World's largest solar + battery project comes online in South Africa

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The ~$1 billion Kenhardt project – which outperformed fossil fuels in a competitive bid – has installed solar capacity of 540 MW and a battery storage capacity of 225 MW/ 1,140 MWh...

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US utility disconnects CATL batteries citing security concerns, sparking row

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An American company has disconnected large-scale CATL batteries attached to a US military base after politicians raised security concerns, in turn sparking angry reactions from the...

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Canada's e-STORAGE to supply 226 MWh batteries to Engie’s Scotland BESS projects

Colin Parkin, President of e-STORAGE (left) and Aidan Connolly, Head of Engie Battery Storage UK. Image: PR Newswire

e-STORAGE, a company that specializes in design, manufacturing, and integration of battery energy storage systems (BESS) for utility-scale applications, will deliver 226 MWh DC of ...

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COP28: GEAPP's multilateral consortium targets 5GW of battery storage by 2024

Prime Minister of Barbados, Mia Mottley, at the launch of the Battery Energy Storage Systems (BESS) Consortium in COP28. Source:

At the 2023 United Nations Climate Change Conference (COP28) in Dubai, about 11 countries have committed to a global consortium as part of a collaborative effort to secur...

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Honeywell provides 124 MWh BESS for 140 MW solar project in US Virgin Islands

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US engineering-and-technology conglomerate Honeywell announced it will provide developer VIElectron its first instalment of battery energy storage solutions (BESS) for six solar pa...

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Australian state starts work on A$1 billion 600 MW BESS project in Melbourne

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The Australian state of Victoria has announced its first investment through the State Electricity Commission (SEC) to help build one of the world's biggest battery projects, in par...

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SemperPower kick-starts 62 MWh Rolls-Royce BESS 'Castor' in Netherlands

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Large-scale battery storage firm SemperPower has begun the operations of its second utility-scale energy storage project 'Castor' in Netherlands, claimed as the largest of its...

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Wärtsilä launches 'Quantum' high energy, next-gen BESS solution

Battery storage firm Wärtsilä has launched 'Quantum High Energy' (Quantum HE), a next-generation energy storage system with advanced safety features and enhanced energy d...

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Tata AutoComp delivers first set of BESS to Tata Power

India's leading electric utility, Tata Power received the first set of battery energy storage system (BESS) from Tata AutoComp for its energy storage park in Chhattisgarh. The BESS...

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Daily Shorts: US renewable projects run into 3-year transformer wait, VW promises cheap EV, and more

America's power sector is grappling with a transformer shortage. US renewable energy project developers who are setting up grid-scale RE and energy storage systems say critical com...

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ADS-TEC installs 20 MW BESS for Polar Structure AB in Sweden

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Battery charging and storage tech firm ADS-TEC Energy has announced the installation of eight large-scale storage containers based battery energy storage solution in...

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CATL, Quinbrook sign pact for deploying 10GWh+ of stationary energy storage

Officials of CATL and Quinbrook sign the Global Framework Agreement.

Battery giant, Contemporary Amperex Technology Co., Ltd (CATL) has signed a Global Framework Agreement with renewable energy developer, Quinbrook to deploy more than 10 GWh of its ...

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SSE Renewables gets green light for 320 MW BESS, one of UK’s biggest battery projects

SSE Renewables' Monk Fryton battery will be located next to the UK National Grid's Monk Fryton station. (Image for Representational Purpose) Image: SSE Renewables

SSE Renewables, the green arm of energy developer SSE, has received the green signal to develop one of UK's largest battery energy storage systems (BESS) projects. The company said...

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Strategic Partnership: Powin and Hitachi Energy to expand energy storage market presence

Leading energy storage solutions provider in North America, Powin LLC (Powin) has forged a strategic partnership with global technology major, Hitachi Energy to expand its footprin...

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Pixii powers Malaysia's first BESS supported EV charging station

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Malaysia has opened its first battery energy storage system (BESS) integrated EV charging station, located along the country's main highway - the North-South Ex...

