20.4GWh grid-scale BESS deployed globally in September, up 61%; YTD installs up 43%
Around 20.4GWh of grid-scale battery energy storage systems (BESS) came online globally last month, bringing the year-to-date (YTD) total to 208GWh.
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Chasing China’s Monazite Monopoly
One of the singular features of Baotou, an industrial city of 2 million people in Inner Mongolia, is a 10-square-kilometer (4-square-mile) lake that is among the most polluted in the world. The artificial lake, referred to by the name of…
Can a Radioactive Ore Break China’s Grip on Rare Earths?
The global campaigns to break China’s dominance of vital rare-earth markets are shaping up into one of the signature geostrategic struggles of the early 21st century. Hundreds of mining companies, government agencies, and industrial facilities scattered across North America, Australasia,…
AEP to Build $4 Billion Fuel Cell Project to Supply Low-Carbon Power to Google
Ohio-based electric utility American Electric Power (AEP) announced a $4 billion investment to develop a 702 MW fuel cell power generation facility near Cheyenne, Wyoming, under a 20-year power purchase agreement (PPA) with Google, aimed at supporting the technology company’s…
Econergy connects 120 MWh Glasgow battery with EDF revenue floor
Israel-based independent power producer Econergy has connected its 40 MW/120 MWh Dalmarnock battery energy storage system in Glasgow, Scotland, to the UK grid. The company expects full commercial operation by December. The three-hour project is financed by approximately £21 million…
In-House Research, Engagement Overtake ESG Ratings as Investors’ Top Sustainability Tools: Survey
Investors are increasingly turning to internal resources to gauge companies’ ESG performance, with in-house research and engagement with companies overtaking ESG ratings as a top source of information on corporate ESG performance, as perceived quality and trust in ESG ratings…
Base Power to deploy 100 MWh of home batteries for Georgia co-op
Base Power has announced a residential battery program in collaboration with Central Georgia Electric Membership Corporation (Central Georgia EMC), under which the Texas company will provide the co-op with 50 MW of dispatchable battery capacity, located at customer homes throughout…
China’s first 100 MW compressed CO2 storage plant connects to grid
China Huadian has completed the first grid connection of a 100 MW/1,000 MWh compressed carbon dioxide (CO₂) energy storage plant in Mulei County, Xinjiang, marking a significant milestone for this emerging long-duration storage technology. The facility achieved its initial grid…
L&G, NTR Raise $370 Million for New Clean Power Transition Fund
UK financial services group Legal & General (L&G) and sustainable infrastructure investor NTR announced today that they have raised €330 million (USD$370 million) at the first close of the L&G NTR Clean Power Transition IV Fund, the firm’s second joint…
Fluence to supply 1 GWh battery for Vattenfall in Germany
Vattenfall has signed a contract with battery storage supplier Fluence for a four-hour battery energy storage system (BESS) at the former nuclear power plant site in Brunsbüttel, northern Germany. The project will have 254 MW of power capacity and more…