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Five things we learned at the Energy Storage Summit 2023

March 7, 2023
The Energy Storage Summit 2023 was attended by more than a thousand delegates and featured a veritable who’s-who of the sector.
Visitors to a PowerField solar PV plant's open day event in 2022. Image: PowerField via Twitter.

Developer finds way around Dutch grid congestion with batteries at solar PV plants  

February 28, 2023
Developer PowerField’s first large-scale battery storage projects in the Netherlands will be installed at solar PV parks, allowing them to connect to an otherwise congested grid network.
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Legacy plant and renewables owner Arclight puts US$150 million into energy storage developer Elevate

February 1, 2023
Arclight Capital Partners has committed US$150 million to its energy storage platform Elevate Renewable Energy for deploying battery storage alongside its legacy thermal plant portfolio.
The site of the former Knapton gas power plant. Image: Centrica.

UK gas power plant site to be retooled as low-carbon hub by owner Centrica

January 26, 2023
Centrica to repurpose a former gas-fired power plant to include 28MW BESS and potential to develop off-grid hydrogen production and solar.
Wallerawang coal power plant, pictured in 2007, closed down in 2014, but New South Wales still has much more work to do to replace coal on its energy networks. Image: Wikimedia user Amitch.

Shell acquires 1GWh BESS project at former coal power plant site in New South Wales

January 10, 2023
Shell Energy Australia will build, own and operate a planned 500MW/1,000MWh battery storage asset at former coal plant.
Yallourn power plant, scheduled for closured in 2028. Image: Wikimedia user Stephen Edmonds.

New Jersey’s last coal power plant implodes to make way for energy storage

December 5, 2022
Last coal-fired power station in New Jersey demolished, with facility’s owner committing to deploying energy storage at the site.
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Approved: First BESS to share existing generator grid connection in Australia’s NEM

December 1, 2022
Approval granted in Australia for the first battery storage project to share grid connection point with an existing generation asset in National Electricity Market.
Officials and dignitaries including South Australia's premier Peter Malinauskas visiting the Goyder South project in August. Image: Neoen.

Grid connection for Neoen’s South Australia renewables hub readies site for 900MW battery storage

November 28, 2022
Neoen has signed connection agreement for renewables project in South Australia where company intends to deploy large-scale battery system.
Original design rendering of Energy Vault's gravity storage tech, which was used at one commercial demonstrator in Switzerland. Image: Energy Vault.

Energy Vault working on 500MWh battery project for Australian solar power plant

October 27, 2022
Gravity energy storage company Energy Vault’s battery storage division has been contracted to work on a 250MW two-hour duration project at a solar PV plant in Victoria, Australia.
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Powin Energy enters Australia’s battery storage market with 1.7GWh developer agreement

August 31, 2022
Powin Energy has entered a partnership with developer Akaysha Energy to deploy battery storage systems in Australia.

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