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Published: 15 Feb 2021, 11:43 By: Edith Hancock Electricity distribution group Ausgrid has unveiled its first community battery project in Beacon Hill, a northern suburb of Sydney. Image: Ausgrid Electricity distributor Ausgrid has launched its first community battery project in Sydney The new battery energy storage system, which is located in Beacon Hill, a suburb of Sydney, enables residents of Australia’s east coast to store and share excess solar power. It has been built as p...

Published: 15 Feb 2021, 15:35 By: Andy Colthorpe ESS Incs Energy Warehouse (pictured) is a 75kW / 500kWh containerised system. The new range will start at 3MW power capacity and between six and 16 hours of storage duration. Image: ESS Inc via Facebook, cropped for the site by Andy Colthorpe. ESS Inc, the US-headquartered manufacturer of a flow battery using iron and saltwater electrolytes, has launched a new range of energy storage systems starting at 3MW power capacity and promis...

FRTA expands bus service program to weekends A Franklin Regional Transit Authority (FRTA) bus arrives at the John W. Olver Transit Center in Greenfield. FRTA will expand its ACCESS micro-transit pilot program to weekends starting Sunday. STAFF FILE PHOTO/PAUL FRANZ Related stories thanks to $171K grant GREENFIELD — The Franklin Regional Transit Authority (FRTA) will expand its ACCESS micro-transit pilot program to weekends beginning Sunday, according to Administrator Tina Cote. The transit a...

A Spanish hybrid plant from Acciona that features battery storage paired with a wind farm. Image: Acciona. Update 19 February 2021:  Yann Dumont, president of the Spanish Energy Storage Association (ASEALEN), said publication of the strategy is already contributing to the take-off of the storage sector in Spain. “This document publicly presents the importance of energy storage in our country and shows several clear paths and courses of action to address it.” Dumont, who is also CEO of rene...

The go-to resource for in-depth news, analysis, blogs and more on the international energy storage industry

The go-to resource for in-depth news, analysis, blogs and more on the international energy storage industry

First published on NFI’s journey into electric truck deployment began in 2018. Now, the fleet is testing out 10 electric vehicles from Daimler at its Chino, California, facility. The test program got off to a quick start, once NFI’s senior vice president of fleet services, Bill Bliem, and others began exploring options with OEMs. "A year later, we had our first electric Daimler tractor in place," he said. "They partnered with us from pitch to implementation." It’s early in the process, bu...

The go-to resource for in-depth news, analysis, blogs and more on the international energy storage industry

Published: 11 Feb 2021, 12:11 By: Andy Colthorpe sPowers parent company AES recently completed the Alamitos battery storage project (pictured), also in California, also 100MW / 400MWh. Image: AES Corporation. A debt financing deal closed by independent power producer (IPP) sPower for a 100MW / 400MWh battery storage project in California demonstrates that significant project finance investment can be achieved for large-scale battery facilities. That’s according to Frank Beckers,...

Published: 10 Feb 2021, 13:38 By: Andy Colthorpe The microgrid which includes 3MWp of solar PV at Indominco Mandiri coal mine in Indonesia. Image: Hitachi ABB Power Grids. Hitachi ABB Power Grids will supply battery energy storage and smart controls to Singapore’s first virtual power plant (VPP), on a project aimed at validating methods for integrating more renewable energy onto the city-state’s electricity networks. The project will help integrate electricity from different d...