e-STORAGE bags Nova Scotia's first grid-scale BESS: 150 MW across three sites

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Canadian Solar Inc announced that its subsidiary e-STORAGE had secured a contract to develop the first – and flagship – energy storage project in Nova Scotia province of Canada. Th...

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Europe passes bill to kickstart clean tech manufacturing, to come in force from June

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Europe has cleared the Net Zero Industry Act (NZIA), its attempt to counter the US Inflation Reduction Act and China's clean tech dominance, while kickstarting clean energy product...

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Sandvik eyes second-life BESS for miners, to deploy prototype at Glencore

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Mining company Sandvik has initiated a pilot to deploy a second-life battery energy storage system (BESS) from retired Sandvik BEVs at Glencore, the two companies announced. The co...

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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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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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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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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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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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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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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

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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

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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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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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China's RE capacity to overtake coal, industry body asks for battery incentives to speed up additions

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China's installed wind and solar capacity will overtake its coal generation capacity this year, according to forecasts from the China Electricity Council (CEC). The industry body's...

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Honeywell India to focus on battery storage, GH2, open to acquisitions in energy transition says CEO

Honeywell is open to acquisitions in India's energy transition technology sector, its president for India operations, Ashish Modi, told an interview. The US company has recently re...

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Australia's New South Wales awards 350 MW solar, 4,000 MWh storage capacity

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New South Wales in Australia has awarded long-term energy service agreements to two renewable energy projects and three energy storage projects as part of the government's Electric...

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World's largest solar + battery project comes online in South Africa

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The ~$1 billion Kenhardt project – which outperformed fossil fuels in a competitive bid – has installed solar capacity of 540 MW and a battery storage capacity of 225 MW/ 1,140 MWh...

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US utility disconnects CATL batteries citing security concerns, sparking row

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An American company has disconnected large-scale CATL batteries attached to a US military base after politicians raised security concerns, in turn sparking angry reactions from the...

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Canada's e-STORAGE to supply 226 MWh batteries to Engie’s Scotland BESS projects

Colin Parkin, President of e-STORAGE (left) and Aidan Connolly, Head of Engie Battery Storage UK. Image: PR Newswire

e-STORAGE, a company that specializes in design, manufacturing, and integration of battery energy storage systems (BESS) for utility-scale applications, will deliver 226 MWh DC of ...

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Honeywell provides 124 MWh BESS for 140 MW solar project in US Virgin Islands

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US engineering-and-technology conglomerate Honeywell announced it will provide developer VIElectron its first instalment of battery energy storage solutions (BESS) for six solar pa...

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Australian state starts work on A$1 billion 600 MW BESS project in Melbourne

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The Australian state of Victoria has announced its first investment through the State Electricity Commission (SEC) to help build one of the world's biggest battery projects, in par...

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Daily Shorts: US renewable projects run into 3-year transformer wait, VW promises cheap EV, and more

America's power sector is grappling with a transformer shortage. US renewable energy project developers who are setting up grid-scale RE and energy storage systems say critical com...

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SSE Renewables gets green light for 320 MW BESS, one of UK’s biggest battery projects

SSE Renewables' Monk Fryton battery will be located next to the UK National Grid's Monk Fryton station. (Image for Representational Purpose) Image: SSE Renewables

SSE Renewables, the green arm of energy developer SSE, has received the green signal to develop one of UK's largest battery energy storage systems (BESS) projects. The company said...

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Indian Cabinet eyes LCoS of ₹5.50-6.60 per kWh with viability gap funding for BESS

India has approved a scheme for Viability Gap Funding (VGF) for development of Battery Energy Storage Systems (BESS) in an attempt to reduce the cost of energy storage for pow...

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