Page 52 - Load Management News Today

Published: 18 Jan 2021, 09:18 By: Alice Grundy The UK gigafactory is to be built in Northumberland, with Britishvolt helming the project. Image: Britishvolt Siemens has partnered with the company behind what is to be the UK’s first lithium-ion battery gigafactory, providing it with its Digital Enterprise Technology. Britishvolt will have access to Siemens’ electrification solutions, automation and Digital Twin manufacturing execution technology, with this system giving the co...

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

Published: 18 Jan 2021, 11:05 By: Andy Colthorpe The Neoen-Tesla Hornsdale Power Reserve battery storage project in South Australia, which in many ways kicked off a wave of large-scale battery storage project announcements across the country. Image: Neoen-Tesla. Renewable energy developer Neoen last month published its plan for a new project in New South Wales, Australia, called the ‘Great Western Battery’ which will be among the country’s largest battery energy storage syst...

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

Published: 14 Jan 2021, 08:20 By: AGLs planned 100MW / 150MWh battery storage project in Wandoan, Queensland, Australia. Image: Vena Energy. Technology providers Fluence and Wartsila have been chosen through a competitive solicitation process to supply up to 1,000MW of grid-scale battery energy storage to Australian energy generation and retail company AGL. AGL said in a press release today that the two companies have been “secured under non-exclusive framework agreements” to ...

Published: 13 Jan 2021, 09:05 By: Andy Colthorpe Indian Energy was also awarded a US$1.2 million grant by the CEC in its long-duration solicitation last year for a project including NextGen flywheels made by KE Storage Corporation (KESC). Image: Indian Energy. A project which will combine and then assess four different types of non-lithium technologies for long-durations of energy storage has been awarded a grant by the California Energy Commission (CEC). A grant of “more than ...

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

Reporter, Solar Media Gresham House added the Wickham Market grid-scale battery project (pictured) to its portfolio among a wave of other acquisitions in the past few months alone. Image: Gresham House Energy Storage Fund. Battery storage portfolio investor Gresham House Energy Storage Fund has acquired 55MW of UK projects in the past few weeks and completed a 10MW extension to an existing project. Gresham House Energy Storage Fund, which is listed on the London Stock Exchange under the ticker...

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...

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...