Renewable energy company Maoneng has made public its plans for a 240MWp / 480MWh battery energy storage system (BESS) which it has proposed to build in Victoria, Australia. The standalone BESS would be built in Victoria’s Mornington Peninsula, an area subject to fluctuations in demand for power due largely to seasonal tourism. The company said […]
ABB to Scale Up RE Presence
ABB will be “very active” in the country’s renewable energy (RE) space, its executive said on Thursday. “We are helping a lot of solar companies to basically inject their solar into the power grid, that’s one area where we’ll be very active… in general, renewables, hydro and geothermal,” said Olivier Coquerel, country managing director of […]
India Takes a Step Forward Towards Decarbonisation And Promotion of RE , Hydro PSP And BESS
The waiver of ISTS charges on transmission of the electricity generated from solar and wind extended till 30th June 2025 The waiver of ISTS charges also allowed for Hydro PSP and BESS. The waiver of transmission charges allowed for trading of Renewables in the power exchanges. Ministry of Power has issued order today for extension […]
Amazon Invests in ESS Battery Analytics Startup ION Energy
Amazon has invested in India-headquartered battery management software and electronics specialist ION Energy through its US$2 billion fund to support companies with promising sustainability technologies. ION Energy co-founder and CEO Akhil Aryan emailed Energy-Storage.news yesterday to announce that the internet retail giant’s Climate Pledge Fund was among participants in a pre-Series A funding round worth […]
NTPC Issues Tender For Setting up 1 GW of Grid-scale Battery Energy Storage System (BESS)
Setting up 1000 MWh of Grid-scale Battery Energy Storage System (BESS) at NTPC Power Plants in India. For more information please see below link:
Manufacturer Reveals Involvement in World’s Biggest Battery Energy Storage System So Far
LG Energy Solution has said that it was the supplier of battery storage systems and equipment to Vistra Energy’s recently commissioned record-breaking project in Monterey County, California. Moss Landing Energy Storage Facility has the world’s largest battery energy storage system (BESS) with 300MW / 1,200MWh of lithium-ion batteries. It began operations in December last year, […]
NTPC Floats Tender For 4 MW Ground Mounted SPV System with BESS at NETRA, Noida
NTPC Floats Tender For 4 MW Ground Mounted SPV System with BESS and Induction Based Cooking System at NETRA, Greater Noida. For more information please see below link:
Tender for 40 MW/40 MWh of Battery Energy Storage Systems on Selected Islands in Maldives
Supply, Install, Commission, Operate & Transfer of Battery Energy Storage Systems (BESS) on Selected Islands in Maldives Last date to submit the bids is September 2, 2021 The Government of the Republic of Maldives has received financing from the World Bank toward the cost of the Accelerating Renewable Energy Integration and Sustainable Energy Project, and […]
Italian Solar Inverter Manufacturer FIMER to Power Asia’s First Automatic Frequency Control Initiative
FIMER has partnered with Taiwan Stock Exchange (TSE)-listed smart energy conglomerate Tatung (Tatung:2371) to supply battery energy storage systems (BESS) for Taiwan Power Company (Taipower)’s automatic frequency control (AFC) initiative. FIMER will supply its PVS980-58BC bidirectional converter to stabilize the grid which is exposed to the intermittent nature of renewable energy. FIMER’s UL 1741 certified […]
Hitachi ABB Power Grids’ Battery Storage to be Used at 214 MW Industrial Microgrid in Thailand
Hitachi president and CEO Toshiaki Higashihara, who this week was also named company executive chairman. Image: Hitachi, Ltd. Battery energy storage system (BESS) and controls technology will be provided to a “smart industrial park” project in Thailand by Hitachi ABB Power Grids. In what has been described as the country’s largest private microgrid to date, […]