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Blathnaid O'Dea pv magazine
Blathnaid O'Dea pv magazine

Blathnaid O’Dea

Blathnaid is Features Editor with pv magazine Global. Prior to joining the team in 2024, she specialized in writing feature-length articles about STEM careers. She also covered news, including some of Ireland’s renewable energy announcements over the past few years.

Articles written by Blathnaid O’Dea

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Solar plant in south-central Uzbekistan
Voltalia starts building 200 MWh BESS, solar, wind project in Uzbekistan French developer Voltalia's Artemisya hybrid project includes 100 MW/200 MWh of battery storage based on a 15-year contract. Commissioning is scheduled for 2027.
Blathnaid O’Dea
Jan 07, 2026
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Boralex commissions its first BESS project in North America Canadian developer commissions 320 MWh project in partnership with Ontario's Walpole Island First Nation community. The Sanjgon BESS is capable of four-hour continuous delivery to the grid at full power. The project uses 89 Tesla Megapack 2XL units.
Blathnaid O’Dea
Jan 07, 2026
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Island BESS: 400 MWh of batteries for Puerto Rico, first standalone project in Hawaii Construction is underway on two projects with a cumulative capacity of 400 MWh in Puerto Rico. Meanwhile, Hawaiian Electric has broken ground on a 160 MWh project – the island's first of its kind.
Blathnaid O’Dea
Jan 06, 2026
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Pacifico Energy targets 2.9 GWh of BESS installations in Japan by 2030 Pacifico Energy's 2 MW/10 MWh grid-scale Koganai ESS project in Tokyo was fully self-funded and will participate in Japan's daily wholesale electricity and balancing market. Dhiraj Shangari, CFO, Pacifico Energy told ESS News Japan's market is lucrative and there is a lot of demand for energy but also a lot of power volatility, which Pacifico hopes its BESS will address.
Blathnaid O’Dea
Dec 23, 2025
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UK: Masdar initates $1.3bn energy storage rollout, Root Power secures almost 1 GW of grid connections Masdar has just completed its first battery energy storage (BESS) project in the UK following its 2022 acquisition of Arlington Energy. The UK's Root Power has secured grid offer notifications for 942 MW across 13 BESS projects.
Blathnaid O’Dea
Dec 23, 2025
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Quantum 2 battery energy storage
Texas BESS: Wärtsilä to supply 500 MWh project; Linea Energy secures financing for 470 MWh facility Wärtsilä will deploy its Quantum2 system at Peregrine Energy's 250 MW/500 MWh Mallard battery energy storage (BESS) project located northeast of Dallas, Texas. Meanwhile, Linea Energy closed debt financing for its 470 MWh Duffy BESS in Matagorda County.
Blathnaid O’Dea
Dec 19, 2025
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Amea Power begins construction on 1 GW/600 MWh solar-plus-storage plant in Egypt “Given the strategic importance of this renewable energy project for Egypt’s energy system, we initiated construction at the earliest opportunity, advancing delivery even before project finance was finalized,” AMEA Power's Chairman, Hussain Al Nowais, said.
Blathnaid O’Dea
Dec 19, 2025
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SPIE partners with Tesla on European rollout, including 1.4 GWh Dutch BESS project SPIE and Tesla have signed a three-year formal agreement to build on their existing battery energy storage system (BESS) project partnership in Europe. The deal “defines the legal and operational conditions” under which SPIE will use Tesla’s Megapack technology at its BESS projects, SPIE told ESS News.
Blathnaid O’Dea
Dec 18, 2025
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e-Storage to deliver 408 MWh BESS for Vena Energy in South Australia e-Storage said the Tailem Bend 3 battery energy storage system (BESS), which began construction earlier this month, joins its growing Australian footprint of approximately 2 GWh. The company will deploy nearly 100 of its SolBank 3.0 battery containers.
Blathnaid O’Dea
Dec 18, 2025

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