Spanish independent power producer Grenergy has officially inaugurated the Elena complex — a battery energy storage system with a capacity of up to 3.5 GWh, located in Chile’s Antofagasta region. The Madrid-based developer emphasizes that this is currently the largest…
Slovenian energy market operator Borzen has published detailed guidelines for a new support program offering non-repayable grants for the purchase and installation of battery energy storage systems. The budget for the call amounts to €10 million (around $11.5 million), with…
Poland plans to increase the role of gas in its energy transition, but global trends are beginning to challenge this direction. While the new KPEiK assumes continued use of gas as a guarantor of system stability, the latest data from…
Off the coast of Shanghai, the world’s first underwater data center powered by electricity from an offshore wind farm has begun operations. The investment marks another step in China’s push to build more energy-efficient digital infrastructure designed to meet the…
Texas-based startup Solidion Technology has patented a novel lithium-metal battery technology designed to remove barriers that have so far hindered the commercialization of lithium-sulfur, lithium-air, and anode-free cells. The solution is attracting significant interest in the context of powering orbital…
A project that could change the way energy is stored in Europe is being developed in Laufenburg, Switzerland. Tens of meters underground, a massive flow battery is being built with a planned capacity exceeding 2.1 GWh. Its developers claim that…
American tech giant Google and demand response and distributed energy resource operator Voltus have signed a three-year partnership agreement to develop a virtual power plant. Under the contract, Google will fund up to 100 MW of capacity per year from…
Estonian renewable energy developer Sunly has signed a contract with the British engineering group Rolls-Royce’s subsidiary for the supply of four battery energy storage systems. The total contracted capacity of the systems will be 490 MWh, and all projects will…
Brazil’s electricity regulator, Agência Nacional de Energia Elétrica (ANEEL), has approved long-awaited regulations for energy storage systems and their connection to the power grid. The decision paves the way for the large-scale deployment of battery energy storage systems (BESS), ending…
Chinese inverter and energy storage manufacturer and supplier Sungrow Power Supply has announced the official start of commercial operations of a groundbreaking new project in Myanmar. After a commissioning process that lasted just seven days, a 110 MW solar power…