Storage

Welbar Energy Storage, a joint venture of Penso Power and Luminous Energy, has obtained full planning approval for an energy storage project in the UK. Known as the Hams Hall project, it will be sited in North Warwickshire, a district within the county of Warwickshire. The news was first announced by Penso Power on May 4 and later reported by other renewable energy news outlets. ...  more

Small modular reactors (SMRs) can be said to be one of the future trends of the fourth generation of nuclear energy. They are cheaper and more mobile than traditional reactor designs. ...  more

Taiwan Cement announced today that the company had achieved a revenue of NT$22.945 billion for the first quarter this year under a YoY increase of 4.12%, and the board of directors decided to issue NT$1 of cash divided and NT$1 of stock dividend, with a dividend payout ratio of 61%. Chang An-ping, Chairman of Taiwan Cement, commented that the three major orientations for Taiwan Cement for the next decade will be cement, energy, and waste disposal, and that the company’s energy strategy is to be heavily involved in the development of various renewable energy, as well as energy storage. ...  more

Enel Green Power (EGP), a subsidiary of Italian energy multinational Enel Group, began operating two new renewable energy projects in North America in December last year. ...  more

Integrated logistics giant Maersk plans to establish a charging buoy with Danish offshore wind farm provider Ørsted in order to reduce carbon emission for idling ships. ...  more

Australian news outlets and renewable energy news websites have reported that Woodside Energy (also known as Woodside Petroleum) submitted a proposal to the Western Australian Environmental Protection Authority (WAEPA) for a PV-plus-storage project. ...  more

Major Japanese engineering firm Nippon Koei will be developing two battery energy storage facilities that will be respectively located in the counties of Kent and Hertfordshire in the UK. ...  more

Battery startup Factorial Energy has announced the completion of its Series D funding, and has acquired an investment of US$200 million from Mercedes-Benz and Stellantis in the hopes of accelerating the commercial schedule of solid-state batteries. ...  more

Countries around the world are actively promoting green energy and Israel is no exception. The barren southern Negev Desert is a good place to develop solar energy. However, there is no sun at night, so a return to fossil fuel burning is necessary to generate electricity. If you want to use solar energy at night, you have to have a way to store energy. ...  more