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Grid-forming BESS assets can provide inertia to maintain system stability. Image: Transgrid.

4.8GW of grid-forming BESS needed to maintain NSW system strength, says Transgrid

June 25, 2024
Transgrid, has indicated that 4.8GW of grid-forming BESS will be necessary to stabilise the grid in New South Wales to support renewable energy deployment.
NHOA's recently completed 107MWh BESS in Gaungdong province, China. Image: NHOA.

NHOA Energy wins contract for Statkraft’s 113MWh BESS in Scotland

June 20, 2024
NHOA Energy signed an agreement with Statkraft to supply a battery energy storage systems (BESS) for a 113MWh project in Coylton, Scotland.
Zenobē Energy’s Blackhillock BESS in Scotland, which features state-of-the-art inverters, power stations, and advanced control systems deliver vital grid services. Image: Zenobē Energy.

Grid-forming technology and its role in the energy transition

June 18, 2024
Aaron Philipp Gerdemann explores some of the grid-forming technologies emerging as alternatives to traditional solutions for safeguarding the grid.
Eku Energy's Rachel Rundle speaking on a panel at Energy Storage Summit Australia, hosted by our publisher Solar Media. Image: Solar Media
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Eku Energy: ‘Shareholders understand balance between merchant and contracted revenues’ in Australia’s NEM

June 10, 2024
Rachel Rundle of Eku Energy speaks to Energy-Storage.news Premium about the developer’s growing pipeline of battery projects in Australia.
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VIDEO: Energy-Storage.news meets… the Long Duration Energy Storage Council

May 31, 2024
Editor Andy Colthorpe speaks with Long Duration Energy Storage Council director of markets and technology Gabriel Murtagh.
Europe’s solar sector stands at a critical juncture. Image: PV Tech

PV Tech Power 39: European PV in focus, grid-forming battery storage, and Ireland’s first 4-hour BESS

May 30, 2024
The Q2 2024 edition of our downstream solar PV journal, PV Tech Power, is now available to download.
Marubeni's BESS project site at Kitahiroshima, Japan. Image: Marubeni Corporation.

Marubeni putting 100MWh BESS onto the grid in Japan’s storage hotspot Hokkaido

March 20, 2024
Marubeni Corporation will build and own a large-scale battery energy storage system (BESS) on Japan’s northern island of Hokkaido.   
Delegates at the Energy Storage Summit EU 2024 in London last month, including from Merus Power. Image: Solar Media.
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Provider Merus and customer Ardian talk 40MWh Finland BESS project: ‘negotiations have to move with the market’

March 6, 2024
We discuss a 40MWh project in Finland with both the BESS provider Merus Power and customer/project owner eNordic, the investment manager in the region for private equity firm Ardian.
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Friday Briefing: Advanced inverters, fire safety, and a head start on long-duration investment

March 1, 2024
This Friday Briefing covers how advanced inverters can impact CO2 levels and why fire safety is a topic the industry can tackle together.
Major BESS projects internationally, including the Victorian Big Battery in Australia (pictured) and Zenobe's upcoming project in Scotland are providing inertia via their inverters. Image: Victoria State government.
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Advanced inverters ‘push boundaries’ of how batteries can replace fossil fuel plants on power grid

February 22, 2024
The inverters at an upcoming 300MW/600MWh project in Scotland, UK, will enable the asset to deliver inertia that is “essential for the grid to function efficiently”.

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