Renewable Energy Storage Articles & Analysis

The International Hydropower Association (IHA) has this week launched a toolkit for pumped storage hydropower (PS) development. This toolkit details the barriers for delivering policy solutions to PS development and the appropriate mechanisms needed to drive this growth. PS is the largest form of renewable energy storage, with nearly 200 GW installed capacity, providing more than 90% of all long ...

By Smart Grid Observer

This week, the European Commission has published a new call for proposals to support low-carbon technologies under the Innovation Fund program. With a budget of €2.4 billion, this call aims to boost European competitiveness and strengthen industrial manufacturing capacity in energy intensive industries, renewable energy, energy storage, and carbon capture, use and storage.The Innovation Fund ...

By Smart Grid Observer

Large-scale renewable energy and battery energy storage projects have a pivotal role as the United States moves to a clean energy system. Where and how these facilities are sited is a complex process that involves many considerations and parties.To further support state and local governments and Tribal nations with this process, the U.S. Department of Energy is seeking applications from ...

By Smart Grid Observer

Governor Kathy Hochul today announced more than $24 million in awarded contracts for 26 innovation projects in multiple clean energy sectors. The awarded projects join the New York State Energy and Research Development Authority’s (NYSERDA) growing portfolio of more than 200 innovation projects that are advancing new technologies in the sectors of long duration energy storage, clean hydrogen ...

By Smart Grid Observer

As part of the Biden-Harris Administration's Investing in America agenda, the U.S. Department of Energy, through its Loan Programs Office (LPO), this week announced the closing of a $72.8 million loan guarantee to finance the development of a solar-plus-long-duration-energy-storage microgrid. The microgrid will be located on the Tribal lands of the Viejas (Baron Long) Group of Capitan Grande Band ...

By Smart Grid Observer

Without rapid investments in clean energy storage, Illinois consumers will pay up to $30 more per month for energy, and the state will face energy shortfalls and a higher risk of blackouts, according to a newly released study.The study, “Cost and Benefit Analysis of Energy Storage Resource Deployment in Illinois,” found that deploying at least 8,500 MW of clean energy storage would provide $3 ...

By Smart Grid Observer

U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) Secretary Tom Vilsack announced this week that USDA is partnering with rural Americans on hundreds of clean energy projects to lower energy bills, expand access to clean energy and create jobs for U.S. farmers, ranchers and agricultural producers. Many of the projects are funded by President Biden's Inflation Reduction Act, the nation's largest-ever ...

By Smart Grid Observer

AES Hawaiʻi this week announced the launch of its West O‘ahu solar-plus-storage project in Kapolei – the company’s first facility to combine solar generation and battery energy storage on O‘ahu. Located on 66 acres of open University of Hawai‘i land, the West O‘ahu solar-plus-storage facility is generating 12.5 MW of clean energy for O‘ahu’s power ...

By Smart Grid Observer

Technology group Wärtsilä will supply a 300-megawatt (MW) / 600-megawatt hour (MWh) energy storage system under an Engineered Equipment Delivery (EEQ) contract to Zenobe, an electric vehicle fleet and battery storage specialist, in Kilmarnock, Scotland. This is the second energy storage system Wärtsilä is delivering to Zenobe, and it will be one of the largest in Scotland to ...

By Wartsila Corporation

Idaho National Laboratory (INL) and Arizona State University (ASU) have agreed to expand their joint efforts in clean energy research for the next five years. An agreement signed in October establishes a framework for both institutions to develop low-carbon processes for the energy and manufacturing sectors. One joint project works to improve and decarbonize methods to extract critical minerals ...

By Smart Grid Observer

This week, U.S. Deputy Secretary of Energy David M. Turk traveled to Dubai, United Arab Emirates for the 28th Conference of the Parties to the U.N. Framework Convention on Climate Change (COP28), where he led the U.S. energy delegation. The Department of Energy announced a range of initiatives - on issues from clean hydrogen and nuclear energy to zero-emissions transportation and building ...

By Smart Grid Observer

Clarke Energy prides itself on offering global energy solutions; including Battery Energy Storage Systems (BESS). For BESS requirements, partnering with Clarke Energy allows customers to enhance their utilisation of renewable energy, establish a reliable backup power source, decrease their environmental impact, and realise significant cost ...

By Clarke Energy

ESS Tech, Inc., a leading manufacturer of long-duration energy storage systems (LDES) for commercial and utility-scale applications, this week announced that it has completed commissioning of six Energy Warehouse™ systems delivered to the Sacramento Municipal Utility District (SMUD), the nation’s sixth-largest community-owned electric service provider. The six Energy Warehouse™ systems represent ...

By Smart Grid Observer

Sacramento Municipal Utility District (SMUD) ranked first in the 2023 J.D. Power Sustainability Index, a comprehensive evaluation of the nation's largest electric utilities' customer awareness, engagement and advocacy related to their local climate sustainability programs and goals. Drawing from established J.D. Power customer satisfaction and environmental metrics, the index includes 35 of the ...

By Smart Grid Observer

Transgrid has released a comprehensive energy roadmap revealing the unprecedented challenges and the $16.5 billion investment required to keep the lights on and achieve NSW's rapid transformation to a cleaner, cheaper energy future.The System Security Roadmap outlines the NSW Transmission Network Service Provider's detailed plan to grow the state's power system and ensure the secure operation of ...

By Smart Grid Observer

The New York State Energy Research and Development Authority (NYSERDA) announced the fifth round of the Commercial and Industrial (C&I) Carbon Challenge, making $15 million available as part of Round XIII of Governor Kathy Hochul's Regional Economic Development Council (REDC) initiative announced on May 15. The C&I Carbon Challenge will help reduce carbon emissions at commercial and ...

By Smart Grid Observer

Hawaiian Electric has finalized a comprehensive plan that charts the lowest-cost pathway for creating resilient, decarbonized island grids to serve customers using resources from Hawaii, for Hawaii. The company filed its "Integrated Grid Plan: A pathway to a clean energy future" with the Public Utilities Commission (PUC), outlining steps the company will take in the coming years to ensure its ...

By Smart Grid Observer

Bayer, a global enterprise with core competencies in the life science fields of health care and nutrition, and Cat Creek Energy (CCE), a renewable energy Independent Power Producer, today announced a long-term Structured Renewable Energy Credit (REC) Purchase Agreement that will satisfy Bayer´s renewable electricity needs and lead to the construction by CCE of multiple variable renewable ...

By Bayer AG

ADS-TEC Energy presents the battery storage-based fast charging solution ChargePost at the world's largest leading international trade fair for industry and innovations, the Hannover Messe, at the joint stand with Baden-Württemberg. The pavilion of "The Länd" will be opened by Minister President Winfried Kretschmann, who also visits ADS-TEC Energy in his subsequent tour. ChargePost is ...

By Ads-tec Energy GmbH

EDF Renewables North America has secured a 20-year PPA with Southern California Public Power Authority (SCPPA) for the 117MW Sapphire Solar project. Sapphire Solar is guaranteed to begin delivery of carbon-free electricity to SCPPA’s Participating Members, Anaheim, Pasadena and Vernon, by December 31 2026, EDF said. Under the agreement, in addition to the solar production, SCPPA reserves ...

By EDF Renewable Energy