...
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Highview Power Breaks Ground on 250MWh CRYOBattery Long Duration Energy Storage Facility
Highview Power, a global leader in long duration energy storage solutions, in partnership with Carlton Power, announced recently that it is beginning the execution process on a 50 MW liquid air energy storage facility (with a minimum of 250MWh) in Greater Manchester, United Kingdom. The CRYOBattery will be one of Europe's largest energy storage systems. "Our facility will deliver much needed ...
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Capital Dynamics and 8minute Solar Energy Partner on Breakthrough 400MWac Eland Solar & Storage Center
Solar project located in southern California with large-scale energy storage facility will become the second largest in the U.S. NEW YORK and LOS ANGELES – January 22, 2020: Capital Dynamics, an independent global private asset management firm, today announced that its Clean Energy Infrastructure (CEI) business has entered into a development partnership with 8minute Solar Energy through ...
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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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EBRD supports energy security in central Europe
The EBRD is helping Hungary enhance its energy security by providing a €200 million loan to MOL, Hungary’s leading energy company, to finance the completion of a strategic gas storage facility in the southern part of the country. Situated in close proximity to Croatia, Serbia, Romania and Bosnia and Herzegovina, the gas storage facility will also play an important role in mitigating risks of gas ...
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UK Climate Change Minister unveils UK’s first subsidy-free solar farm
Claire Perry MP, the UK Minister for Climate Change & Industry, will today officially open Anesco’s Clayhill solar farm and energy storage facility, located near Flitwick in Bedfordshire. Clayhill is the first solar farm in the UK to operate without a government subsidy. The 10MW solar farm will generate enough electricity for around 2,500 homes and save 4,452 tonnes of carbon. Steve ...
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Vistra Brings World's Largest Utility-Scale Battery Energy Storage System Online
Vistra this week (Jan 6) announced that its Moss Landing Energy Storage Facility connected to the power grid and began operating on Dec. 11, 2020. At 300 megawatts/1,200 megawatt-hours, the lithium-ion battery storage system, located on-site at Vistra's Moss Landing Power Plant in Monterey County, California, will be the largest of its kind in the world. Furthermore, construction is already ...
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Highview Power to Develop Multiple Cryogenic Energy Storage Facilities in the UK and to Build Europe's Largest Storage System
Highview Power, a leader in long-duration energy storage solutions, recently (10/21) announced plans to construct the UK's first commercial cryogenic energy storage facility (also referred to as liquid air) at large scale, which will be located at a decommissioned thermal power station in North of England. The 50 MW/250 MWh project is a clean large-scale energy storage facility that can help the ...
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Wärtsilä and Eolian Complete the Largest Merchant Battery System in the World at 200 MW
The technology group Wärtsilä has reached commercial operation date (COD) for two major interconnected energy storage systems in South Texas totaling 200 MW and owned by Eolian L.P. (Eolian), a portfolio company of Global Infrastructure Partners. The Madero and Ignacio energy storage plants will be operated using Eolian software, enabling full participation in the Electric Reliability Council of ...
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Hydrostor Announces Australia’s First Compressed Air Energy Storage Facility, Advances Global Pipeline of Utility-Scale Projects
Hydrostor Inc., a leader in Advanced Compressed Air Energy Storage (A-CAES), is pleased to announce that its subsidiary, Hydrostor Australia Pty Ltd, has been awarded a combined total of $9 million of grant funding for Australia’s first A-CAES project, to be sited at a mine outside of Adelaide—the Angas Zinc Mine. The project represents a key milestone in the advancement of ...
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Clean Power Alliance Approves LDES Project with NextEra Energy Resources' Desert Sands Facility
The Clean Power Alliance (CPA) Board of Directors has approved a 15-year power purchase agreement (PPA) with NextEra Energy Resources, LLC, for a 75 megawatt long-duration standalone energy storage project. The project is located at NextEra's Desert Sands Energy Storage facility in Riverside County, California. CPA will begin storing and discharging energy from the facility in June 2026. The ...
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Bokpoort CSP hits supply record
Bokpoort CSP plant reaches record 161 hours of full-load operation ACWA Power’s Bokpoort CSP plant in South Africa’s Northern Cape Province has broken a record for the continuous, round-the-clock supply of electricity, ACWA announced on April 26. The newly inaugurated 50 MW plant produced electricity for 161 straight hours within the first month of its commercial operation. The ...
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