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By: Andy Colthorpe New York has some of the most aggressive clean energy policy goals in the world via its Climate Leadership and Community Protection Act, targeting decarbonisation of its electricity sector by 2040. Energy storage is expected to play a vital role, with the Act introduced by Governor Andrew Cuomo including a target of 3GW of storage deployment by 2030 to support the transition away from reliance on fossil fuels. New York Power Authority (NYPA), a public power organisation whic...

Published: 16 Feb 2021, 13:30 By: Molly Lempriere SMS managing director John Hall (left) and head of supply chain Phil Norrish (right) at the companys 50MW site in Cambridgeshire, east England. Image: SMS. Smart energy infrastructure company SMS has begun construction on its first battery energy storage project in the UK. The 50MW battery storage development in Burwell, Cambridgeshire will be followed later this month by construction of a 40MW storage site in Barnsley, South Yorks...

Published: 16 Feb 2021, 08:03 By: Andy Colthorpe Redflow ZBM2 energy storage unit in left foreground. Australian government minister Paul Fletcher (centre) visited the companys offices earlier this month with Cameron Penfold, regional sales director for Optus (left) and Redflow manging director Tim Harris (right). Image: Redflow. Dozens of zinc-bromine flow battery units will be deployed at 56 remote telecommunications stations in Australia, supplied by manufacturer Redflow. They ...

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...

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

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,...