Energy Storage News

OCTOBER 9, 2024

UK utility SSE's renewable energy arm has started constructing a 320MW/640MWh battery energy storage system (BESS) in North Yorkshire. When completed, it will be one of the country’s largest.

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POWER Magazine

NOVEMBER 20, 2024

The Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) has taken a historic step by voting to issue construction permits for Kairos Power’s 70-MWth Hermes 2, a “low power” advanced test facility comprising two […] The post NRC Approves Construction of First Electricity-Producing Gen IV Reactor in the U.S.

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TechXplore

JANUARY 9, 2025

Construction materials such as concrete and plastic have the potential to lock away billions of tons of carbon dioxide, according to a new study by civil engineers and Earth systems scientists at the University of California, Davis and Stanford University.

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ThinkGeoEnergy

NOVEMBER 29, 2024

Preparation of the construction site for the 10-MW geothermal power plant in Dominica is currently ongoing, and construction is expected to start by early 2025. that will have Ormat finance the construction of the power plant, as well as operate and maintain it.

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Energy Storage News

AUGUST 13, 2024

State-owned energy company Stanwell has today (13 August) announced it has started construction on its 300MW/1,200MWh battery energy storage system (BESS) at the coal-fired Stanwell Power Station in Queensland, Australia.

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Charged

MARCH 7, 2025

Volvo Construction Equipment (CE) has introduced a straight boom for its EC18 Electric mini-excavator. Source: Volvo Construction Equipment The EC18 is a 1.8-ton ton battery-electric compact excavator sized for use in indoor demolition. The new optional straight boom offers a 10% higher pin height than the standard boom configuration.

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Charged

APRIL 21, 2025

Charged recently chatted with Fredrik Tjernstrm from Volvo Construction Equipment (Volvo CE) to learn about the OEMs electrification journey. Additionally, electric machinery substantially reduces noise and vibrations, improving operator comfort, reducing fatigue, and increasing overall productivity on construction sites.

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Energy Storage News

APRIL 4, 2024

Battery manufacturer LG Energy Solution has started construction on its gigafactory in Arizona, US, which will have 17GWh of production dedicated to the energy storage system (ESS) market.

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Solar Industry

DECEMBER 4, 2024

Solar tracker specialist ARRAY Technologies says it has deployed more than 6 GW of solar projects in North America through its partnership with RP Construction Services (RP), a value-added distributor of solar construction materials.

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TechXplore

MARCH 22, 2025

A new method inspired by coral reefs can capture carbon dioxide from the atmosphere and transform it into durable, fire-resistant building materials, offering a promising solution for carbon-negative construction.

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TechXplore

DECEMBER 12, 2024

The amount of waste generated by the construction sector underscores an urgent need for embracing circularitya sustainable model that aims to minimize waste and maximize material efficiency through recovery and reusein the built environment: 600 million tons of construction and demolition waste was produced in the United States alone in 2018, with (..)

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TechCrunch: Climate

OCTOBER 29, 2024

But one particularly large piece of this ginormous conundrum is construction and real estate — which collectively amount for around 40% of global greenhouse gas emissions. Fixing the climate crisis is a vast, world-sized puzzle.

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Charged

NOVEMBER 7, 2024

In a project that recently started at the Kanzelstein quarry in Gratkorn, Austrian construction company STRABAG is carrying out a two-year trial of German-Swiss construction machinery manufacturer Liebherr’s large hydrogen-powered wheel loader. A hydrogen filling station is being built to refuel the wheel loader directly at the quarry.

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Envirotec Magazine

JANUARY 22, 2025

The ground was broken on 15 January to begin construction of an underground repository for spent nuclear fuel in Sweden, one of the first such facilities in the world. The construction of the Spent Fuel Repository will take ten years before disposal can begin, after which the repository will be gradually extended over a long period.

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Energy Storage News

APRIL 7, 2025

Energy storage platform GoodPeak has closed construction debt financing to start construction on two 10MW battery energy storage system (BESS) projects in Texas, US.

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Energy Storage News

FEBRUARY 3, 2025

Although last year saw a dip in installations and projects submitted for planning, the BESS market in the UK continues to steam ahead with over 8GWh online and nearly 20GWh being built.

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Energy Storage News

APRIL 7, 2025

The SEC, a state-owned energy company in Victoria, Australia, has confirmed that construction has started on the SEC Renewable Energy Park.

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Energy Storage News

FEBRUARY 28, 2025

Energy company EnergyAustraliahas today (28 February) confirmed that it has started construction on its 350MW/1,400MWh Wooreen battery energy storage system (BESS) days after it reached financial close.

