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Chile: 932 MWh grid-forming battery project moves ahead, 660 MWh battery energized at former coal plant site
Engie Chile has completed the energization of its 660 MWh Tocopilla Battery Energy Storage System (BESS), while Trina Storage and Atlas Renewable Energy have advanced the 932 MWh Copiapó PV + BESS project – one of the largest grid-forming installations in Latin America.
Big batteries draw short straw in Australia’s Solar Sharer scheme: Rystad analysis
Rystad Energy has released analysis of the federal government’s Solar Sharer scheme saying forecast increased demand from utility and household batteries and a slowdown of rooftop solar could boost utility renewables and coal via increased daytime demand, but impact gas and utility batteries.
Green Flexibility buys 500 MW of battery storage projects in Germany
The framework agreement stipulates that Hamburg-based Hansa Battery will develop the projects up to the construction-ready stage. Green Flexibility will then assume responsibility for implementation and operation, as well as contribute financially to securing the necessary grid reservations.
Dubai expands storage in seventh phase of world’s largest solar park
Dubai Electricity and Water Authority (DEWA) says the seventh phase of the Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum Solar Park will pair 2 GW of solar with 1.4 GW of storage, up from 1 GW, after receiving 49 expressions of interest under its 2050 clean energy plan.
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Finance and construction updates from 2 GWh of US batteries
Spearmint Energy has secured $252 million funding for a battery energy storage system (BESS) in Texas, Trina is supplying a 371 MWh BESS in Houston, EDF has sourced long-term funding for an operational site in California, and Strata and Power Sustainable Energy Infrastructure Inc. (PSEI) have broken ground on a solar-plus-storage project in Arizona.
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Construction starts on first big battery to directly connect to TenneT Netherlands network
Dutch energy storage firm Return has started construction on the 100 MW/200 MWh battery energy storage system in Waddinxveen, which will be the first project of the size to connect to the TenneT Netherlands high-voltage network in 2026. Vattenfall will manage and optimize half of the system’s capacity under an eight-year contract.
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Western Australia completes installation of 2 GWh BESS near ageing coal-fired power plant
In the shadow of the aging Collie coal-fired power plant scheduled to close by 2027, the installation of 640 containerised batteries at Collie, Western Australia, is now complete. The battery storage facility will start serving the grid later in 2025.
Plans for 3.4 GWh of storage across Scottish, English batteries
Matrix Renewables wants to construct 1 GW/2 GWh of battery energy storage systems (BESS) at Eccles and Kilmarnock, in Scotland, and Clearstone Energy has secured planning consent for a 300 MW/600 MWh BESS in Suffolk and a 400 MW/800 MWh site near Horsham.
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