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Coal-fired power plant in Alberta, Canada, pictured in 2017. Image: Flickr user TonyGlen14

Renewables with energy storage cost-competitive with gas in Canadian provinces

February 7, 2023
Wind and solar PV paired with energy storage cost-competitive against gas in Ontario and Alberta, according to study from Clean Energy Canada.
Signing of documents in Baku, Azerbaijan. Image: Republic of Azerbaijan, Ministry of Energy.

Azerbaijan government signs MoU on battery storage with ACWA Power

February 7, 2023
ACWA Power and the government of Azerbaijan have signed an agreement for a battery energy storage system in the central Asian country.
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.
"...unprecedented energy crisis we are facing shows that we need to make the electricity market design fit for the future," energy commissioner Kadri Simson (pictured in 2019), said. Image: European Parliament.

EU Electricity Market Design ‘needs to value energy storage and other flexibility options’

January 24, 2023
EU reforms of electricity market should recognise value of flexibility options like energy storage, according to representatives of Fluence.
An existing FlexGen BESS project in Texas. Image: FlexGen.

California gas peaker plants to get battery storage upgrades from FlexGen

January 17, 2023
Large-scale battery storage systems will be used to increase the efficiency of natural gas peaker plants in California.
Anthony Albanese (pictured) and the Labor Party have taken on board the need for storage in making clean energy dispatchable, Dr Bruce Mountain said. Image: Anthony Albanese's office via Twitter.

‘Major breakthrough’: Australia’s support for energy storage tackles key electricity policy issue

December 21, 2022
Australian energy ministers’ agreement to tender for renewable energy and energy storage is a “major breakthrough in federal policy”.
Some of the project team at the Brigg site. Image: Centrica.

Centrica starts construction of 100MWh UK BESS project at decommissioned gas power plant site

September 28, 2022
Centrica Business Solutions will convert a decommissioned gas-fired power station in England into a 100MWh battery storage facility.
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.
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‘Outrageous decision’: Indiana gas plants approved despite potential for cleaner alternatives

July 5, 2022
Two gas peaker plants and a gas pipeline extension have been approved by regulators in the US state of Indiana, despite concerns.
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ArcLight: Legacy thermal plant sites ‘make excellent potential locations for battery projects’

June 30, 2022
ArcLight views its portfolio of existing thermal power plant assets as “excellent potential locations for battery projects”.

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