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Fluence launches Gridstack Pro energy storage solutions for utility-scale projects

Fluence Gridstack Pro is an advanced energy storage solution built for the next era of utility-scale projects. Source: Fluence

Energy storage firm Fluence has recently unveiled its latest and advanced energy storage solution 'Gridstack Pro' designed for the next-generation utility-scale projects....

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Indian Cabinet eyes LCoS of ₹5.50-6.60 per kWh with viability gap funding for BESS

India has approved a scheme for Viability Gap Funding (VGF) for development of Battery Energy Storage Systems (BESS) in an attempt to reduce the cost of energy storage for pow...

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Eos Energy secures $398.6M conditional loan from U.S. DOE’s Loan Program Office

Eos Energy Enterprises (Eos) on Thursday said it has secured a conditional commitment for a loan up to $398.6 million from the U.S. Department of Energy's (US DOE) Loan Program Off...

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Auto-electrical components manufacturer, Lucas TVS eyes li-ion battery manufacturing

Joining the growing list of companies venturing into battery cell manufacturing in India, motor vehicle manufacturing company, Lucas TVS on Saturday (August 26) announced it will b...

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JLR’s used EV batteries to power one of the largest energy storage systems in the UK

With its ambition to adopt circular economy principles, Jaguar Land Rover (JLR) has announced it will use second-life Jaguar I-PACE batteries to develop one of the largest ene...

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Northvolt raises $1.2 bn for market expansion; rolls out first BESS at Dwa

Northvolt has announced that it has raised $1.2 billion in convertible notes to finance plans for its further European and North American expansion. The latest developmen...

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Acer expands into energy storage biz; picks up 11% stake in C-Life Technologies

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Multinational hardware and electronics company, Acer Inc on Thursday (August 3) announced that its Board of Directors have given approval for the investment in C-Lif...

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Queensland’s grid-scale battery ‘Big Bessie’ goes live

Genex Power's (Genex) Bouldercombe Battery Project has come online outside Rockhampton in Queensland, Australia. With a capacity of 50MW and 100MWh of storage, the Boulde...

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China’s Hithium Energy Storage secures US $622 million in funding

Leading manufacturer of energy storage products, Hithium Energy Storage Technologies Co. (Hithium) has closed Series C funding round of over RMB 4.5 billion ($622 million) to advan...

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Honeywell unveils 'Ionic' modular, scalable BESS for C&I applications

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Multinational tech firm Honeywell has recently introduced its 'Ionic' end-to-end modular battery energy storage system (BESS) and energy management tool for global market...

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Aquila eyes battery storage business in Japan, plans bigger solar footprint

German investor Aquila Capital is looking to expand its solar footprint in Japan and add a battery storage business in the Land of the Rising Sun. "We started with the first acquis...

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Form Energy to deploy 15MW/1500MWh iron air battery systems in Georgia

Iron-air battery system manufacturer, Form Energy Inc. (Form Energy) on Monday announced that it will deploy a 15MW/1500 MWh iron-air battery system under a definitive agreement wi...

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India planning ₹3,760 crore incentives for 4,000 MWh capacity BESS projects

Authorities in India have tendered energy storage projects totaling as much as 5 GWh. Image: Tesla

India will offer ₹3,760 crore in incentives to companies for setting up battery storage projects of total 4,000 megawatt hours (MWh) capacity, Reuters reports, quoting unidentified...

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MG Motor India, LOHUM develop 5 kWh BESS as second life EV battery solution

Carmaker MG Motor India has joined forces with LOHUM, India's largest producer of sustainable energy transition materials, to establish a comprehensive ecosystem for the reuse...

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Rimac plans big on stationary energy storage systems from 2024 in Europe

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Rimac Technology is expanding beyond its high-performance EV technology to introduce innovative stationary energy storage systems (ESS). The Croatia-based compa...

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