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AGL brought forward the closure date of Loy Yang (pictured), where it plans to deploy a large-scale BESS. Image: Wikimedia user Marcus Wong.

225MW of grid-forming battery storage supported by state government in Victoria, Australia

September 29, 2022
Alongside unveiling of an energy storage deployment target, Victoria government announced funding for large-scale battery storage projects.
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Vattenfall commissions pilot facility in 100GWh green hydrogen underground cavern in Sweden

September 26, 2022
Swedish state-owned energy company Vattenfall has commissioned a green hydrogen storage pilot facility within a 100GWh capacity cavern.
Key Capture Energy's portfolio of operational assets is largely based in Texas' ERCOT market, but the company was also an early mover into New York, delivering some of that state's first projects, a feat Bishop perhaps wants to repeat in Michigan and MISO. Image: Key Capture Energy.

NYSERDA designing programmes to incentivise New York’s 6GW energy storage buildout

September 20, 2022
A solicitation for large-scale energy storage could be hosted in about a year’s time as part of the push towards New York achieving its target of deploying 6GW of energy storage on the grid by 2030.
Ameresco has mainly been active in the US to-date, including with this solar PV project in California. Image: Ameresco.

Long duration and multi-day storage tech will allow California to put surplus renewable energy to good use

September 19, 2022
California’s rapid transition to renewables presents challenges that energy storage can solve, write the team from Form Energy.
Conrad Energy breaking ground on another recent UK project site. Image: Conrad Energy.

ROUNDUP: UK developers make announcements on more than 600MW of new projects

September 12, 2022
This edition of news in brief comes from another busy week for our colleagues covering the UK energy transition.
The first BESS in Australia to deliver grid-forming capabilities, Hitachi Energy's 30MW/8MWh project in Dalrymple, South Australia. Image: Hitachi Energy.

State’s first ‘big battery’ project enters construction phase in Australia’s Northern Territory

September 1, 2022
A state-owned power company has begun the construction phase of a 35MW grid-scale battery storage project in Australia’s Northern Territory.
Rendering of Powin Energy Centipede BESS units of the type to be used at the project. Image: Powin Energy.

Town in Long Island, New York considers 320MWh of BESS proposals – report

August 26, 2022
Proposals for two large-scale battery storage facilities have been put before decisionmakers on New York’s Long Island.
The semi-metal antimony (pictured) is used in the cathode of liquid metal batteries made by start-up Ambri, together with a molten salt electrolyte and liquid calcium alloy anode. Image: Flickr user James St. John.

US utility Xcel to demonstrate Ambri liquid metal battery at solar research centre

August 26, 2022
Liquid metal battery storage startup Ambri’s technology will be demonstrated by US utility company Xcel Energy in Colorado.
Image: Duracell Power Center via Facebook

Big names, small battery systems: US residential energy storage in focus

August 25, 2022
Some big names have announced steps forward in their residential battery offerings.
"...it was nice to have 250 people in a room being enthusiastic about the benefits of flow batteries." Image: Anthony Price / IFBF

Policymakers take note: You need flow batteries to hit your decarbonisation targets

August 16, 2022
Anthony Price summarises what took place at this year’s International Flow Batteries Forum Summer Conference in Brussels, Belgium.

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