Published: 11 Mar 2021, 12:41
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Grid Storage Launchpad rendering. Image: Pacific Northwest National Lab.
A US$75 million national research and development (R&D) facility for energy storage is expected to be up and running by 2025, the US Department of Energy said yesterday.
Called the Grid Storage Launchpad (GSL), 30 separate research laboratories will be hosted at the site including technology prototype testing chambers and other test labs that put energy storage technologies through their paces in real world electric grid conditions. It will also have workspaces where different teams can collaborate.
There will be a particular focus on accelerating the development and deployment of long-duration and low-cost energy storage. The Launchpad will be built at Pacific Northwest National Laboratory (PNNL), in Richland, Washington state. The DoE selected PNNL as the host for the facility, which is also being financially supported with investments from the State of Wash
Published: 10 Mar 2021, 05:33
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Moss Landing, Monterrey Bay, California, pictured before the gas power plant complex in the centre was redeveloped to house two of the largest battery storage projects in the world, both in PG&E s service area. Image: US Army Corps of Engineers Digital Visual Library.
Pacific Gas & Electric (PG&E), one of California’s three main investor-owned utilities, has said that 1,400MW of battery storage to be deployed in its service area by the end of 2023 will keep the company on-track to meet statewide renewable energy goals “while ensuring grid reliability”.
The utility said yesterday that according to estimates included in its latest 10k filing to the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC), it met more than 35% of customer demand for energy from renewable energy resources in 2020. California Renewable Portfolio Standard (RPS) goals required energy providers to deliver 33% renewables by the end of last year.
10 March 2021: FlexGen appoints solar industry stalwarts as new CEO and CFO
Energy storage technology company FlexGen has appointed two longstanding clean energy industry veterans as its new CEO and CFO.
The company, which started out in microgrids and UPS in various international geographies but is increasingly working on large-scale battery storage projects for developers and utilities based in the US, has hired Kelcy Pegler as its new CEO and Yann Brandt as its new chief financial officer.
Former CEO Josh Prueher recently left to become CFO at Broad Reach Power, a developer of battery storage projects in US markets including Texas, where his former company has already deployed a number of projects for customers and a few months ago announced a major deal with Chinese battery maker CATL to work on two large-scale projects of 110MW / 110MWh each in the state.