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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 company's 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 are being installed as part of an Australian Federal government initiative to improve the resilienc...

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 part of a two-year trial Ausgrid is carrying out to test the efficacy of community batteries fed by s...

Published: 15 Feb 2021, 15:35 By: Andy Colthorpe ESS Inc's 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 promising 6-16 hours discharge duration. The company announced the launch of the ESS Inc Energy Center la...

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 renewables consulting firm Reolum, welcomed how the strategy aims to address good governance in environm...

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