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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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Webinar March 26: Energy Storage for a Greener and More Resilient Grid
IEEE Smart Grid is hosting the webinar “Energy Storage for a Greener and More Resilient Grid” on Thursday, March 26, 2015 from 1 to 2 p.m. ET. The increasing penetration of variable renewable generation storage is now becoming one of the hottest topics in the utility industry. Research on materials and devices has increased cost-effectiveness, cycle life, and safety. The ...
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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 ...
By Anesco Ltd
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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 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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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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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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Malta Teams Up with Duke Energy to Study Possibility of Converting Coal Units into Clean Energy Storage Facilities
Malta Inc. is teaming up with Duke Energy to study the socioeconomic, environmental and operational benefits of converting retiring coal units into long-duration, zero-emissions energy storage systems by integrating Malta's 100-megawatt, 10-hour pumped heat energy storage system into existing infrastructure at a Duke Energy coal plant in North Carolina. A U.S. Department of Energy grant is ...
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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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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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ABB wins US$120m hydropower order in Switzerland
ABB, the leading power and automation technology group, has won an order worth $120 million from Kraftwerke Linth-Limmern AG (KLL) related to the construction of a new hydropower plant and energy-storage facility in eastern Switzerland. The order was booked in the third quarter. The Linth-Limmern high–capacity, pumped-storage hydropower station will be installed in an underground cavern in the ...
By ABB
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San Diego Gas & Electric Adds Five New Energy Storage Projects Totaling 83.5 Megawatts
San Diego Gas & Electric (SDG&E) announced recently (6/5) that five new energy storage projects totaling 83.5 megawatts (MW) and one demand response program equaling 4.5 MW have been approved by the California Public Utilities Commission (CPUC). The projects will add lithium-ion battery storage facilities in San Diego and south Orange counties. "The approval marks yet another milestone in ...
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Arevon and Rosendin Complete Townsite Solar + Storage Project in Boulder City, Nevada
Arevon, a leading renewable energy company, and Rosendin, the largest employee-owned electrical contractor and one of the fastest-growing renewable energy groups in the country, earlier this month announced the completion of Townsite Solar + Storage in Boulder City, Nevada. The new Townsite Solar + Storage facility features an innovative solar system and Tesla battery energy storage system ...
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AES and KIUC Make History with World’s Largest Solar PV Peaker Plant
The AES Corporation and Kaua’i Island Utility Cooperative (KIUC) recently (1/8) inaugurated the Lāwa’i Solar and Energy Storage Project, the largest operational solar and storage system in the world. The project, owned and operated by AES Distributed Energy, consists of a 28 MW solar photovoltaic (PV) and a 100 MWh five-hour duration energy storage system, and will help Hawaii meet its goal of ...
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