Suriname for the first time in its history will see offshore oil drilling in its waters after French company TotalEnergies announces a $9 billion project expected to boost the impoverished country''s economy and ease austerity measures imposed by the International Monetary Fund..
DOE Funding for 15 Projects Will Help Advance Energy Storage Technologies, Enhance Clean Energy Adoption, and Reduce Impacts on the Grid from Climate Change-Fueled Extreme Weather Events WASHINGTON, D.C. — As part of President Biden''s Investing in America agenda, a key pillar of Bidenomics, the U.S. …
Image: Polskie Sieci Elektroenergetyczne. Poland looks set to lead battery storage deployments in Eastern Europe, with 9GW of battery storage projects offered grid connections and 16GW registered for the ongoing capacity market auction. Eastern Europe has languished behind other regions in developing battery storage, but this is set to …
Qatar General Electricity and Water Corporation (Kahramaa), has commissioned the Middle Eastern country''s first ever megawatt-scale battery storage system in time to measure the pilot project''s effectiveness at dealing with peak demand in …
Energy-Storage.news'' publisher Solar Media will host the 5th Energy Storage Summit USA, 28-29 March 2023 in Austin, Texas. Featuring a packed programme of panels, presentations and fireside chats from industry leaders focusing on accelerating the market for energy storage across the country.
October 19, 2022. One of Dominion''s three Virginia pilot BESS projects, deployed at an existing solar PV plant. Image: RES. US utility Dominion Energy has taken another small step towards fulfilling its role in Virginia''s energy transition with the acquisition of a 15.7MW battery storage project in development.
has inaugurated a pilot project for energy storage at the Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum Solar Park using Tesla''s lithium-ion battery solution. The project has a power capacity of 1.21 MW and an energy capacity of 8.61 MWh with a life span of ...
Recipients: Xcel Energy Locations: Becker, MN and Pueblo, CO Project Summary: Multiday energy storage is essential for the reliability of renewable electricity generation required to achieve our clean energy goals and provides resiliency against multiday weather events of low wind or solar resources. ...
KenGen has announced that it will implement an initial 100MW BESS project as part of the World Bank funded GREEN program in early 2024. The BESS project has been identified as a possible solution to increased proportion of intermittent energy to the Kenyan power system and energy curtailment during off peak hours. The BESS …
Contract awards in Ontario for its expedited energy capacity procurement have been announced, with 739MW of successful battery storage bids. Rendering of Oneida, the government-backed 250MW/1,000MWh project by NRStor and Northland Power, which is ...
AC Energy (ACEN) and AMI Renewables, a Vietnam-based renewable energy (RE) platform, will be launching a pilot utility-scale battery energy storage system (BESS) in the Southeast Asian nation''s Khanh Hoa province. The two firms, through their joint venture AMI AC Renewables, will be operating their 15-megawatt hour …
A double-header of Netherlands news, with SemperPower and Corre Energy planning a 640MWh BESS at the latter''s compressed air energy storage (CAES) site and Powerfield commissioning the country''s largest co-located project.
Energy Vault Announces Commencement of Commissioning of World''s First EVxTM Gravity Energy Storage System. 8/1/2023. After achieving mechanical completion of the critical power electronic components, commissioning of the newly constructed EVx started in June as planned, and is expected to be fully interconnected to the local state utility ...
Santokhi, President of the Republic of Suriname, and Annand Jagesar, CEO of Staatsolie, TotalEnergies has announced the launching of the development studies for a large oil project in Block 58, offshore Suriname. TotalEnergies is the operator of Block 58, with a 50% interest, alongside APA Corporation (50%).
The project will also pilot the first utility-scale battery energy storage system in Cambodia, which will be funded by a $6.7 million grant. The amount includes $4.7 million from the Strategic Climate Fund under the Scaling Up Renewable Energy Program in Low-Income Countries and $2 million from the Clean Energy Fund under the Clean …
It has been used at more than 600MW and 4,000MWh across about 200 large-scale energy storage and microgrid projects worldwide. The NAS battery operates at a temperature of about 300°C, can operate for about 15 years without experiencing cell degradation, even with 100% depth of discharge cycling every day.
Gujarat Urja Vikas Nigam Ltd (GUVNL) has announced the launch of the third phase of its initiative to enhance energy storage solutions in Gujarat, focusing on the deployment of Battery Energy Storage Systems (BESS). This move aims to procure a …
While the ACEN project is the first large-scale solar-plus-storage hybrid, Energy-Storage.news has reported on several standalone utility-scale BESS projects since contracts began to be announced and projects started to come online during 2021.
Australia is to trial using solar and wind power to produce hydrogen via electrolysis, with the hydrogen then being used for long-term energy storage in the Sydney gas network. The Australian Renewable Energy Agency (ARENA) has committed AU$7.5 million (US$5 ...
20 May 2018. Drax has announced that it is to pilot the first bioenergy carbon capture storage (BECCS) project of its kind in Europe, which, if successful, could make the renewable electricity produced at its North Yorkshire power station carbon negative. BECCS is vital to global efforts to combat climate change because the technology will mean ...
Western Power, utility company Synergy and the Australian Energy Market Operator (AEMO) are conducting the AU$35.5 million (US$25 million) two-year pilot project. The Western Australia government and AEMO have secured AU$26.9 million of the funding required, while the remaining AU$8.6 million is coming from the Australian …