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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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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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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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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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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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

NOVEMBER 2, 2023

The renewable energy IPP arm of UK utility SSE is to start building a 320MW/640MWh battery energy storage system (BESS), which could be the largest under-construction in the country.

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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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Energy Storage News

DECEMBER 5, 2023

DEPCOM Power, a provider of engineering, procurement and construction (EPC) work, has started construction on what it has called Puerto Rico’s “largest” solar-plus-storage project.

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Energy Storage News

OCTOBER 6, 2023

German-Norwegian firm Eco Stor has revealed another 300MW/600MWh battery energy storage system (BESS) in Germany, with construction planned for the end of 2024.

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Energy Storage News

DECEMBER 5, 2023

Construction is set to begin soon on a 100MW/200MWh battery storage project in Arzberg, Germany, through developer MW Storage and asset manager Reichmuth & Co Infrastructure.

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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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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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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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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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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

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

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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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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Energy Storage News

JANUARY 14, 2025

Eni Plenitude, the utility arm of the large oil and gas major Eni, has completed construction of the 200MW/400MWh Guajillo battery energy storage system (BESS) project in Texas, US.

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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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ThinkGeoEnergy

FEBRUARY 27, 2025

Construction of the power plant is currently ongoing, following up on site preparation that was reported in late 2024. Aerial photos of the construction site show that there is progress in the construction of the condensers. Other photos also show components of the Ormat Energy Converters on site.

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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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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

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 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

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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Charged

MARCH 14, 2025

Electrovaya , a developer and manufacturer of industry-specific lithium-ion battery systems, has announced that a major construction equipment company has placed an order for its high-voltage battery systems.

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Jim Conca

JANUARY 14, 2021

The small modular nuclear reactor designed by NuScale has received an order to prepare for a combined construction and operating license application to build their SMR as part of the Carbon Free Power Project of Utah Associated Municipal Power Systems (UAMPS).

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Energy Storage News

FEBRUARY 24, 2025

Acen Australia has started construction on a 200MW/400MWh BESS co-located at the 720MW New England site in New South Wales, Australia.

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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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ThinkGeoEnergy

FEBRUARY 7, 2025

The construction of the V20 drilling rig follows the successful completion of key infrastructure work such as the construction of the Schleidberg drilling site, the establishment of the crew camp and the development of the access road. In addition, further permits were issued for special components of the drilling rig.

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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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