Renalfa IPP starts operating Bulgaria’s largest BESS project with Hithium/Kehua tech
A 25MW/55MWh battery energy storage system (BESS) has been commissioned by operator Renalfa IPP, using technology provided by Chinese firms Hithium and Kehua.
Nova Scotia regulators approve CA$354 million BESS portfolio in Atlantic Canadian province
Regulators have approved a plan to build three large-scale battery storage facilities by NS Power, the monopoly electric utility for the province of Nova Scotia, Canada.
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.
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.
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.
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 government selects two ports to advance floating offshore wind
Port Talbot and the Port of Cromarty Firth have been chosen by the UK gov to support its offshore floating wind developments via FLOWMIS.
Amazon to procure 159MW of energy from East Anglia 3
Retail giant Amazon has agreed with Iberdrola to procure 159MW of renewable energy from the 1.4GW East Anglia 3 offshore wind farm.
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.
