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Batteries are taking on gas plants to power California's nights

Canary Media

California spent the last decade building up a massive fleet of batteries to help clean up its electrical grid. This spring, those storage plants passed a major threshold, and now are visibly reshaping the state’s power grid — just as clean energy advocates said they would.

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Second-life bus batteries backup Poland’s power grid

Smart Energy International

Polish power distribution company Tauron has launched an energy storage facility project in Poland, using second-life electric bus batteries to support power grid management. Tauron states how, for several years, they have been observing an increasing number of electric buses in use on the Polish market.

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Dublin battery system to support the Irish power grid

Smart Energy International

In a bid to support Irish grid stability, Electricity Supply Board (ESB) has opened a major battery plant at its Poolbeg site in Dublin, which will add 75MW/150MWh of fast-acting energy storage. No electricity system can operate without a backup. In Ireland this has traditionally been provided by fossil fuel generation.

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Tesla's co-founder is pioneering a circular system for electric vehicle batteries

GreenBiz

Tesla's co-founder is pioneering a circular system for electric vehicle batteries. This week, I've been thinking a lot about electric vehicle batteries and the massive potential for battery recycling and reuse. Lithium-ion batteries are clearly a candidate for such innovative circular thinking. .

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Rolls-Royce supplies battery containers to balance Singapore’s power grid

Smart Energy International

Rolls-Royce has supplied three mtu EnergyPacks to system integrator Eigen Energy in Singapore to integrate more renewable energy and offset peak electricity loads on the power grid. Sign up to our newsletter and stay informed Rolls-Royce has already supplied mtu EnergyPacks for around ten e-charging projects globally.

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Electrical distributor EIS to acquire Power Grid Supply

Smart Energy International

EIS, a distributor of electrical process materials and components in North America, announced the successful acquisition of Power Grid Supply (PGS), a supplier of transformer parts and components for the production, repair, and remanufacturing of transformers.

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Puerto Rican solar and battery project to boost grid reliability

Smart Energy International

Solar renewables company Infinigen Renewables and ArcLight Capital Partners have announced a power and battery infrastructure project in Puerto Rico to provide supportive flexibility and reliability to the power grid.

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