Atlas and COPEC sign PPA for 200MW/800MWh BESS in Chile
Atlas Renewable Energy has signed a power purchase agreement (PPA) with COPEC to deploy a 200MW/800MWh battery energy storage system (BESS).
Engie Chile starts commercial operation of 139MW/638MWh BESS in Antofagasta
Utility and independent power producer (IPP) Engie has started commercial operations of a 139MW/638MWh battery energy storage system (BESS) in the northern region of Antofagasta, Chile.
UK ROUNDUP: Large-scale BESS news from RWE, Quinbrook, E.On and more
This UK edition of news in brief features project news from RWE, Quinbrook, E.On, TagEnergy and Harmony Energy.
Long-duration energy storage: UK’s House of Lords tells government to ‘get on with it’ and act fast
The UK’s House of Lords Science and Technology Committee has said government must make “major decisions about future energy infrastructure”.
Chile: Mining company Codelco signs ’24/7 solar-plus-battery’ power purchase agreement
Atlas Renewable Energy has signed a PPA with state-owned mining company Codelco to deliver 375GWh a year from a solar-plus-storage project in Chile.
Market reacts to falling BESS prices
We heard from system integrator, developer and EPC delegates at the Energy Storage Summit EU in London last month about the implications of falling BESS prices.
UK’s Harmony Energy expects ‘attractive returns’ in 2024 as BESS trading conditions improve
London Stock Exchange-listed battery storage investment firm Harmony Energy Income Trust (HEIT) has predicted that it can generate “attractive returns” despite the ongoing woes in battery energy storage revenues in the GB market.
Italy: a market with unique opportunities as 71GWh MACSE capacity market auction approaches
Italy grid-scale energy storage market opportunities unlike anywhere else, but many challenges and uncertainties around the different revenue streams remain, including the upcoming MACSE capacity market auction.
Net Zero by Current±: The role of energy storage in net zero
In this episode, Net Zero by Current± is joined by Andy Colthorpe, editor of Energy-Storage.news to discuss the role of energy storage in net zero.
The reasons why investors are busy buying BESS developers in the UK and Germany
We hear from industry sources about why we’ve seen a flurry of investors acquiring energy storage developer-operators in the UK and Germany, Europe’s two largest markets by BESS deployments.
