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One of Belgiums existing large-scale battery storage facilities. Image: Eneco-Alfen-Next Kraftwerke. Commodities trading company Trafigura has said that it is building a large-scale battery storage plant in Belgium through a newly-launched renewable energy joint venture (JV) company. Located at the site of a zinc smelting facility in the northeastern Belgian municipality of Balen, owned and operated by metals company Nyrstar, construction on the project is expected to begin in the first half o...

Tabi Jozwick Voice Correspondent McDONOUGH COUNTY — During Friday’s meeting, the McDonough County Public Transportation interim transit director Pete Hannen told the MCPT committee that ridership during November and December continued to go down for both Go West and Demand Response. For November 2020, Hannen said MCPT had a total ridership of 17,285 with 15,847 riders on Go West and 1,438 riders on Demand Response. In comparison to the November 2019 ridership numbers of 54,321 total riders,...

Founding principal While fire incidents involving lithium-ion batteries in energy storage systems are rare, they can have devastating consequences for the industry and pose a threat to safety. Tom Bensen, Nick Warner, Ryan Franks and Michael Bowes from energy storage and fire safety expert group Energy Safety Response Group (formerly Energy Storage Response Group) discuss some of the most important aspects of creating a safe battery storage industry.  Energy storage projects can range from a f...

Published: 8 Jan 2021, 08:43 By: Edith Hancock SimpliPhis lithium iron phosphate (LFP) battery-based BOSS.6 and BOSS.12 energy storage systems have cleared UL9540 certification. Image: SimpliPhi Power. Stem Inc wins incentives for 68MWh of energy storage projects for low-income California communities 5 January 2021: AI specialist energy storage group Stem Inc and its California sales partners have been awarded incentives to deploy 68MWh of energy storage projects for low-income...

Published: 6 Jan 2021, 07:49 By: Andy Colthorpe One of a number of FlexGen battery storage projects already in operation in Texas, several of which were the same size and capacity as this one (10MW / 11MWh) and help stabilise electricity supply for communities near Houston. Image: FlexGen. Update 7 January 2020: In response to some queries from Energy-Storage.news, a FlexGen representative said that the battery storage systems will be 110MW / 110MWh each, both putting 100MW of usa...

Published: 24 Dec 2020, 11:38 By: Andy Colthorpe JV partner Edify retrofitted a battery storage system using Tesla Powerpacks at Gannawarra solar farm in Victoria, and Precinct Capital said that this rare experience of building a large-scale battery project in Australia was a key aspect in the decision to work together. Image: Australian Renewable Energy Agency (ARENA). A Sydney-headquartered private investment firm and renewable energy and storage developer have lodged a develop...

PG&E, one of California’s main investor-owned utilities (IoUs) has awarded contracts for more than 1,000MW of battery energy storage projects to be deployed in its service area by the end of 2023, the company’s senior VP for energy policy and procurement has said.

Press release content from Newswire. The AP news staff was not involved in its creation. Enel X North America Sees Strong Growth Across Storage, Demand Response and EV Charging as More Organizations Shift Towards Decarbonization in 2020 December 17, 2020 GMT BOSTON - December 17, 2020 - ( Newswire.com ) ​Enel X, the Enel Group’s advanced energy services business line, today announced record growth and key milestones across the business in 2020, as commercial and industrial customers, utilit...

571 views Trio of New England decisions could help or hurt renewables as ISO-NE, NEPOOL face off at FERC The decisions could also inform the regional grid operators energy security plan, where ISO-NE officials are looking to engage with federal regulatory staff on its next steps. Source: www.utilitydive.com New Englanders have a long history of expressing themselves when it comes to matters that are important to the public, i.e. The Boston Tea Party, Shays Rebellion, and all matters energy r...

On December 10, 2020, the Independent Electricity System Operator (" IESO") announced the results of a new capacity auction, which secured 992.1 Megawatts (MW) of capacity from 26 successful market participants. This much-anticipated round of capacity procurement comes after the IESO delayed the auction originally scheduled for June 2020 following reduced electricity demand resulting from COVID-19. What are the Results? The 992.1 MW of capacity have been procured from a combination of eligible...