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Pacific Green Technologies to double battery pipeline this year

Smart Energy International

US-based energy storage company Pacific Green Technologies has announced a target of more than 12GWh in battery storage capacity across four global markets for this year. 2024 priorities include progressing the construction of Sheaf Energy Park ahead of its July 2025 commissioning date and further expanding the UK origination portfolio.

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Construction begins on 500MW Australian battery project

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Construction has begun on Synergy’s Collie battery energy storage system, which will be one of the biggest grid-scale batteries in Australia when complete. The battery is expected to be completed by the end of 2025. Kwinana Battery Stage Two is under construction and is due to be completed in late 2024.

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Western Australia contracts 2.8GWh battery storage

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million) in contracts to deliver the new battery energy storage systems in Kwinana and Collie, together totalling 2.8GWh in storage capacity. Limited (CATL) has been contracted to supply 300 EnerC Plus, containerised liquid-cooling battery systems for Kwinana Battery Stage Two, and about 650 EnerC Plus for Collie. billion ($1.8

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Technology Trending: microgrid DERMS, AI for outage recovery, next-gen battery electrodes, new energy transition materials

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DERMS for Australian rural microgrids, AI for rapid outage recovery in China, 3D printing of high performance battery electrodes and a partnership to discover new materials for the energy transition are in the technology radar. The deployment is set to start early next year and be completed by mid-2024.

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Australia tests residentially aggregated flexible demand

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Have you read: Australian super battery Waratah gets connection greenlight Victoria utilities to lead flexibility market development in Australia In a statement, ARENA CEO Darren Miller said the project would demonstrate the value flexible demand can offer households, in a market saturated with renewable energy.

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Australia’s market operator contracts Enel X for VPP flexibility

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This contract, part of the Non-Co-optimised Essential System Services programme for the years 2024-2026, sees the company enlisting commercial and industrial customers to participate via its virtual power plant (VPP) programme.

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Smart Energy Finances: Growth financing for AI-based network resilience

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Have you read: bp to deploy AI for battery to grid flexibility IEA net zero update reiterates need for rapid grid expansion The System of Enablement will also enable insights into how existing electricity network infrastructure can be optimised to remove renewable integration constraints associated with network availability and accessibility.