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Spain allocates €85 million for renewables on Canary Islands

The Spanish Ministry of Ecological Transition (MITECO) has allocated €85 million (US$91 million) to develop 51 renewable energy generation and storage projects on the Canary Islands.

Madeira island will reach 50% renewable energy

It will be built next to an existing thermal power plant and integrated onto Madeira''s islanded microgrid, enabling the territory to increase its share of renewable energy in its energy mix to about 50%. The BESS will also enable EEM to black start parts of the 60kV network and restore grid operation in the event of outages. Project infographic.

Ireland: Grid-connected energy storage surpasses first gigawatt

Large-scale battery energy storage projects and Turlough Hill pumped hydro energy storage (PHES) between them help provide flexibility and support more renewables in Ireland''s electricity system. Energy storage facilities are connected across the grid to both the transmission and distribution systems, which are managed by EirGrid and ESB

Good Energy acquires JPS Renewable Energy and Trust Solar

Image: Good Energy. Clean energy provider Good Energy has announced its acquisition of solar and storage firm JPS Renewable Energy and its subsidiary Trust Solar Wholesale. Good Energy agreed today (12 February) to acquire JPS Group for an upfront amount (initial consideration) of £7 million on a debt-free, cash-free basis.

ACWA Power wind and battery storage plant to power Middle

It is set to be Central Asia''s first-ever grid-connected renewable energy project to include battery storage, although a timeline for its completion was not given at the time. The European Bank for Reconstruction and Development (EBRD) committed up to US$229 million financing towards another ACWA Power solar-plus-storage project in Uzbekistan.

Saudi Arabia begins qualification for 8GWh battery storage tender

Storage Services contracts with 15-year terms will be awarded on a build-own-operate (BOO) model, with bidders holding 100% equity in special purpose vehicle (SPV) companies set up for the development and operation of projects. The SPPC tender, administered by the Saudi Ministry of Energy, runs alongside the National Renewable Energy Program

LDES Council proposes ''seven enablers'' to scale long-duration energy

The LDES Council said there is a 0.22TW deployment pipeline of such technologies worldwide. Getting to the 8TW the trade group projects is needed by the end of the next decade represents a fifty-fold increase in pace and playing a role in integrating variable renewable energy (VRE) through the storage of excess energy and heat.

Batteries will enable large-scale dispatchable

Gas, specifically LNG, was the big winner of the auction, but around 428MW of renewable energy-plus-storage was also successfully picked out. Baschet said that Clean Horizon estimates that the hybrid projects will

Ireland: Grid-connected energy storage surpasses first

Hydro-Québec''s EVLO to deploy 300MWh of BESS in Virginia

The energy storage system integration arm of Canadian utility Hydro-Québec, EVLO, will deploy 300MWh of battery energy storage systems (BESS) in Virginia, US. EVLO Energy Storage Inc will provide its EVLOFLEX grid-scale BESS product for three separate projects for unnamed customers in the US state, set to enter commercial operation in 2025 and

Unlock potential of energy storage alongside renewables,

Last week, an urgent call to action was issued by the Canadian Renewable Energy Association (CanREA), a trade group with more than 300 member organisations. CanREA outlined five priority actions that would greatly speed up the country''s transition to low carbon energy, including specific moves to support the deployment of energy storage.

COP29: Pledge to increase global energy storage capacity to

In the historic 2015 Paris Agreement, the UN set the goal of limiting global temperature increases to less than 2°C below pre-industrial levels and to within 1.5°C, recognising that renewable energy deployment would need to be tripled by 2030 and energy efficiency improvement rates doubled. Falling costs, rising value of energy storage

Global news, analysis and opinion on energy storage

US renewable energy developer, Longroad Energy announced financial close of 111MWdc solar and 85MWac/340MWh storage project Sun Pond in Maricopa County, Arizona 4 December. (CIS) tender round in Australia successfully

Eneos Renewable Energy to retrofit BESS at solar

Eneos Renewable Energy will add energy storage to an existing solar PV power plant in southern Japan, after successfully applying for subsidies to support the project''s cost. The renewable energy arm of Japanese petroleum company Eneos said this morning (8 July) that it was selected through a scheme to promote the addition of energy storage

