Drax invests £80 million into Scottish pumped storage hydro power
Renewable energy company Drax has announced its investment to refurbish the Cruachan hydro power station in Scotland to reach 480MW generation capacity.
Pakistan: Oracle Power and CET launch grid study for 1.3GW wind, solar and BESS project
Developer Oracle Power and China Electric Power Equipment and Technology (CET) are looking to develop and build a 1.3GW project combining solar, wind and battery energy storage system (BESS) technology in Pakistan.
Ireland, Belgium, UK cooperate on interconnection and renewables
Government ministers from Ireland, Belgium and the UK have signed a joint statement to boost cooperation on offshore wind and interconnection.
Romania’s largest BESS inaugurated by local integrator: ‘proof Europe can compete with Asia’
Developer Monsson Group and system integrator Prime Batteries Technology have inaugurated a 6MW/24MWh battery energy storage system (BESS) in Romania, the country’s largest.
UK: Battery storage could help reduce wind curtailment costs by 80%
Battery energy storage system (BESS) technology could reduce the cost of curtailing wind production in the UK by up to 80%, after over US$1 billion was spent last year, a developer said.
Utility ESB gets nod for wind-plus-BESS project in Scotland
Irish utility and IPP ESB has received planning consent for a project combining wind and battery energy storage system (BESS) technology in Scotland, UK.
BLM approves Clearway’s 150MW BESS at California wind project
The US Bureau of Land Management (BLM) has given the go-ahead for a large-scale battery energy storage system (BESS) co-located with a wind plant in California.
Energy Vault China gravity ESS project connected to grid; starts building three others
Energy Vault has connected its first commercial EVx gravity-based energy storage system to the grid in China, while construction has been launched on three others, all-in-all totalling 468MWh of capacity.
Kontrolmatik and China’s Harbin Electric to deploy ‘first 1GWh wind-plus-storage’ project in Turkey
Turkey-headquartered lithium-ion and energy storage manufacturer Kontrolmatik Technologies will deploy a 1GWh energy storage project on home soil with financing provided by Chinese energy firm Harbin Electric.
BayWa r.e., Ampt and Fraunhofer complete ‘European-first’ wind-solar-flow battery hybrid project in Germany
A microgrid project combining solar PV, wind and a 10MWh flow battery in Germany has been completed by BayWa r.e., Ampt and Fraunhofer.
