Works begin on 1.4 GWh Inner Mongolia project combining lithium-ion, redox flow storage technologies
The Dengkou Renewable Energy Storage Project is billed as the largest single-capacity energy storage station under construction in China.
Egypt set for giant solar-plus-battery storage project
Norwegian developer Scatec ASA has signed a 25-year power purchase agreement (PPA) for a 1 GW solar array and 100 MW/200 MWh battery storage project in Egypt. CEO Terje Pilskog says it is Egypt’s first hybrid solar-plus-battery project.
2.8 GWh collocated battery storage project lands US government approval
The US Department of Interior has given the green light to Nevada’s largest solar+storage development, the Libra Solar Project. It has also opened a comment period for the Bonanza Solar Project, which features a 195 MW/780 MWh battery storage system.
Storage, hydrogen, and demand flexibility key to avoiding negative prices
Antonio Delgado Rigal, CEO of Spain’s AleaSoft Energy Forecasting, speaks with pv magazine about the rise in negative price hours in major European energy markets. He emphasizes the need for more storage capacity and argues that negative price periods will probably not threaten project profitability over the long term.
Brazilians ready to embrace storage amid rising energy bills, falling battery prices
The conditions are in place for the country’s battery energy storage market to expand at a compound annual growth rate (CAGR) of 20% to 30%, as Holu Solar’s Sophia Costa explained.
Netherlands’ largest wastewater heat pump goes online in Utrecht
The largest heat pump in the Netherlands is now online at the Utrecht sewage treatment plant. It generates heat up to 75 C for the local network by using purified hot wastewater from a regional water authority.
The Hydrogen Stream: Hamburg to install 100 MW electrolyzer system
The Hamburg Green Hydrogen Hub has tapped Siemens Energy to provide and install six electrolyzers for a 100 MW system, with construction set to begin next year and commercial operation expected by 2027.
GCL breaks ground on 2.4 GW pumped storage plant in China
With a total investment of around CNY12.5 billion ($1.76 billion), the project located in Jiande City, Zhejiang Province, is expected to commence power generation before 2030.
Australian redox flow battery manufacturer ramps up capacity
Allegro Energy, an Australian redox flow battery developer, aims to “rapidly accelerate” its manufacturing capacity after closing a AUD 17.5 million ($11.6 million) funding round that attracted major domestic and international investors.
Bolivia picks companies from China, Italy, France, Australia for lithium projects
The Bolivian National Strategic Public Company for Lithium Deposits (YLB) says it has selected companies from China, Italy, France, and Australia to negotiate lithium exploitation projects and evaluate their mineral processing proposals.
