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Texas'' largest battery project to date brought online by …

US utility Vistra has brought a 260MW/260MWh battery energy storage system (BESS) online in Texas, the largest in the state. Vistra said yesterday (23 May) that the DeCordova Energy Storage …

AGL breaks ground on 250MW Torrens Island battery project in …

Rendering of the Torrens Island BESS project, due for completion early in 2023 and capable of expansion from its initial 250MWh configuration to 1,000MWh at a later date. Image: AGL. Australian power retail and generation company AGL has broken ground on a 250MW / 250MWh battery energy storage system (BESS) project in South Australia.

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Industrial sensor group completes acquisition of battery PCS manufacturer Dynapower. July 14, 2022. ... Norwegian state-owned energy company Equinor will acquire a US-based developer of grid-scale battery energy storage projects. Renewables and storage software providers Power Factors and Inaccess join forces with acquisition. June 20, 2022.

Origin Energy to acquire 1.5GW wind project in Australia

Australian power and gas producer Origin Energy has agreed to acquire a 1.5GW wind project with integrated battery storage in New South Wales (NSW), Australia. The deal with Virya Energy involves the Yanco Delta development, a significant wind and energy storage project in the Riverina district.

Progress report: Some more of US'' biggest battery projects taking shape

Battery racks going in Manatee Energy Storage Center in Florida. Image: Florida Power & Light. After the successful expansion of Moss Landing Energy Storage Facility — the biggest battery project in world to date — was reported last week, progress milestones have been recorded for three more major solar-plus-storage and standalone …

Battery storage M&A powers into 2024

The project will store enough electricity to power 50,000 homes in the state during peak summer conditions for two decades. These transactions follow the …

WEG announces acquisition of Energy Storage business in the …

The company designs, develops and manufactures energy storage systems in Barre, Vermont, USA.

Battery energy storage: the challenge of playing catch up

Battery energy storage systems: the technology of tomorrow The market for battery energy storage systems (BESS) is rapidly expanding, and it is estimated to grow to $14.8bn by 2027. In 2023, the total installed capacity of BES stood at 45.4GW and is set to increase to 372.4GW in 2030.

RES secures planning approval for 100MW UK battery storage project

A 99.9MW energy storage project in development in northern England by Renewable Energy Systems (RES) has secured planning permission, with the asset set to be operational in late 2023. ... That 54MW portfolio consists of two battery storage projects with a combined capacity of 25MW along with 29MW of solar PV, all of which are …

New Zealand''s ''first grid-scale battery storage project'' in ...

Infratec general manager Nick Bibby said that the storage system is "the first of its scale to be built in New Zealand". As reported by Energy-Storage.news, the two companies completed their assessment of the project in late 2021, selecting a site in Huntly, a town in the Waikato District.. They then announced the appointment of key contractors …

What we know about Europe''s ''largest grid-connected battery project'' so ...

In mid-July, the 100MW / 100MWh Minety battery energy storage system (BESS) was completed in Wiltshire, southern England. It is claimed to be the largest project of its kind in Europe, although another project of a similar size in England, Capenhurst, is also now underway and another 100MW battery project is being built in neighbouring …

50MW/100MWh UK battery project begins ...

This latest battery – located in Sandwell, northwest of Birmingham, England – is to be connected to the transmission network at National Grid''s Bustlehome substation, helping to integrate more renewable energy and increase the resiliency of the electricity system by automatically charging and discharging to balance supply and …

Britain''s biggest battery project so far goes ...

The asset has been acquired from Gresham House DevCo and Noriker Power, with Gresham House having acquired a 5% stake in the latter in 2019. The Thurcroft asset was acquired from the two developers …

Lightsource BP switches on first battery project from ''multiple ...

Solar developer Lightsource BP has energised its first UK-based battery energy storage system (BESS) – the first of its global multi-gigawatt pipeline. ... with the company fully acquired by oil and gas giant BP in late November 2023 via the acquisition of the remaining 50.03% stake. ... Home battery storage aggregation projects have …

Progress report: Some more of US'' biggest battery …

Battery racks going in Manatee Energy Storage Center in Florida. Image: Florida Power & Light. After the successful expansion of Moss Landing Energy Storage Facility — the biggest battery project in …

New Zealand battery project awarded to Saft as ...

