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Europe’s largest battery powers up in Blackhillock, in Moray

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Zenob, an owner and operator of grid-scale batteries on the GB transmission network, has announced that Europes largest battery site, located in Blackhillock, Scotland, has begun commercial operations. An area outside the substation in 2006 (image credit: Des Colhoun, CC BY-SA 2.0 The Blackhillock site is launching in two phases.

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Australia: Construction begins at biggest battery storage project so far

Energy Storage News

Construction has kicked off at the largest battery project in Australia to date, with a storage capacity equivalent to the entire country’s fleet of projects in construction at the end of 2022.

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Clearway Energy closes financing, begins construction on 1,280MWh Utah BESS portfolio

Energy Storage News

IPP Clearway Energy Group has closed financing and started construction on its 1,280MWh Honeycomb battery energy storage system (BESS) portfolio in Utah, US.

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Volvo Construction debuts new straight boom for the EC18 Electric mini-excavator

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Volvo Construction Equipment (CE) has introduced a straight boom for its EC18 Electric mini-excavator. ton battery-electric compact excavator sized for use in indoor demolition. The excavator has a 48 V, 20 KWh battery. Source: Volvo Construction Equipment The EC18 is a 1.8-ton

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SSE Renewables begins construction of 640MWh BESS in the UK

Energy Storage News

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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LG Energy Solution starts construction on Arizona ESS gigafactory

Energy Storage News

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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1,200MWh state-owned BESS begins construction in Queensland, Australia

Energy Storage News

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.