Voltalia confirms 50MW/ 100MWh co-located BESS in Uzbekistan; 1 GWh project on anvil

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RE service provider Voltalia has announced the start of  construction of the 126 MW Sarimay solar power plant, which will have a co-located 50 MW/ 100 MWh battery en...

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India approves first commercial BESS: 20 MW/ 40 MWh BESS at Kilokari sub-station, Delhi

India has approved its first commercial standalone Battery Energy Storage System (BESS) project, marking a milestone in the country's progress towards clean and renewable ener...

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Powin unveils 'Pod' next-gen BESS platform for utility-scale projects

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Energy storage solutions firm Powin LLC has presented its next-generation, multi-cell-based battery energy storage system (BESS) platform - the 'Powin Pod' - at the ...

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Lightshift Energy to deploy 50 MW of community BESS in in Massachusetts

Lightshift Energy project in Danville. Source: Business Wire

The Massachusetts Municipal Wholesale Electric Company (MMWEC) has selected Lightshift Energy as its exclusive partner to deploy the state's first jointly implemented fleet of...

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Envision Energy inks WTG, other green technologies deal with Hero Future Energies

Envision Energy, a leading green technology provider earlier today (April 30) announced that it has signed an agreement with Hero Future Energies across multiple areas of the renew...

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NGK receives order for 230 MWh NAS batteries for German green H2 project

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Japanese firm NGK Insulators has received an order from BASF Stationary Energy Storage GmbH (BSES) for its proprietary sodium-sulphur (NAS) batteries for a large-scale gr...

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World Bank working on proposal for $1 bn support to India's BESS, e-mobility sectors

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The World Bank and State Bank of India (SBI) are in talks for a $1 billion line of credit to aid the country's energy transition, according to media reports. The funds will support...

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Scientists demonstrate two new battery chemistries: water and calcium

The calcium-oxygen battery developed by scientists at China's Fudan University is stable in air and can be made into flexible fibres to produce next-generation wearables. Photo: Fudan University

Scientific teams working in Australia and China have demonstrated two new battery chemistries that could supplant lithium-ion batteries in the coming years, thus overcoming the pos...

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Engie to build 116MW/ 660MWh standalone BESS at a former coal plant in Chile

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France-based global utility Engie recently announced an investment of about $180 million to convert its decommissioned Tocopilla coal plant located in Antofagas...

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CATL's latest 'Tianheng' BESS claims zero degradation for 5 years

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Chinese battery giant CATL recently launched its latest battery energy storage system (BESS) named 'Tianheng' in China to tag the emerging domestic and global ESS markets.&nbs...

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Indian Oil ties up with Panasonic for lithium-ion battery foray, feasibility study underway

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Indian Oil and Panasonic Energy Co Ltd, the battery arm of Japan's Panasonic group, have signed a binding term sheet to set up a joint venture unit manufacturing cylindrical lithiu...

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Connected Energy deploys second-life BESS to enable Volvo e-truck charging

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UK-based Connected Energy has installed its 'second-life' battery energy storage systems (BESS), assembled out of used EV batteries, on two of Volvo Truck and Bus dealer service wo...

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SUNOTEC and Huawei ink second agreement for BESS cooperation

SUNOTEC Founder and CEO, Kaloyan Velichkov signs BESS cooperation MoU with Li Shaowei, General Manager of Huawei Technologies, Bulgaria in Shenzhen, China.

Europe's leading integrated solar solutions provider, SUNOTEC on Friday (March 8) signed a Memorandum of Understanding with Huawei Technologies Bulgaria EOOD to further strengthen ...

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SESI 2024: IESA brings stakeholders under one roof to deliberate on India's stationary energy storage sector

Shri Dinesh Jagdale, joint secretary, MNRE, lights the lamp inaugurating the SESI 2024 Conference. Image: IESA

The India Energy Storage Alliance, India's premier body for companies operating in the energy storage, e-mobility and green hydrogen space, launched its 4th international conferenc...

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US offers $475 million for five clean power projects on mining lands

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The US Department of Energy (DoE) has announced up to $475 million in funding for five locally-driven clean energy projects in current and former mining lands.The projects are loca...

