Category: Energy Storage

Blackhillock BESS Uses Kraken Tech Platform

Wedoany.com Report-Mar 5, Europe’s biggest operational battery energy storage system (BESS) is using the Kraken smart operating system. The 200MW / 400MWh Blackhillock site (pictured) in Moray, ...

2025-03-05

Lloyd’s Register Approves Corvus Energy’s Marine Battery System

Wedoany.com Report-Mar 5, Norway-based energy storage company Corvus Energy has received type approval from the UK-based classification society Lloyd’s Register (LR) for its Dolphin NxtGen Energ...

2025-03-05

Italy: BESS Wins Nearly 600MW of Contracts in 2027 Capacity Market

Wedoany.com Report-Mar 4, BESS technology has won the bulk of new resource contracts in the capacity market (CM) auction for delivery in 2027 in Italy. The auction took place last week (26/27 February...

2025-03-04

CATL, Jinmao Smart Transportation Collaborate in EV Charging, Battery Swapping Fields

Wedoany.com Report-Mar 4, Jinmao Smart Transportation Technology Co., Ltd. ("Jinmao Smart Transportation") and Contemporary Amperex Technology Co., Ltd. ("CATL") recently signed a strategic cooperatio...

2025-03-04

Zenobe Starts Operation of 200MW Scottish BESS

Wedoany.com Report-Mar 4, Zenobe has started the operation of a 200MW battery energy storage system (BESS) in Blackhillock in Scotland. The 400MWh BESS was supplied by Wartsila and is one of the large...

2025-03-04

Sumitomo Electric Launches Vanadium Redox Flow Battery With 30-Year Lifespan

Wedoany.com Report-Mar 4, Japanese manufacturer Sumitomo Electric has released a new vanadium redox flow battery (VRFB) suitable for a variety of long-duration configurations. Unveiled at Energy Stora...

2025-03-04

Papua New Guinea Opens Tender for Solar-Plus-Storage Minigrid

Wedoany.com Report-Mar 4, A tender has opened for the development of a hybrid solar minigrid system in Papua New Guinea. The project encompasses the construction of a solar and battery energy storage ...

2025-03-04

Alabama Power to Build 150 MW Battery Storage System on Former Power Plant Site

Wedoany.com Report-Mar 4, Utility Southern Cos (SO.N), Alabama unit said on Monday it will develop a 150 megawatt (MW) utility-scale battery energy storage system (BESS) on the site of its former coal...

2025-03-04

Toyota Teams up With Japanese Oil Giant to Build All-Solid-State EV Batteries

Wedoany.com Report-Mar 3, Japanese automaker Toyota has teamed up with the oil giant Idemitsu Kosan to construct a large-scale lithium sulfide plant to supply raw materials for Toyota’s all-soli...

2025-03-03

Site Safety Measures Help Limit Spread of Fire at 600 MWh BESS in England

Wedoany.com Report-Mar 3, A fire at an under-construction, utility-scale battery energy storage system (BESS) close to London in Thurrock, Essex, was safely brought under control on February 20. The T...

2025-03-03