Polar Night Energy and Vatajankoski, an energy utility based in Western Finland, have together constructed a sand-based thermal energy storage. It is the

That would sit well with the national solar association ASEU, which has modelled that about 20GW of new solar could support a 50% renewable energy by 2030 goal. Energy-Storage.news'' publisher Solar Media will host the 8th annual Energy Storage Summit EU in London, 22-23 February 2023. This year it is moving to a larger venue,

The stationary energy storage system (ESS) industry will be a significant source of lithium-ion batteries that can be recycled and reused, the head of Finnish state-owned energy company Fortum''s

The company will put the funding towards a rollout of its Distributed Energy Storage (DES) solution across its network with an expected total energy storage capacity of 150MWh. Finland telecoms firm Elisa has received €3.9 million from the government to form a VPP using batteries, potentially the largest in Europe.

Telecoms specialist Elisa is deploying battery and PV systems at base towers in Finland, which will "implement virtual power plant (VPP) optimisation of locally produced solar energy.". Solar PV arrays of around 5kW generation capacity will be typically paired with 400Ah battery storage systems at mobile network towers on the Åland

That would sit well with the national solar association ASEU, which has modelled that about 20GW of new solar could support a 50% renewable energy by 2030 goal. Energy-Storage.news'' publisher

February 19, 2024. A render of the project in North Netherlands. Image: Lion Storage via Linkedin. Battery energy storage system (BESS) project developer Lion Storage is planning a 364MW/1,457MWh project in the Netherlands for operation in two years'' time. Lion Storage announced the Mufasa BESS project last week (16 February), which it said

Developers Taaleri Energia and Merus Power have partnered to deploy a 30MW/36MWh battery energy storage system in Finland, one of the country''s largest. European Commission approves state aid for 530MWh Finland pumped hydro plant. December 7, 2022.

A "sand battery" is a high temperature thermal energy storage that uses sand or sand-like materials as its storage medium. It stores energy in sand as heat. Its main purpose is to work as a high-power and high-capacity

The EU''s European Investment Bank has pledged support for a long-duration thermal energy storage project and a gravity-based energy storage demonstration project. They have been selected among 15 projects defined as large-scale — each requiring capital costs of more than €7.5 million (US$8.5 million) — through EU

March 28, 2022. Invinity Energy''s Systems vanadium redox flow battery at Energy Superhub Oxford. Image: Invinity Energy Systems. A major new vanadium processing facility is set to open in Finland in late 2024 after the formation of a joint venture (JV) to deliver the project. Australian project development companies Critical Metals and

A grid-scale battery storage system will be built at the site of a nuclear power plant in Finland, providing backup in the event of disruption to grid supply. Finnish power company Teollisuuden Voima (TVO) operates and owns two nuclear power stations on the island of Olkiluoto which supply about one-sixth of Finland''s energy consumption

Image: CC. This year has seen major energy storage deployment plans announced by telecommunications network operators in Finland and Germany, and substantial fundraises by ESS firms targeting the segment. Finlands''s Elisa announced a 150MWh rollout across its network in February while Deutsche Telekom began a

February 5, 2024. The project is the largest in Sweden which is under construction. Image: Neoen. Independent power producer (IPP) Neoen and system integrator Nidec have started construction on a 93.9MW/93.9MWh battery energy storage system (BESS) in Sweden, the largest in the country. Paris-headquartered Neoen has given full notice to proceed

Finland is placing itself at the forefront of the battery sector, boosted by recent significant investments in industrial production and green innovations. In early 2021, Finland outlined a national battery strategy aspiring to elevate its industry to pioneering status by 2025. The significance of this goal is pressing: the value of the

Edify Energy proposes 200MW solar-plus-storage project in Central Queensland, Australia News Ember: World on pace to have nearly 4TW of surplus solar manufacturing capacity by 2030

Developers SENS and Callio have revealed a hybrid project in Finland which could combine a battery energy storage system (BESS), pumped hydro energy

Image: Elisa. Telecoms firm Elisa Corporation has signed a contract to bring its distributed energy storage (DES) solution to Finnish mobile networks. The deal, with Helsinki-based cellular infrastructure construction and maintenance provider DNA Tower, will use the backup battery energy storage system (BESS) capacity of mobile

A state agency in Estonia has provided €5.2 million (US$5.7 million) in grants for 10 energy storage projects, including a 4MW/8MWh battery storage project from utility Eesti Energia. The state-funded Environmental Investment Centre announced the grant funding for the ten projects being developed by six companies today (28 June).

