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The BlackRock and Akaysha Energy teams together. Image: BlackRock.

BlackRock commits AU$1 billion capital for Australian battery storage developer’s 1GW buildout

August 16, 2022
A real estate and infrastructure investment arm of BlackRock has committed to investing US$700 million into Akaysha Energy’s pipeline.
Moss Landing Energy Storage Facility came back online this quarter while a 350MW expansion to the project is under construction. Image: Vistra Energy.

Vistra claims battery storage portfolio will reach 1,213MW by 2026

August 8, 2022
Vistra Energy will have more than 1,213MW of battery storage in operation in its portfolio by 2026, the US power generation company has claimed.
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Artificial Intelligence in battery energy storage systems can keep the power on 24/7

August 8, 2022
When partnered with artificial intelligence (AI), the next generation of battery energy storage systems (BESS) will give rise to radical new opportunities.
Modern grids need to be reliable as well as low carbon. That's where energy storage steps in. Image: Wikimedia user Loadmaster (David R Tribble).

Investments in energy storage can fix our broken power grid and drive the clean energy transition

July 11, 2022
Battery storage is the most obvious medium-term solution to help stabilise the grid and act as a catalyst to enable renewable energy.
A Microsoft data centre in Ireland (pictured) is serving as a test bed for adding lithium-ion battery storage to UPS equipment, with Google also undertaking a similar project in Belgium. Image: Microsoft.

Microsoft data centre tries out ‘grid-interactive UPS’ battery storage

July 11, 2022
Microsoft will be the latest big tech player to use battery storage at data centres which will provide grid flexibility services.
Rendering of CS Energy's 200MWh Chincilla BESS project, announced by the state-owned group earlier this year. Image: CS Energy.

Queensland state budget funds battery storage buildout ‘blitz’

June 27, 2022
Queensland’s state government has identified batteries as the fastest way to add energy storage to the electricity network.
Battery storage and solar array at Google's Saint-Ghislain data centre complex in Belgium. Image: Google / Centrica Business Solutions.

Google’s 24/7 carbon-free energy deal for its California offices ‘could be replicable model’

June 23, 2022
Carbon-free energy deals signed by Google and a California community energy group could be a widely replicable model.
Florida Power & Light's 409MW/900MWh Manatee Energy Storage Center, under construction. Paired with a solar PV plant, the battery storage went online a few months ago. Image: Florida Power & Light.

NextEra Energy zero-carbon plan would put 50GW of energy storage in Florida Power & Light territory

June 20, 2022
NextEra Energy decarbonisation strategy includes eliminating all scope 1 and 2 emissions from its operations by 2045 without carbon offsets.
Muja coal power plant is scheduled for phased retirement by the end of 2029. Image: Wikimedia user nachoman-au

Western Australia invests A$3.8 billion to manage coal to renewables-plus-storage transition

June 17, 2022
Western Australia will retire its two state-owned coal power plants by 2030 and invest in renewable energy and energy storage.
The shift represents a break with Illinois' historic past, as pictured in a 1915 book, 'Coal mining in Illinois'. Image: Internet Archive Book Images via Flickr (Public Domain).

Illinois ‘Coal to Solar’ transition scheme awards grants for 255MW of battery storage

June 9, 2022
Companies building battery energy storage facilities at former coal power plant sites in Illinois will get US$280.5 million in grants.

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