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Energy Storage News

OCTOBER 8, 2024

CIP has reached final investment decision on a 220MW/1,100MWh battery energy system storage in Antofagasta, Chile.

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Charged

APRIL 11, 2025

Doosan Bobcat, a US-based manufacturer of farm and construction equipment, has signed a memorandum of understanding with LG Energy Solutions that will allow it to enter the battery pack business.

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TechXplore

APRIL 18, 2025

Today, the construction industry accounts for approximately 10% of global greenhouse gas emissions, with cement, steel, and concrete responsible for more than two-thirds of that total. For centuries, innovations in structural materials have prioritized strength and durabilityoften at a steep environmental price.

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TechXplore

JANUARY 15, 2025

Concrete is the most widely used construction material in the world. Made from cement, water, sand and gravel, this relatively cheap mixture can be shaped as needed and withstand high forces in compression. Yet it performs poorly under tensile stress, requiring steel reinforcement, and excessive amounts of material are often used.

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Solar Power World

JANUARY 8, 2025

In January 2024, the Dept.

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GreenBiz

JUNE 17, 2024

40 percent of the company’s revenue comes from climate-resilient infrastructure or concrete and asphalt with reduced emissions.

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GreenBiz

MAY 31, 2024

Last year, the company recycled 43.9 million metric tons of byproducts and waste from other industries into raw materials and fuels for its own products.

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Envirotec Magazine

FEBRUARY 20, 2025

JCB says it is the first construction equipment company to develop a fully working combustion engine fuelled by hydrogen and the group said a team of 150 engineers had been working on the 100 million development for over three years. I couldnt have hoped for a better start to the year.

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ThinkGeoEnergy

APRIL 23, 2025

The Geothermal Power Company of Dominica (GPC) has provided another update on the construction of the 10-MW geothermal power plant at Laudat in the Roseau Valley. Aerial photo of the construction of the 10-MW geothermal power plant, showing the condensers and OEC units (source.

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Energy Storage News

JANUARY 8, 2025

US battery storage developer Key Capture Energy (KCE) has begun commercial operations for two 100MW battery energy storage system (BESS) projects in Texas.

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Energy Storage News

AUGUST 5, 2024

The Central Electricity Authority of India (CEA) is fast-tracking two large-scale pumped hydro energy storage (PHES) projects totalling 2,600MW of power.

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Energy Storage News

JANUARY 20, 2025

Project owners BSTOR and Energy Solutions Group have started building separate BESS projects totalling 440MWh of capacity in Belgium, following financial close, both of which will use Tesla Megapacks.

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TechXplore

DECEMBER 16, 2024

Imagine you are standing in front of a multimillion-pound building in the center of the French city, Lyon. It radiates warmth and history with its rammed earth structural walls. Two hundred miles away, a small house in the Beaucastel winery, Provence, shares a similar texture and aesthetic.

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Envirotec Magazine

DECEMBER 18, 2024

Under the agreement, Tata Steel will supply the British construction equipment manufacturer with green steel from Port Talbot after completing its transformation plans. It is currently putting the world’s first construction machines powered by hydrogen combustion engines through rigorous testing.

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GreenBiz

AUGUST 13, 2021

The new code passed by the California Energy Commission will include electric heat pumps as a baseline technology for new construction starting in 2023, taking a towards removing natural gas from buildings and requiring all new builds to be electric-ready.

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Energy Storage News

DECEMBER 19, 2023

Singapore-headquartered Gurin Energy has revealed plans for a 500MW, 4-hour duration (2,000MWh) battery storage project in Japan.

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Energy Storage News

MARCH 13, 2025

billion debt facility to fund construction of its Maricopa Energy Centre Projects. Carlyle Portfolio Company-owned developer Copia Power has closed a US$1.71

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Energy Storage News

APRIL 14, 2025

Energy Solutions (ESY) have launched construction on a 2.75-hour German companies Energieversorgung Beckum (evb), Westenergie and E.ON hour BESS project in Beckum, Germany, and offered local citizens a chance to invest in it.

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ThinkGeoEnergy

APRIL 29, 2025

The contract for the design and construction of the geothermal heating plant in Sochachzew, Poland has been signed between Poznan-based Envirotech and the Przedsisbiorstwo Energetyki Cieplnej Sochaczew (PEC Sochaczew / Thermal Energy Company). million), the contract will involve the construction of a geothermal heating at al.

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