Viking Cold Solutions, Inc. Manufacturer. based in Houston, TEXAS (USA) Viking Cold Solutions is a thermal energy management company focused on making the world''s cold storage systems more efficient, flexible, and resilient. Expanding rapidly through the US and internationally, Viking Cold provides environmentally

The Ministry of Economic Affairs and Employment in Finland has granted €19.5 million (US$19.3 million) to a hybrid plant project combining wind, solar and 25MW/50MWh of battery storage. The government body is providing the funding to independent power producer (IPP) Ilmatar Energy for the construction of the renewable

Image: Tiia Monto / Flickr. Developers SENS and Callio have revealed a hybrid project in Finland which could combine a battery energy storage system (BESS), pumped hydro energy storage and solar PV technology. The companies have struck a principal agreement to develop the project at the decommissioned Pyhäsalmi mine in

Source: Sonnen. Shell is to acquire German battery storage manufacturer sonnen in a bid to accelerate its home energy services position. Sonnen is to sit as a wholly-owned subsidiary of Shell should the acquisition clear regulatory approvals, and the deal comes less than a year after Shell made an investment in the battery firm.

A Finnish startup has announced plans to build a massive sand battery — demonstrating the potential of the medium to help the world fully transition to clean energy. The challenge: Solar and wind are cheap, clean,

Image: Ingrid Capacity. While Norway once aimed to be the ''battery of Europe'' it has since been overtaken other Nordic countries Sweden and Finland for BESS deployments. Research firm LCP Delta''s Jon Ferris explores the region''s energy storage market dynamics in this long-form article. Europe had yet to install its first grid-scale

Finland has launched a new battery development strategy and is touting for investors to build up its manufacturing industry. The National Battery Strategy 2025 was unveiled on Tuesday 26 January, and outlines seven objectives to develop the country''s battery sector, which includes targeting growth and renewal of Finland''s existing battery

The world''s first commercial sand battery system is now in operation in Western Finland. Polar Night Energy. This is a thermal energy storage system, effectively built around a big,

Research firm LCP Delta''s Jon Ferris explores the region''s energy storage market dynamics in this long-form article. Ib vogt sells 50MW/50MWh ready-to-build BESS project in Finland. March 13, 2024. ib vogt has sold rights to a large-scale 1-hour duration battery storage project in Finland, Europe, to investor Renewable Power

Examples of clear overlaps between Finland and other Nordic countries include: Marine, Mining, Heavy duty, Energy storage, Battery second life applications, and Renewable

Twitter. Facebook. As the energy transition unfolds, energy storage is capable of being a critical connecting piece not just on a technology level to enable cleaner, reliable, low-carbon energy networks, but also connecting energy assets to the market opportunities that will make the transition to renewable energy an economically feasible

The Finland-headquartered company said that all potential alternatives would be considered, including different ownership options from continued full ownership or a partial divestment. Energy-Storage.news'' publisher Solar Media will host the 9th annual Energy Storage Summit EU in London, 21-22 February 2024. This year it is moving to a

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A total 1.67GW of projects won contracts, including 32 battery energy storage system (BESS) totalling 1.1GW and three pumped hydro energy storage (PHES) projects totalling 577MW. The winning projects came from a pool of nearly 4.6GW of qualifying bids. Over a gigawatt of bids from battery storage have succeeded in Japan''s

The stationary energy storage system (ESS) industry will be a significant source of lithium-ion batteries that can be recycled and reused, the head of Finnish state-owned energy company Fortum''s battery business line has said. Fortum has just announced a €24 million (US$28.55 million) investment into expanding a battery

The project is the successor to a 30MW/30MWh BESS Neoen already operates in Finland. IPP Neoen has started construction on a 2-hour 56.4MW/112.9MWh BESS in Finland, in the context of market dynamics which optimiser Capalo AI explained to Energy-Storage.news.. The Paris-headquartered independent power producer (IPP)

February 8, 2024. A wind farm in Finland owned by Helen, a utility. Image: Helen Oy. Finnish utility Helen is launching a 40MW battery energy storage system (BESS) project in Nurmijärvi, southern Finland, and aims to begin commercial operation in 2025. The project is being developed by investor Evli-Rahastoyhtiö Oy, which will continue as a

Polar Night Energy and Vatajankoski recently teamed up to create a sand-based thermal energy storage system. In what is touted as a world first, the solution converts electricity to heat which is stored in the

The increasing cost-competitiveness of LFP battery cells has made first life batteries more attractive than second life ones, Finland-based BESS solutions firm Cactos told Energy-Storage.news after a €26 million (US$28.5 million) fundraise. OP Finland Infrastructure LP and the Finnish Climate Fund led investment of €26 million into a new

Battery energy storage systems (BESS) in the Nordics are seeing "extremely attractive revenues", Finland-based optimiser Capalo AI said, as developers SENS and Ilmatar announced 70MW of projects in Sweden. Capalo AI CEO Henri Taskinen was speaking to Energy-Storage.news after the firm raised €500,000 (US$530,000) in