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Corporate funding for energy storage more than doubles year-on-year in first half of 2024
By Andy Colthorpe via www.energy-storage.news
According to Mercom Capital, companies in the energy storage space raised US$15.4 billion in corporate funding globally in the first half of 2024. Read More
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Botswana to launch first utility-scale battery energy storage system with World Bank support
By George Heynes via www.energy-storage.news
The World Bank Group has approved plans to develop Botswana’s first utility-scale battery energy storage system (BESS) with 50MW output and 200MWh storage capacity. Read More
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SemperPower, Corre Energy and PowerField launch large-scale Netherlands BESS projects
By Cameron Murray via www.energy-storage.news
A double-header of Netherlands news, with SemperPower and Corre Energy planning a 640MWh BESS at the latter’s compressed air energy storage (CAES) site and Powerfield commissioning the country’s largest co-located project. Read More
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The evolving landscape of international BESS transportation
By Vienna Zhou, CEO, TROES Corp via www.energy-storage.news
As BESS deployment surges internationally, driven by ambitious renewable energy targets and grid modernisation initiatives, the complex logistics of transporting these systems come into sharp focus. BESS are commonly equipped with lithium iron phosphate (LFP) batteries. These batteries are temperature-sensitive and if mismanaged, abused or defective can cause high heat which can result in fire. For this reason, they are considered Class 9 Miscellaneous Hazards in US shipping. Read More
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SECI launches 1,000MW/2,000MWh standalone BESS tender, India’s biggest to date
By Andy Colthorpe via www.energy-storage.news
Solar Energy Corporation of India (SECI) has launched a tender for battery energy storage systems (BESS) with aggregate output and capacity of 1,000MW/2,000MWh. Read More
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Croatia allocating €500 million for BESS – report
By Cameron Murray via www.energy-storage.news
Croatia will provide some €500 million (US$534 million) in subsidies for battery energy storage system (BESS) technology, a government minister has said. Read More