US IPPs Swift Current, Avantus raise US$1 billion+ for clean energy projects
US independent power producers (IPPs) Swift Current Energy and Avantus have secured financing for their pipelines and projects, respectively.
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US TECH ROUNDUP: Software tie-ins and technology partnerships, gas-BESS hybrids bring speed-to-power
In this news roundup, Eos and WATTMORE; Gotion and Gamma Technologies; Middle River Power and PowerTransitions; and Electra AI and MinTech are advancing battery energy storage system (BESS) technology in the US.
Ford Energy’s grid-scale BESS product: an analysis
In May, US automotive group Ford made the surprise announcement that it was launching a BESS product via new division Ford Energy. In this deep dive article, we look at its product’s specifications and how they compare to other existing…
Germany BESS ROUNDUP: Alpiq buys from Eco Stor, CATL-backed CNTE supplies units, Terralayr’s Vattenfall toll online
A trio of BESS updates in Germany from power firm Alpiq, CATL-backed system integrator CNTE and virtual tolling platform Terralayr, totalling around 260MW of operational capacity.
Saudi Power Procurement Company awards 2GW/8GWh of battery storage contracts
Saudi Arabia’s Principal Buyer of electricity has awarded four service contracts for large-scale battery storage projects to consortia featuring ACWA Power and Engie.
‘Up to six months faster’: DC-coupling expedites hybrid solar-plus-storage grid connection approvals in Australia
DC-coupled solar-plus-storage projects can reduce the time needed for grid connection approval compared with AC-coupled designs.
The financial realities facing US long-duration energy storage integration
Raafe Khan of Camelot Energy Group breaks down financial realities, market contradictions, and other dynamics shaping the energy storage space.
TC Energy appoints Worley to advance development of 11GWh Ontario pumped hydro energy storage project
Canadian pipeline and energy infrastructure company TC Energy has selected Worley to advance the next development phase of its 1GW/11GWh Ontario Pumped Storage Project in Meaford, Canada.
IBM Built the Cold War’s Most Powerful Code Breaker for the NSA
At the height of the Cold War, one very specialized computer was so secret that the world didn’t know it existed. It ran its jobs up to 200 times as fast as any other computer of its time. It was…
Shell offloads residential battery storage and VPP provider sonnen after seven years
Shell has sold sonnen, the residential battery storage company it acquired in 2019, as the oil & gas major focuses its attention on “portfolio high-grading efforts.”