European Investment Bank supports thermal, gravity energy storage projects
A total of 311 applications were received for clean energy or decarbonisation projects after the call for submissions opened last summer. Of these, seven were selected to
Spain increases energy storage target in NECP to 22.5GW by 2030
An ambitious target for the country where energy storage has yet to soar—due to a lack of regulation for the technology—at a similar level to solar PV. In the past 12 months,
New Fortress Energy set to fire up FSRU-based
In early November, New Fortress announced that it has started work to identify partners for one or more of its businesses, including projects in Brazil, Puerto Rico, Jamaica, Mexico, Nicaragua
AES Andes completes Latin America largest energy
However, since Chile passed a major energy storage bill last October, the Chilean government seeks to add multi-gigawatt of large-scale storage for 2026-208 with an investment of up to US$2 billion. AES Andes is
LNG projects for Nicaragua and Sri Lanka, the
LNG projects will be launched in Nicaragua and Sri Lanka by U.S. company New Fortress Energy; this week, the company announced it had secured supply contracts that ultimately will enable the launching of projects in
EU-Breakthrough Energy partnership invests €60
Image: Energy Dome. Artist rendering of a large-scale CO2 Battery project with solar PV. Image: Energy Dome. Energy Dome, the startup commercialising a proprietary carbon dioxide-based long-duration energy
Large-scale batteries progress ahead of Baltic-Russia
Large battery storage projects in Estonia and Latvia have moved forward as the Baltic energy system prepares to decouple from Russia in 2025. However, Eesti Energia is still planning to go ahead with the project,
New Fortress LNG project in Nicaragua tests U.S.
New Fortress will deliver the first cargo of U.S. LNG to its floating storage and regasification unit off Nicaragua '' s Pacific coast by the end of 2024, a person familiar with the project told Gas Outlook. A June 2024
Eni New Energy buys 400MWh Texas battery storage
Eni New Energy US has bought a large-scale battery storage project in development in Texas from developer Baywa r.e., along with a utility-scale solar PV plant nearby. The 200MW/400MWh battery energy storage
Energy storage comes of age in Netherlands with
In concurrent news, Giga Storage hopes to start construction on its 300MW/1,200MWh Leopard BESS project in the Netherlands this year, CCO Lars Rupert told Energy-Storage.news whilst at the ees Europe trade show
Renewables, rights and relations: Chinese solar projects in Nicaragua
The country recently agreed to elevate its relations with China – which controls nearly 80% of the global solar energy supply chain – to the level of "strategic partnership". It
New Fortress takes scenic route to Nicaragua LNG
New Fortress has form in taking an unconventional approach to small scale LNG solutions. The Jamaica LNG project involved construction of a floating storage unit (FSU) on the island''s south coast, with a small-scale LNG vessel, Coral