Tonga coal-to-electricity energy storage project bidding announcement

Michigan regulators approve utility DTE''s 800MWh BESS project

Governor Gretchen Whitmer signed Michigan''s clean energy legislation into law late last year. Image: Gretchen Whitmer via X/Twitter. The Michigan Public Service Commission (MPSC) has approved a bid made by the DTE Electric Company to replace a coal-fired power plant in Michigan with battery storage.

Akuo Energy-Tonga 2 – Battery Energy Storage System, Tonga

Akuo, a global renewable energy independent power producer and developer, and Tonga Power Limited signed an Engineering, Procurement and …

AGL gets approval for Australia''s biggest battery project

Hunter Energy Hub would be built at the site of Liddell power station, a coal power plant set for retirement by the end of April 2023, with the first units scheduled go offline next month. AGL wants to make it the company''s first example of a ''rehabilitated'' thermal coal site.

Chile: AES to turn coal plant into 560MW salt-based energy storage

So-called Project Alba, it would see AES Andes turn its Angamos coal-fired power plant in north Chile – Central Termoeléctrica Angamos (CTA) – into an energy storage unit with 560MW of power output. The energy storage unit would use a system of salts heated to between 310-560°C, which would then enter a water/salt heat exchanger …

Italy: Regulator marks big week for grid-scale energy storage

The new market rules will allow grid operator Terna to run large-scale energy storage auctions. Terna will now run a consultation with the industry on the proposed new auction system and the first auctions should take place in late 2023/early 2024, two developers interviewed for a special feature in PV Tech Power (Vol.35) …

Bidding structures to accommodate renewables in electricity …

Methods of bidding. The bidding mechanism is a crucial feature of any energy market design, as it determines the method by which buyers and sellers communicate their techno-economic preferences and needs to the market clearing mechanism.The electricity market clearing price is the price that is determined by the …

Government of Canada releases Policy Statement on future thermal coal ...

As G7 world leaders gather in the U.K. to combat global challenges, including climate change, and as the next step in Canada''s commitment to addressing harmful GHG emissions from coal, the Honorable Jonathan Wilkinson, Minister of Environment and Climate Change, today announced the Government of Canada''s public …

32GW CfD scheme is ''biggest news in Australian electricity policy''

UK Solar Summit 2025 will look at the role solar currently plays in the energy mix, how this will change over the coming years and how this aligns with net-zero and other government targets.

Long-Duration Energy Storage Demonstrations Projects Selected …

Federal Cost Share: Up to $30.7 million Recipient: Wisconsin Power and Light, doing business as Alliant Energy Locations: Pacific, WI Project Summary: Through the Columbia Energy Storage project, Alliant Energy plans to demonstrate a compressed carbon dioxide (CO2) long-duration energy storage (LDES) system at the soon-to-be retired coal-fired …

Chile: AES to turn coal plant into 560MW salt-based …

So-called Project Alba, it would see AES Andes turn its Angamos coal-fired power plant in north Chile – Central Termoeléctrica Angamos (CTA) – into an energy storage unit with 560MW of power …

South Africa''s energy transition – Unraveling its political economy

Energy context. South Africa''s energy sector is still shaped by the country''s apartheid history and by post-apartheid''s political, social, and economic forces (Baker et al., 2014; Marquard, 2006).Given South Africa''s high coal endowment, the resource supported energy intensive economic growth by fueling the national energy-sector and other …

Kingdom of Tonga Celebrates Major Milestone Towards Renewable Energy ...

6 March 2023 ''Ohonua, ''Eua Tonga (02nd March 2023) — Tonga Power Limited (TPL) has commissioned a new solar and battery energy storage system in Eua, Tonga, with the financial support of the Government of Australia and the Asian Development Bank.The system includes a 350kW solar plant and a 1003kW/1856kWh battery energy storage …

Clean Energy Demonstration Program on Current and Former …

The Mineral Basin: Coal-to-Solar in Pennsylvania project seeks to repurpose almost 2,700 acres of former coal mining land in Clearfield County and develop the largest solar project in Pennsylvania—a utility-scale 402 MW solar PV facility that will produce enough clean energy to power more than 70,000 homes.

