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Published: 21 Apr 2021, 11:01 By: Andy Colthorpe Fluence launched its 6th generation of energy storage systems solutions during 2020 including Edgestack, the company's first product suite aimed at the commercial and industrial (C&I) market. Image: Fluence. Energy storage technology provider Fluence and battery gigafactory startup Northvolt will collaborate to develop “next-generation battery technology for grid-scale storage applications,” the companies said today. The co-development of grid storage technology will draw on Fluence’s long-standing experience in the sector. ...

“The delivery and operation of this project provides an important opportunity for us to demonstrate the capabilities of battery storage technology and to learn valuable lessons for projects in development,” added Wünschel. “Strategically, the operation of our first project means that not only are we a leading company in wind and solar power, we have capabilities in battery storage technology that can help safely manage fluctuations in the grid due to the intermittent feed-in of renewable energies.” Internationally, RWE Renewables has appointed battery technology provider and system i...

Published: 15 Apr 2021, 06:48 By: Andy Colthorpe The basics of how a community microgrid built under the scheme would work to supply customers and critical facilities like hospitals in the event of outages or PSPS events. Image: PG&E. Communities at risk of losing their electricity supply in the service area of California utility PG&E when disasters strike are being supported in developing their own microgrids through a new scheme announced by the utility this week. PG&E, one of California’s three big investor-owned utility companies, is rolling out the Community Microgrid Ena...

Published: 14 Apr 2021, 12:03 By: Editor Eos battery stack display at the Solar Power International trade show in 2018. Image: Andy Colthorpe / Solar Media. Eos Energy Enterprises, the NASDAQ-listed designer and manufacturer of energy storage systems based on the company’s aqueous zinc battery technology, has announced three large-scale projects in the US and India. While the company did not give full details including sizing and capacity of each project, it did name the customers as being US renewables, natural gas and battery storage project developer Hecate Energy for a pro...

Published: 14 Apr 2021, 14:40 By: Jules Scully As with Statkraft's first 11MW Kilathmoy battery project in Ireland, systems technology at Kelwin-2 (pictured) was provided by Fluence. Image: Statkraft. Norwegian utility Statkraft has completed the construction of its second large-scale battery storage project in the Republic of Ireland. The 26MW Kelwin-2 installation is located in Tarbert, County Kerry, and will be used to respond instantly to the electrical frequency fluctuations that result from increasing amounts of intermittent power generation. Statkraft has entered a contr...