A trio of European BESS announcements, with Merus Power securing an order in Finland and IPPs Metlen and Aquila Clean Energy EMEA winning government financial support for projects in Italy and Portugal respectively.
US renewable energy company Ormat Technologies has won a tender for two separate 15-year tolling agreements for two energy storage facilities with a combined capacity of 300MW/1,200MWh.
Renewable energy developer and operator Apex Clean Energy has announced commercial operations for the 100MW/200MWh Great Kiskadee Storage battery energy storage system (BESS) located in Hidalgo County, Texas, US.
“To toll or not to toll seems to be the question. Rather the question you should be asking is with whom and how much,” a panellist at the Energy Storage Summit EU in London said today (19 February).
“We need to allow the technology to show us what the most cost effective solution for 10-20-hour duration energy storage is”, managing director of Adaptogen Capital James Mills says.
Norway-based startup Elinor Batteries has launched a new product, the Orkan DC Block, which it claims will deliver 30% more energy density than existing products.