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Published: 2 Jun 2021, 14:05 By: Hybrid plant combining wind, solar and battery storage in Zaragoza, Spain. Image: Siemens Gamesa. There are several potential benefits to pairing electricity generation with energy storage, but US network operators still have some way to go to best accommodate the fast-growing interest in so-called ‘hybrid resources’. That was one of the key takeaways of a recently published white paper, authored by staff at the US’ Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC). Across the country’s six major regional transmission organisations (RTOs) and i...

Published: 1 Jun 2021, 14:12 By: One of the two grid-scale projects commissioned in May. Image: Wärtsilä. Power and energy systems technology group Wärtsilä has completed work on two large-scale battery energy storage system (BESS) projects in the Philippines. Comprising a 20MW / 20MWh system at a renewable power hub in Toledo and a 40MW / 40MWh at what is thought to be a combined cycle gas turbine power plant in Bataan, commissioning on each was achieved during May, Wärtsilä said in a press release sent to Energy-Storage.news today. Its customer is Universal Power Solutio...

Published: 1 Jun 2021, 13:04 By: Andy Colthorpe Inauguration for India's first 10MW battery storage system demonstration project in 2019. Image: Tata Power. Aimed at ensuring reliability of electricity supply in the era of renewable energy, India’s Central Electricity Regulatory Commission has drafted ancillary services market regulations allowing for energy storage and demand response resources to participate. The Commission issued a document last week from New Delhi, which explained the necessity of providing a regulatory mechanism for ancillary services “in the interest o...

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