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Published: 8 Feb 2021, 20:00 By: Andy Colthorpe The 50MW wind farm under construction near La Paz, Mexico. Image: Eurus Energy Group - Wärtsilä Corporation Wärtsilä Corporation has been contracted to install a 10MW battery energy storage system at a wind farm in Mexico, marking an expansion into the country for the energy solutions provider. Eolica Coromuel Wind Farm, around 38km from the city of La Paz, is a 50MW wind energy project under construction by Eurus Energy America ...

Published: 9 Feb 2021, 13:40 By: Andy Colthorpe Another recent black start project, delivered by FlexGen to an unnamed utility company in Indiana and announced as complete last summer. Image: FlexGen. When turbines at a natural gas power plant in California go offline, battery energy storage will be used as a ‘much cleaner alternative’ to diesel or other fossil fuels in getting them up and running again. Siemens Energy has been awarded an engineering, procurement and construct...

Published: 9 Feb 2021, 14:28 By: Andy Colthorpe Artist rendering of the 250MWh LAES project Highview is building near Manchester, UK. Image: Highview Power. A US$70 million funding round has been successfully closed by Highview Power, a UK-headquartered company which has developed a liquid air energy storage (LAES) system called the ‘CRYOBattery’. Highview’s proprietary technology is aimed at enabling bulk storage of electricity for grids safely and for long-durations, aidi...

Published: 8 Feb 2021, 02:53 By: Image: Southern Power. US wholesale energy provider Southern Power is adding battery energy storage to two solar sites in California. Storage will be added to the company’s Tranquillity Solar Facility and Garland Solar Facility, with Southern Power – a subsidiary of the Southern Company – also announcing it has signed 20 year power purchase agreements (PPAs) with Southern California Edison (SCE) for the two sites. At the 205MW Tranquillity S...

mandmFebruary 5, 2021 21 ReportsnReports added Portugal Solar Photovoltaic Market Research Report created by Report Consultant, which offers detailed insights, revenue details, and other information regarding the global market, and the various trends, drivers, restraints, opportunities, and market till 2028. Portugal Solar Photovoltaic Market Report offers detailed information regarding the leading key players operating in the market, their financials, supply chain trends, technological innov...

Published: 28 Jan 2021, 07:13 By: Molly Lempriere Social Energys AI-backed technology optimises an interconnected network of smart and clean energy assets, including participation in grid-services and balancing markets. Image: Social Energy. 27 January 2021: UK developer Eelpower partners up with infrastructure investor SUSI Partners  UK energy storage and renewables developer Eelpower has formed a joint venture (JV) with Switzerland-headquartered sustainable infrastructure inves...

Published: 26 Jan 2021, 04:52 By: Edith Hancock BNEFs report showed that energy storage investment was driven by growth in Asia Pacific and American markets, while EMEA funding slowed down. Image: BNEF Despite the fall in unit prices for energy storage, a total of US$3.6 billion of investment was committed to energy storage projects in 2020, around the same amount as in 2019. A new report from BloombergNEF looking at investment trends in the global energy transition found that sola...

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Published: 22 Jan 2021, 07:27 By: Kelly Speakes-Backman addresses the ESAs annual conference, held online in 2020. Image: ESA. Kelly Speakes-Backman, CEO of the national Energy Storage Association (ESA), has been named in the newly appointed senior leadership team at the US Department of Energy (DoE). Speakes-Backman, appointed as the first-ever CEO of the trade association in 2017, has been appointed by the incoming administration of President Joe Biden and Vice President Kamala ...