Storage

Energy Dome successfully launches first long-duration energy storage

Thursday, 07 July 2022 Robin Whitlock Utility-scale long-duration energy storage provider Energy Dome recently announced the successful launch of its first CO2 Battery facility in Sardinia, Italy, marking the final de-risking of the CO2 Battery ...

Wärtsilä Supplies Battery to Pivot Power as Part of Energy Superhub Oxford Project

Tuesday, 05 July 2022 REM The technology group Wärtsilä has supplied a 50 MW / 50 MWh lithium-ion battery to Pivot Power, part of EDF Renewables, who have developed a cutting-edge hybrid battery site in Oxford, UK. The hybrid ...

Close Brothers Leasing funds large battery energy storage system to be developed in Kent, UK

Monday, 04 July 2022 Robin Whitlock Close Brothers Leasing announced it has provided a development loan for the construction phase of Pacific Green Technologies’ 99.98 MW battery energy storage system (BESS) at Richborough Energy Park ...

NREL analysis highlights strategies beyond recycling solar and battery technologies

Tuesday, 28 June 2022 Robin Whitlock In a new comprehensive literature review, researchers at the US Department of Energy’s National Renewable Energy Laboratory (NREL) discovered that alternatives to recycling may have untapped potential ...

Wärtsilä to Provide 100 MWh Energy Storage System in the UK

Monday, 27 June 2022 The technology group Wärtsilä will partner with low carbon energy company SSE to deliver a 50 MW / 100 MWh energy storage system in Salisbury, Wiltshire. The battery will be the first connected directly ...

Lockheed Martin To Build First Long-Duration Energy Storage System For U.S. Army

Thursday, 23 June 2022 REM Lockheed Martin has been awarded a contract to build the first megawatt-scale, long-duration energy storage system for the U.S. Department of Defense. GridStar® Flow will be installed at Fort Carson, ...

RatedPower launches new feature that allows to hybridise a PV plant through BESS support

Tuesday, 21 June 2022 Robin Whitlock

RatedPower has integrated a new feature that hybridises PV plants through AC-coupled BESS support, thereby helping to solve one of renewable energies’ biggest challenges: intermittency.

Nevada Vanadium to collaborate with Hitachi Energy to develop renewable energy supply strategy for Gibellini mine

Friday, 17 June 2022 Robin Whitlock Nevada Vanadium Mining Corporation has announced it has selected Hitachi Energy to provide consulting services related to the development of a renewable energy supply for the planned Gibellini vanadium ...

US grid-scale energy storage market breaks Q1 record

Thursday, 16 June 2022 Robin Whitlock

The US energy storage market set a new record in the first quarter of 2022, with grid-scale installations totalling 2,399 megawatt hours (MWh), the highest capacity for Q1 on record.

NAWA Technologies nominated finalist in 2022 World Materials Forum Scale-Up Challenge

Wednesday, 15 June 2022 Robin Whitlock NAWA Technologies (NAWA), a company that specialises in 3D nanotechnology aimed at unleashing fast, sustainable, and efficient energy storage, has been announced as a finalist in this year’s World Materials ...