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100-MW battery project to be set up in Queens for Con Edison
74 Power Global as well as Con Edison have authorized a seven-year send off legal rights contract for the advancement of a 100-MW power storage project, the East River Energy Storage System in Astoria, Queens.
Dec 16, 2020 // Storage, USA, North America, Henry Yun, Storage Project, Tim Cawley, Gil C. Quinones
Vietnam slashes 2030 capacity target yet makes more room for renewables under new power strategy
Vietnam has actually cut its 2030 power capacity target by 35GW under its recently set draft Power Master Plan VIII (PMP8) but is making more room for renewables as it looks for to reduce its reliance on coal.
Apr 27, 2022 // Grids, Policy, Asia, fitch solutions, Vietnam, renewable energy targets, grid capacity, coal retirement, power master plan, renewable target
Australian City Turns To Compressed Air Project For Storage Of 1.5 GWh
Unlike pumped hydro energy storage (PHES), progressed compressed air energy storage is fairly easy to site and construct, requiring far less space as well as water.
May 31, 2022 // Storage, Hydrostor, Australia, Oceania, transgrid, Advanced Compressed Air Energy Storage, A-CAES, Broken Hill, Van Walleghem
World Bank Inks Project to Scale up Renewable Energy Technologies in India
The World Bank, with the project, offers to India $150 million IBRD loan, a $28 million Clean Technology Fund (CTF) loan and a $22 million CTF grant. The project will certainly support SECI with human resource as well as company planning, project monitoring, procurement, economic and also contract management, environmental and also social safeguards as well as economic management, among others.
Dec 20, 2022 // Markets & Finance News, India, SECI, Asia, world bank, Renewable Energy, Hideki Mori, Surbhi Goyal
Gravitricty plans 4MW storage in former Czech mine
Scottish company indications MoU with DIAMO to seek EU funds to convert Darkov site
Feb 22, 2023 // Storage, Europe, Czech Republic, Gravitricty
EBRD baits financing for landmark solar plant in Albania
EBRD leads syndicate of IFC, Intesa Sanpaolo Bank Albania, Privredna Banka Zagreb in co-financing Karavasta solar plant in Albania First big utility-scale solar PV plant in the country Financial investment stems from EBRD Renewable Energy Auctions Programme
Apr 24, 2023 // Plants, Large-Scale, Commercial, Markets & Finance News, EBRD, Europe, PV Power Plant, Albania
PowerChina Fast-Tracks Enel Colombia 180-MW Solar Connection
PowerChina energizes Enel Colombia’s 180‑MWac Guayepo III solar farm six days early, fully grid‑connecting new utility‑scale capacity as the project advances toward commercial operation in Colombia.
Oct 22, 2025 // Plants, Large-Scale, Commercial, Powerchina, Enel, South america, Colombia
Germany’s Solar Surge Lifts Renewables to 56%
Germany’s 2025 power turns greener: 56% renewables, solar surges, wind/hydro lag. Prices dip at noon, batteries rise at dusk. Storage, flexibility, and PPAs steer reliability-first buildout despite rooftop, grid hurdles.
Dec 12, 2025 // Markets & Finance News, Grids, Germany, Europe, grid, outlook, renewables share, solar additions
China Activates World’s Largest Compressed-Air Battery
China flips the switch on the world’s largest CAES—600 MW/2,400 MWh—signaling long‑duration storage’s rise from niche to core grid muscle for multi‑hour renewable smoothing.
Mar 4, 2026 // Plants, ENERGY STORAGE, China, Asia, grid, CAES, long-duration
Prime Capital Buys 170-MWh Pyhasalmi Battery Project
Prime Capital snaps up 85‑MW/170‑MWh Pyhäsalmi BESS for €5.5m, with profit‑share to July 2027, bolstering SENS’s big‑battery strategy for Finland’s grid services.
Mar 11, 2026 // Storage, Europe, Finland, Prime Capital
Transpower Draft Approval for Inter-Island Grid Upgrade
Transpower’s draft approval clears the way for a stronger North–South inter-island power link—cutting bottlenecks, boosting resilience in dry years, and enabling more wind and solar.
Apr 2, 2026 // Markets & Finance News, New Zealand, Oceania, Transpower, transmission, interconnectiongrid upgrade
China Three Gorges Hits COD on Colombia Solar
China Three Gorges hits COD for a 19.9-MW Colombia solar farm—unlocking stable revenue, expanding utility-scale and corporate offtakes, and diversifying daytime power as hydro tightens.
Apr 14, 2026 // Plants, Large-Scale, Commercial, South america, Latin america, Colombia, solar farm, china three gorges, commissioning
Coles signs PPA for three solar farms in Australia
The Australian supermarket giant will purchase more than 70% of the electricity generated by three solar power plants to be built and operated by Metka EGN outside the regional centers of Wagga Wagga, Corowa and Junee, in the state of New South Wales – the equivalent of 10% of the company’s national electricity usage.
Aug 21, 2019 // Plants, Large-Scale, Commercial, Markets & Finance News, Australia, Oceania, Molycop, Metka EGN, Coles, Terrain Solar, Mytilineos Holdings, Chairman David, Steven Cain, Thinus Keeve, Simec Zen Energy
PG&E Poised to Expand Energy Storage Capacity by 423 MW
PG&E has actually asked for authorization of 5 power storage space projects amounting to 423 MW, in a declaring with the California Public Utilities Commission (CPUC).
May 21, 2020 // Storage, California, USA, ENERGY STORAGE, BESS, North America, International, PG&E, Fong Wan
Covid-19 and also reliance on China's PV supply chain
The Asian Development Bank claims creating nations in Asia as well as the Pacific must take into consideration creating their very own solar sector supply chains as the Covid-19 pandemic has actually revealed their over-reliance on China to finish the power change.
Mar 30, 2020 // Manufacturing News, Markets & Finance News, India, China, Asia, Vietnam, Asian Development Bank, WORLD, covid-19, Yongping Zhai