''Spain could eliminate economic curtailment of

Long-duration energy storage (LDES) technologies would be a cost-efficient way to reduce reliance on gas to balance the growth of renewable energy capacity on the grid to 85GW, Aurora said. It could eliminate economic curtailment by 2035, while 15GW of LDES could offer around a €1 billion "advantage" in system costs between 2025 and 2050

How giant ''water batteries'' could make green power

The machines that turn Tennessee''s Raccoon Mountain into one of the world''s largest energy storage devices—in effect, a battery that can power a medium-size city—are hidden in a cathedral-size cavern deep inside

Co-located storage an ''elegant way'' of

Speaking on a panel at this week''s Energy Storage Summit 2021, Libicek said that when it comes to financing, energy storage remained "firstly a question of confidence", but deemed that the finance community can no longer ignore the potential of energy storage assets and in particular, co-located sites. technology offers a "fairly

Cyprus to build ''central energy storage systems'', hybrid storage

The JTF has a dedicated budget of €101 million, including funding to be spent in areas like strengthening transmission and distribution (T&D) networks to accommodate energy storage and renewable energy, as well as supporting small and medium-sized businesses to adopt new technologies including renewables.

Australia: HMC invests in Stor-Energy, plans 15GW renewables

The investment, presented by HMC''s Energy Transition platform, which is seeking to raise up to AU$2 billion (US$1.35 billion), aims to assemble a 15GW development portfolio across the energy value chain, including wind, solar, battery energy storage, biofuels, and emerging technologies.

Off grid solar power in Saint Barthélemy

There are a number of benefits to having an off-grid solar energy system in St Barts: Reduced electricity bills: Solar energy is a free and renewable energy source, so once you have installed a solar system, you will no longer need to

Turkey begins energy storage licensing with over

Öztürkmen is also on the board of Turkey''s electricity generators'' association, which he said has been working on business development activities for energy storage for about four or five years.

Philippines renewables-plus-storage auction to be

The Department of Energy (DOE) of the Philippines government has confirmed that a tender for renewable energy projects with integrated energy storage will launch this year. According to an announcement from the

CIP starts construction on 1.1GWh standalone BESS in Chile

As frequent readers of Energy-storage.news might know, the majority of BESS projects built and in construction in Chile are paired with a solar PV project. Although a standalone project, the Arena BESS facility is still located in the northern region of Chile, where most of the solar PV capacity is located, due to its high irradiation levels.. Its proximity to solar resources

US Virgin Islands, St Kitts & Nevis get to 30% renewable energy

Energy-Storage.news'' publisher Solar Media will host the 6th Energy Storage Summit USA, 19-20 March 2024 in Austin, Texas. Featuring a packed programme of panels, presentations and fireside chats from industry leaders focusing on accelerating the market for energy storage across the country. For more information, go to the website.

Portuguese utility to build €600m renewable

The coal power plant in Pego, Abrantes, which stopped producing electricity in November 2021. Image: Endesa. Endesa Generación Portugal, part of Enel Group, has been award the connection rights to develop a renewable energy project combining solar, wind, green hydrogen and a 168.6MW battery energy storage system (BESS) to replace the country''s last

Turkey begins energy storage licensing with over 200GW of

Öztürkmen is also on the board of Turkey''s electricity generators'' association, which he said has been working on business development activities for energy storage for about four or five years. Investors are eligible to put renewable energy projects combined with approved storage capacity on a one-to-one ratio, 1MW/1MWh wind or solar per

Europe residential energy storage outlook 2024

This regional report provides a ten-year market outlook update (2024 to 2033) for Europe residential energy storage. It covers the current and emerging drivers and barriers, key market trends, policy updates and capacity

EDPR completes California solar-plus-storage project

The project''s solar and energy storage capacity is contracted under two power purchase agreements (PPAs) with local Californian electricity suppliers; Ava Community Energy for 100MW of solar capacity and 30MW of energy storage and San José Clean Energy for the remaining 100MW of solar and 10MW of energy storage. EDPR NA already has 248MW

NextEra Energy targets 81GW of renewables and energy storage

Between 2024 and 2027, NextEra targets to develop 13.9GW of solar PV capacity across the US. Image: NextEra Energy Resources. US utility NextEra Energy Partners is planning to have a renewables

Philippines: Renewable energy policies and rural

The government sees energy storage as a vital enabler for the Philippines'' "ambitious targets" for renewable energy, Marasigan said, aiming for 35% renewables in the energy mix by 2030, 50% by 2040 and continuing to rise from there.

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