LDES Roundup: Hydrostor, CMBlu, Highview projects
A roundup of long-duration energy storage (LDES) news from around the world this week.
EC, Australia, US and Canada back global initiative to promote battery storage
The European Commission, along with governments of Australia, the US and Canada, have backed a new initiative to promote battery storage.
Spain awards contracts to 1.9GWh energy storage in first PERTE tender
The government of Spain, through the Institution for the diversification and energy savings (IDAE) has awarded 880MW/1809MWh in its first tender for energy storage to be co-located with renewables.
UK BESS, EV solutions developer Zenobē secures billion dollar investment with Abu Dhabi deal
The Abu Dhabi sovereign investor Mubadala Investment Company has announced a strategic investment in UK-headquartered battery energy storage and EV fleet solutions provider Zenobē.
Copenhagen Infrastructure Partners’ 1GWh BESS project in Scotland ready to break ground
Copenhagen Infrastructure Partners (CIP) has confirmed that its 500MW/1,000MWh battery energy storage system (BESS) in Scotland, UK, is ready to commence construction.
‘Germany’s largest BESS project’ to begin construction soon with others following
Construction is set to begin soon on a 100MW/200MWh battery storage project in Arzberg, Germany, through developer MW Storage and asset manager Reichmuth & Co Infrastructure.
‘Sadly neglected’: UK’s new Battery Strategy misses potential of BESS, trade group says
A national solar energy industry association has criticised the UK government’s newly-released Battery Strategy for paying “insufficient attention” to opportunities presented by battery energy storage systems (BESS).
EU-Breakthrough Energy partnership invests €60 million in long-duration CO2 Battery project in Italy
Energy Dome, the startup commercialising a proprietary carbon dioxide-based long-duration energy storage (LDES) tech called the CO2 Battery, has secured investment into a grid-scale project.
SemperPower starts operations on 62MWh Rolls-Royce BESS in Netherlands
Battery storage developer and operator SemperPower has taken over operations on a 62.6MWh BESS provided by Rolls-Royce in the Netherlands, the largest in the country, it claimed.
Fluence achieves profitability for the first time in Q4 2023
Global battery storage system integrator Fluence has released its Q4 and full-year results, which included the “transformative milestone” of achieving a positive net profit for the first time, CEO Julian Nebreda said.
