Category: Hybrids and Energy Storage

Trina Storage to supply BESS for solar farms in the UK

Trina Storage has secured a deal to provide battery energy storage systems (BESS) for four UK sites operated by Low Carbon. The systems will deliver approximately 190 MWh of total storage capacity, enhancing arbitrage and ancillary services capabilities. Each project will be able to provide its rated power output continuously for a duration of two hours. 

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Cubico and Storaltil create 1 GW Italian battery energy storage joint venture

Cubico Sustainable Investments, a British renewables investor, and Storaltil Srl, an Italian company, have formed a joint venture (JV) to construct more than 1 GW of battery energy storage system (BESS) projects in Italy. According to the statement, the partners will place their wagers on Storaltil’s technical experience in the energy storage segment and Cubico’s proficiency in initiating and expanding projects in Italy

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Alcemi gets permits for 1.5 GW battery projects in Scotland

Alcemi, a developer of battery energy storage systems, has secured planning approval in Scotland for two battery energy storage system (BESS) projects totaling 1.5 GW. Alcemi is implementing the projects as a component of a larger 4 GW energy storage portfolio in the UK. Located in Fife, north of Edinburgh, is the 500 MW and 1,000 MWh Devilla energy storage facility.

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Enel acquires 1 GW hybrid renewables project at Australian mine

Enel Green Power Australia, a subsidiary of Italian energy company Enel, has agreed to acquire QEM’s 1 GW Julia Creek renewables project in Australia. In north-west Queensland, the project is situated next to QEM’s flagship Julia Creek oil shale and vanadium project. It will use a combination of solar and wind energy to produce 1 GW of power

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CIP and EDF win bid for BESS projects in South Africa 

A consortium of Mulilo, a South African independent power producer majority owned by CIP through its Growth Markets Fund I (CI GMF I), and EDF has been finalised as preferred bidder for three battery energy storage projects. A total of five projects were awarded under South Africa’s first Battery Energy Storage Procurement Programme by the Department of Mineral Resources and Energy.

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Carbon Capture, Utilisation and Storage Policy in Indonesia: IEA Report

Indonesia’s young power and industrial assets need clean energy alternatives and energy efficiency measures in order for the country to reach its climate target of net zero emissions by 2060. This report aims to inform that Carbon capture, utilisation and storage (CCUS) can be an important technology to help achieve that goal while advancing energy security and employment outcomes. It is set to play diverse roles in supporting Indonesia’s energy transition. 

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Gurīn Energy to develop 2 GWh BESS in Japan

Gurīn Energy has announced plans to develop, build and operate a battery energy storage system (BESS) in Japan. The planned project is a 500 MW capacity, four-hour BESS that will be able to store up to 2 GWh of electricity, or enough electricity to charge 50,000 electric vehicles. The projected cost of development for the project is $600 million over a six-year period. Construction on the BESS is expected to begin in 2026.

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Chile’s Net-Zero Plans: Focus on RES, transmission and storage systems

Chile is actively working towards achieving carbon neutrality by 2050, defined under the Ley Marco de Cambio Climático or Framework Law on Climate Change of 2022. Chile has been taking various steps to strengthen the electricity sector, with an aim to have a more detailed path towards its decarbonisation plans. Timely implementation of these initiatives will help the country maintain a smoother energy transition.

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RPC and Elmya form solar and BESS joint venture in the UK

Renewable Power Capital (RPC) and Elmya Energy have formed a joint venture (JV) to develop 4 GW of BESS and co-located solar PV assets in the UK. As part of the deal, Elmya Energy has contributed an existing pipeline of over 2.5 GW to the JV. This includes 1.5 GW of transmission-connected projects and 200 MW of distribution-connected projects at a late stage of development, plus 800 MW of earlier stage projects. 

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Masdar, Taaleri Energia to buy 1 GW of Polish hybrid renewables project

Masdar and Taaleri Energia have acquired eight hybrid renewable energy projects in Poland.  Onshore wind and solar photovoltaic (PV) technologies are part of the projects. The deal includes a 1 GW portfolio with a total capacity of more than 1 GW.  Masdar’s portfolio in Europe, and specifically in Poland, where it possesses 51.4 MW of wind projects, has been significantly expanded with this acquisition from Polish developer Domrel Biuro Uslug Inwestycyjnych.

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