TransAlta Announces Acquisition of 50% Interest in Early-Stage …

TransAlta Corporation ("TransAlta" or the "Company") (TSX: TA) (NYSE: TAC) announced today that it has entered into a definitive agreement to acquire a 50% interest in the Tent Mountain Renewable Energy Complex ("Tent Mountain" or the "Project"), an early-stage 320 MW pumped hydro energy storage development project, …

Tonga''s first large-scale battery systems take ...

Tonga''s first utility-scale battery energy storage system (BESS) project was officially opened today at an event attended by the South Pacific Kingdom''s prime minister.

Wisconsin''s largest utility moves up plans to stop using coal as a …

The new target for exiting coal as an energy source company-wide does not change retirement dates for coal units at the South Oak Creek plant near Milwaukee. Two coal-fired units are slated to come offline next year and the final two by late 2025. Meanwhile, Elm Road Generating Station will be converted to a natural gas plant, officials …

Official Completion Ceremony for Tonga''s 1st ever Large

Tonga Renewable Energy Project (TREP) has three components: (i) a large BESS capacity on Tongatapu to ensure that the intermittent electricity generated from solar …

Tonga Opens Renewable Grid to Deliver Clean, Affordable …

The system will deliver clean, reliable, and efficient electricity supply to the people of Niuatoputapu, as well as 100 kilowatts of standby thermal power to ensure …

Waratah Super Battery

The Waratah Super Battery project is being delivered as a priority transmission infrastructure project under the Electricity Infrastructure Investment Act 2020 (the Act), and is the first such project to be delivered under this Act. The project is expected to stimulate up to $1 billion in private investment into new energy storage and associated network …

Biden-Harris Administration Announces $450 ...

WASHINGTON, D.C. — As part of President Biden''s Investing in America agenda, the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) today announced up to $450 million from the Bipartisan Infrastructure Law to advance clean energy demonstration projects on current and former mine lands ploying clean energy projects in mining communities across …

Kingdom of Tonga Celebrates Major Milestone Towards …

The system includes a 300kW solar plant and a 2 Mega-watt hour battery energy storage system, which will enable TPL to integrate renewable energy into its …

Solar-plus-storage system commissioned in Tonga …

A solar-plus-storage project combining 300kW of PV and a 2MWh battery energy storage system (BESS) has been installed in the Polynesian archipelago nation of Tonga. The project on the island of …

TerraPower chooses Kemmerer for nuclear reactor

The project, announced in June, will be the first of several Natrium reactors the company plans to build near retiring coal-fired power plants within the next decade. The partnership between the ...

Copenhagen Infrastructure Partners acquires majority stake in Elgin Energy

The company has been successful in government-backed auctions in the UK and Ireland, securing 30 projects up to 2024. ... Stanmore secures LEIP funding to convert gas to electricity at South Walker Creek coal mine ... CIP made a final investment decision on a 500MW/one gigawatt-hour battery energy storage system (BESS) project, …

Financial close achieved for 100MWh battery energy storage project …

Financial close has been reached for a 25MW / 100MWh battery energy storage system (BESS) project in Belgium which has also been successful in a grid capacity auction alongside gas-fired power plants. ... Located on the site of a retired 800MW coal power plant and connected to a 70kV substation nearby, the Ruien BESS will …

Solar-plus-storage system commissioned in Tonga with ...

The inauguration ceremony for the solar-plus-storage unit. Image: Prime Minister''s Office of the Government of the Kingdom of Tonga. A solar-plus-storage project combining 300kW of PV and a 2MWh battery energy storage system (BESS) has been installed in the Polynesian archipelago nation of Tonga. The project on the island of …

AES Indiana plans 200-MW/800-MWh energy storage at retiring coal …

Dive Insight: The proposed battery storage project grew out of AES Indiana''s most recent integrated resource plan, which calls for converting two coal-fired units totaling 1,052 MW at its ...

Announcements | Government of India | Ministry of Power

Draft Tariff Based Competitive Bidding guidelines for procurement of storage capacity/stored energy from Pumped Storage Plants (1.73 MB, pdf) Aug 12 Amendment in the Guideline for Import/ Export (Cross Border) of Electricity, 2018 (982.86 KB, pdf)

''Germany''s largest BESS project'' to begin ...

As of mid-2022, Germany''s biggest BESS project was Lausitz Battery Energy Storage System (60MW/52MWh), at a coal plant operated by generator LEAG. Energy-Storage.news'' publisher Solar Media will host the 9th annual Energy Storage Summit EU in London, 20-21 February 2024. This year it is moving to a larger venue, …