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Energy Vault inks deal to use batteries to store excess nuclear energy Under the new partnership, the Californian company will provide its B-Vault battery energy storage systems (BESS) to back NuSun mini reactors at data centers. It will also provide its VaultOS energy management system and even draw on its gravity energy storage R&D to help in the composition of the reactor containment structures.
Max Hall
Jan 16, 2025
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Researchers in Spain test energy-community and battery storage electricity market model The academics have proposed a distributed-asset network model including energy communities and battery energy storage systems (BESS) which would exclude expensive facilities from participation.
Pilar Sanchez Molina
Jan 15, 2025
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Greece launches C&I battery storage subsidy program With a budget of EUR 153.7 million ($157.7 million), the Storage Systems in Businesses program of the Ministry of Environment and Energy opened on Monday for submission of applications.
Marija Maisch
Jan 14, 2025
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Firefighter injured in solar-plus-storage explosion and fire in Spain The fire, which affected a photovoltaic installation in a container with batteries at the port of Gandia, started at 6:14 p.m. on Jan. 4, 2025.
Pilar Sanchez Molina
Jan 10, 2025
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Ontario rebate scheme to subsidize rooftop solar, heat pumps, battery storage The government of the Canadian province of Ontario is launching an energy rebate program later this month, offering up to 30% off the cost of residential rooftop solar panels, heat pumps, and battery storage for homes.
Patrick Jowett
Jan 10, 2025
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New rules allow virtual power plants to compete in Australia’s energy market from 2027 The Australian Energy Market Commission (AEMC) has released a final determination to allow virtual power plants to compete directly with large-scale generators in the energy market, scheduled to begin in 2027.
Ev Foley
Jan 09, 2025
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Spain’s Enerside builds solar-plus-storage sites in Chile The facilities have been described as solar arrays paired with four-hour-storage lithium batteries with a value of almost $57 million.
Pilar Sanchez Molina
Jan 08, 2025

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Utility-scale leads as Italy adds 4.4 GWh of energy storage in nine months Italy's cumulative 692,386 energy storage systems, installed by Sep. 30, 2024, had a total power output of 5,034 MW and storage capacity of 11,388 MWh, according to the National Federation of Electronic and Electrotechnical Companies (Anie).
Sergio Matalucci
Dec 18, 2024
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US adds cumulative 3.8 GW in Q3, residential battery storage hits all-time high In the third quarter of 2024, the US installed 3.8 GW of storage across all segments, 80% increase from Q3 2023.
Blathnaid O’Dea
Dec 13, 2024
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German grid company approves Sonnen home battery VPP for primary control power Baden-Württemberg's Transnet BW has followed in the footsteps of Tennet and Amprion. Sonnen has around 150 MWh of home batteries installed across Transnet's network.
Sandra Enkhardt
Dec 13, 2024
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Western Australia activates 2,500-home-battery VPP to prevent blackouts Western Australia’s clean energy solutions company Plico has seen its virtual power plant activated twice during recent heatwave warnings for the state, operating to stabilize the South West Interconnected System and prevent blackouts.
Ev Foley
Dec 13, 2024
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ComEd adds community BESS to US brewery-owned solar project ComEd wants to explore the benefits of using a grid-connected battery energy storage system (BESS) in tandem with a small community solar project. The utility will pair a BESS with a solar deployment owned by an Illinois brewery as part of a government supported pilot.
Blathnaid O’Dea
Dec 12, 2024
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Japan to build virtual power plant using American energy storage technology Canon Marketing Japan is using Lightergy's energy storage technology for its planned virtual power plant (VPP). Japan's electricity grid is highly dependent on imports, and the deal will create a channel for Canada to import products to Japan.
Blathnaid O’Dea
Dec 11, 2024
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Nostromo lands $305m loan guarantee for VPP project with ice storage The loan is intended to finance Project IceBrick, a virtual power plant (VPP) consisting of up to 193 cold thermal energy storage (TES) installations at commercial buildings across California.
Anne Fischer
Dec 11, 2024
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‘Brazilian solar arrays will include energy storage by 2027’ Batteries will form part of the consumer picture within two to three years, according to Júlio Bortolini, from Brazilian conglomerate Soprano.
Livia Neves
Dec 03, 2024
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Horizon Power starts vanadium battery trial in Australia Western Australia’s state-owned regional energy provider, Horizon Power, has officially launched the trial of a vanadium flow battery (VFB) in the northern part of the state as it investigates how to integrate long-duration energy storage into its network, microgrids, and other off-grid power systems.
David Carroll
Nov 29, 2024
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