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Wärtsilä launches 'Quantum2' high-capacity BESS for large-scale deployment

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Battery storage solutions developer Wärtsilä has introduced its latest fully-integrated, high-capacity second-generation BESS product 'Quantum2' designed and optimiz...

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SESI 2024: Transition to 5G networks will power demand from telecom, data centers

The telecom and datacenter industries are among the primary industrial drivers of energy storage in India. Both industries currently rely on VRLA (valve-regulated lead-acid) batter...

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SESI 2024: Picking the right size and technology for your energy storage project

Energy storage is the need of the hour. But the multiplicity of technologies and variety of options – from different chemistries with different charging and discharging rates – to ...

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SESI 2024: GoodEnough Energy announces India's largest BESS manufacturing facility in J&K

Shri Dinesh Jagdale (center) learns about GoodEnough Energy's BESS with CEO Akash Kaushik (right). Image: IESA

GoodEnough Energy, India's first manufacturer of battery energy storage systems, announced it will invest ₹450 crore to set up a 20 GWh per annum capacity plant in Jammu & Kash...

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India's coal ministry targets 9 GW renewable capacity of its own by 2030

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India's coal ministry is looking to ramp-up deployment of renewable power to reduce its carbon footprint. It is aiming to have 9 GW of renewable capacity by 2030, and a roadmap to ...

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BESS turns cheaper: Gensol, IndiGrid win Gujarat's 250 MW auction at ₹ 4.49 lakh / MW per month

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Gensol Engineering and IndiGrid 2 Ltd were declared the winners of Gujarat's auction for the development of 250 MW/ 500 MWh Standalone Battery Energy Storage Systems in the state.G...

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JSW Energy's arm signs agreement for 250MW/500MWh standalone battery energy storage system

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JSW Energy Ltd on Tuesday announced that its 100% step-down subsidiary, JSW Renew Energy Five Ltd has signed a battery energy storage purchase agreement (BESPA) for a 250MW/50...

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Sosteneo to acquire 49 percent of Enel’s battery business

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Multinational power company, Enel S.p.(Enel) on Friday announced that it has signed an agreement with Sosteneo Fund 1 HoldCo (Sosteneo) to acquire 49 percent of ...

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SECI commissions India's largest BESS project in Rajnandgaon, Chhattisgarh

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India has successfully commissioned the country's largest energy storage project, a 40 MW / 120 MWh battery energy storage system (BESS) connected to a 152 MWh solar photovoltaic p...

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Strata secures $559 million in financing for 1GWh battery energy storage project

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Grid-scale energy storage solution provider, Strata Clean Energy (Strata) has secured $559 million in financing from a consortium of leading financial institutions for the construc...

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Energy Vault starts construction on largest US green hydrogen storage

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Energy Vault announced it has started of construction on the Calistoga Resiliency Center (CRC), the largest green hydrogen storage project in the US. The project is being developed...

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India might open nuclear power to private investment, eyes 11,000 MW of new capacity

Unit 3 of Tarapur Atomic Power Station in India. Image: Wikimedia Commons

The Government of India is planning to throw open its nuclear sector to private investment to achieve its target of emissions-free power, Reuters reports, quoting government source...

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Queensland begins work on 250 MW/ 500 MWh Swanbank BESS

Artist rendition of the proposed Swanbank clean energy hub. Image: CleanCo

Queensland state has started construction work on one of the biggest batteries in Australia: a 250 MW/ 500 MWh system at Swanbank that will offer two hours of storage capacity. Que...

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Wärtsilä's next-gen BESS all-set for its first customer deployment in Scotland

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Wärtsilä has announced the supply of a 300 MW/ 600 MWh battery energy storage system to Zenobē, an electric vehicle fleet and battery storage specialist, in Kil...

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Solar, BESS will account for 81 percent of US new generation capacity addition in 2024

The US will add a whopping 62.8 GW of new utility-scale power generation capacity in 2024, and a massive 81 percent of that will consist of solar panels and battery storage, the US...

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