October 12, 2018

TOP 5 Energy Storage News in the world

The Hawaiian Electric Companies have selected seven solar plus storage projects to be deployed on three islands (Hawaii, Maui and Ohau), totaling 260 MW of solar and 1060 MWh of storage.
The French regulator has approved 11 energy storage projects to be deployed in the French overseas territories, representing a total of 50 MW and 57 MWh.
Former Alevo executives are relaunching the company’s activities under a new name: Innolith. The new entity will focus on R&D rather than on manufacturing.
New York is making 40 M$ available to support solar plus storage projects.
A battery supplied by Saft will be installed at a 10 MW solar farm developed by Hevel group in southern Siberia.

August 31, 2018

TOP 5 Energy Storage News in the world

South Africa is creating a 500 M$ fund dedicated to energy storage. Several countries, including the UK, the US, and Japan are contributing to the fund.
Over 100,000 residential batteries have now been installed in Germany.
Xcel Energy resource plan for Colorado was approved by the PUC. The plan includes 1 100 MW of wind, 700 MW of solar and 275 MW of energy storage.
SB 700, extending the Californian Self Generation Incentive Program toward 2026 and securing subsidies for an additional 3 GW of energy storage, has passed the California Assembly.
Amazon will install 3.77 MW of Tesla batteries together with 4 MW of solar at one of its sites in the UK.