They include vertically integrated BESS solutions company Saft and inverter electronics company Power Electronics NZ. This week Saft was also announced as contractor to the largest BESS project in the Arctic and recently completed work on France''s biggest project of its type.. In October 2021, Energy-Storage.news reported that WEL …

UK renewables players Anesco, Foresight partner ...

An Anesco-built UK battery energy storage system (BESS) project. Image: Anesco. UK renewable energy and energy storage company Anesco is to build and maintain 100MW of battery energy storage for investors JLEN and Foresight Solar Fund Limited (FSFL).

Republic of Ireland Battery Storage Project Database Report

This provides full visibility on Ireland as a whole, with projects from both the Republic of Ireland and Northern Ireland operating across an Integrated Single Energy Market (I-SEM). The Republic of Ireland Battery Storage Project Database report forms part of a broad portfolio of solar PV and battery storage market reports across the UK and ...

SSE, one of the UK''s biggest energy suppliers ...

Scotland-headquartered multinational energy company SSE has acquired development rights for its first 50MW battery storage asset from developer Harmony Energy. The project in Wiltshire, south west England, is expected to come to financial close and be fully constructed over the next 18 months. It will then be used by the energy …

TotalEnergies buys German BESS developer Kyon Energy

Oil and gas major TotalEnergies has acquired Kyon Energy, one of the most active battery energy storage system (BESS) project developers in Germany. Paris-headquartered TotalEnergies has agreed to pay an upfront €90 million (US$98 million) to acquire Kyon from its three founders, plus further payments linked to the achievement of …

Statera lands ''one of largest UK battery storage debt deals to-date''

The site of the future project which will combine batteries and a flexible generation plant. Image: Statera Energy. UK battery storage and flexible generation developer-operator Statera Energy has secured a £300 million (US$375 million) financing package for its Thurrock project, its first news since being bought by investor EQT.

Construction starts on largest battery storage project in Belgium

Construction has started on what will be the largest battery storage project in Belgium at 25MW/100MWh when completed later this year. Nala Renewables'' lithium-ion battery energy storage system (BESS) will come online at metals conglomerate Nyrstar''s zinc smelting operation in Balen, in Belgium''s Flemish region, by the end of 2022.

Q CELLS'' acquisition of GELI: ''Software is ...

Battery storage systems can deliver multiple services and provide customers and sites with backup power, but their value in doing so remains largely dependent on "highly sophisticated" software. ... The Q CELLS acquisition, announced in August and closed in December 2020, follows a continuing trend of renewable energy …

Dominion acquires Virginia battery energy storage project

One of Dominion''s three Virginia pilot BESS projects, deployed at an existing solar PV plant. Image: RES. US utility Dominion Energy has taken another small step towards fulfilling its role in Virginia''s energy transition with the acquisition of a 15.7MW battery storage project in development.

Energy Vault to build 220MWh of battery storage projects for …

The division is headed by John Jung, the former CEO and president of battery storage and EMS pioneer Greensmith Energy until its acquisition by Wärtsilä in 2017. "With today''s inaugural EVS-enabled battery energy storage projects announcement supporting a market leader in storage infrastructure and analytics like …

Top UK solar investor Foresight closing in on first battery storage ...

More than 500MW worth of battery storage projects received 15-year grid balancing contracts via the Capacity Market earlier this year, building on the 200MW of storage which won four-year support under National Grid''s Enhanced Frequency Response tender in August 2016.

Microgrids, battery storage projects get funding ...

The list of projects is therefore long and includes a wide variety of initiatives, technologies and mitigation measures alongside the hundreds of (mostly) solar-plus-storage microgrids, including enhancements to the grid from software to high voltage DC hardware level, better integration of distributed energy resources (DER), direct …

NextEnergy Solar Fund acquires 250MW/500MWh ''strategic battery storage ...

The project will be developed and owned by NESF together with developer Eelpower, which the fund has partnered with to work on UK battery storage assets. The pair''s first acquisition was a 50MW project in Scotland in 2021, and in September they made a £200 million launch of their second joint venture (JV). NESF …

Siemens and Fluence to build renewables ...

The partners will now look into developing a "suitable financing concept" and look at how the project can be implemented. Siemens said energy storage technology and services provider Fluence, which was formed in 2017 as a Siemens-AES Corporation joint venture (JV), will provide the lithium-ion battery system.

Greenbacker and Aypa Power acquire US battery storage projects

Greenbacker Renewable Energy Company and Blackstone-owned Aypa Power have acquired pre-operational battery energy storage system (BESS) …