Mexico’s Environment and Natural Resources Secretariat (Semarnat) has conditionally approved the PV Moquel Solar project in environmental impact terms. Developed by Solarig Mexico, the project will be located in Champotón, Campeche. According to the resolution issued by Semarnat’s General Directorate…
Zurich-based developer Galileo has secured consent for 250 MW of battery energy storage projects in Italy and expects consent for about 100 MW more in the coming weeks. The two projects are each rated at 125 MW. One has 1,000…
ARERA’s new resolution on MACSE raises the maximum premium to €27,000/MWh/year for the auction with a 2029 delivery year, exceeding the level proposed during consultation. But beyond the new premium, broader questions remain: annual updates to technology parameters, the availability…
TagEnergy has inaugurated a 240 MW/480 MWh battery energy storage system (BESS) at Cernay-lès-Reims in northeastern France, making it the country’s largest operational battery storage project. The project, inaugurated on Oct. 1 after four months of operation, is TagEnergy’s first…
After Chinese manufacturer Hithium launched its new 4 MWh sodium-ion BESS alongside its new 785Ah cell for energy storage, in response to questions, Leb Lan, senior product manager, Hithium, spoke with ESS News to discuss not only the technology developments…
Poland’s Ministry of Climate and Environment has announced a $257.9 million (PLN 1 billion) subsidy scheme for home battery and heat storage, aimed at increasing self-consumption from residential solar and other renewable energy installations. The program is open to individuals…
Researchers at the Institute of Materials Science of Barcelona (ICMAB-CSIC), working with the Catalan Institute of Nanoscience and Nanotechnology (ICN2) and the National University of La Plata in Argentina, have developed a zinc-air battery architecture that increases power output by…
SMT Energy’s 160 MW/320 MWh Houston IV battery moved from energization on June 1 to market participation on July 13, six weeks later. Houston IV achieved the fastest commissioning timeline in FlexGen and SMT’s history, said Jason Rislov, senior vice…
Albania is planning to run a new solar auction, with battery storage included for the first time. The country’s Minister for Infrastructure and Energy, Enea Karakaçi, confirmed the government is preparing another auction to take place before the end of…
India-based Macsen Energy Private Limited has announced that a sodium-ion battery cell using its proprietary Prussian white cathode material exceeded 1,500 charge-discharge cycles in laboratory testing. The company did not disclose whether the results had been independently verified by a…