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2. Duke Energy contracts Wärtsilä for three battery storage facilities
  
  Explore Power Technology Sep 1 2020 Solar Photovoltaic , Utility Grid
  
  Finnish technology group Wrtsil has secured an engineering, procurement, and construction contract from Duke Energy for three battery storage facilities in the US. In North Carolina, Duke Energys Asheville (8.8MW) and Hot Springs (4MW/4MWh) facilities will receive battery storage facilities under the contract. These are part of the companys $2bn grid modernisation programme in western North Carolina. The third energy storage facility is Duke Energys Crane project, located ...
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  Mentions: California Indiana Duke Energy
3. Wärtsilä is delivering a 70MW energy storage system in California to optimise renewable energy system performance and maximise ROI
  
  Explore Wärtsilä Apr 30 2020
  
  The technology group Wrtsil is finalising a 70MW energy storage and energy management system project in the California Independent System Operator (CAISO) energy market. The energy storage system will be paired with Wrtsil GEMS platform to maximise system efficiencies and will add renewable power to the grid at times when it otherwise wouldnt be available. The order was booked by Wrtsil in late 2019 and the project will be finalised ...
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  Mentions: California CAISO Wärtsilä
4. What a Year! 10 Stories That Propelled Energy Storage in 2019
  
  Explore Greentech Media Dec 19 2019
  
  More batteries installed. More markets opening up. And grid storage making itself indispensable in unanticipated ways. For too long, the rhetoric around what storage can do for the grid vastly outweighed the actual doing. This year, the industry closed that gap more than ever before.
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  Mentions: California Washington, D.C. New Mexico
5. Wärtsilä to Provide Full Energy Storage Solution for One of the Largest Power Hybrid Projects at an Off-Grid Mine in Mali
  
  Explore POWER Magazine Dec 2 2019 Commercial & Industrial
  
  The technology group Wrtsil will optimise the energy system of the Fekola Mine, located in a remote region in southwest Mali. This is needed to improve the mines operations, reduce fuel consumption, and lessen the carbon emissions. Wrtsil has been contracted to design and engineer a cutting-edge 17MW/15MWh energy storage system based on the companysGEMSenergy management solution.
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  Mentions: Africa Wärtsilä
6. Convergent Announces the Completion of 21 MWh of Energy Storage Projects at Two Shell Facilities
  
  Explore POWER Magazine Nov 25 2019 Commercial & Industrial
  
  Convergent Energy + Power(Convergent), a leading independent developer of energy storage solutions in North America, today announced that the 21 MWh of industrial battery storage systems under construction at two Shell Canada Products facilities in Ontario are now operational. Convergent is the largest operator of energy storage solutions in Ontario with over 40 MW in service. The energy storage projects are a joint venture between Convergent and Shell New Energies ...
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  Mentions: Canada Ontario Schneider
7. From Science Project to Money Maker: Energy Storage Hits Inflection Point
  
  Explore Greentech Media Sep 26 2019
  
  In 2014, the vast majority of storage projects Greensmith Energy was working on might have best been described as science projects, often dependent on grants or utility RD budgets devoted to figuring out emerging technologies. Today, potential projects are evaluated primarily on their business case. The reason most energy storage projects these days are driven by solid financial returns is because there are more and more ways to generate revenue ...
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  Mentions: Greensmith Wärtsilä
8. Energy Optimized: Wärtsilä Energy’s White Paper on Greensmith Technology
  
  Explore Energy Storage News Sep 19 2019 Reports and Conferences
  
  Todays energy landscape is changing. There is a global energy transition underway in which renewable energy sources, led by wind and solar power, will ultimately replace legacy thermal generation. Falling supply costs, coupled with technology innovations in energy storage, software, and automation, are facilitating this change. This sponsored white paper explores: The diverse challenges facing electric grids today Optimization of energy generation Smart algorithms and the modular 'rules-based engine' Greensmith ...
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  Mentions: Greensmith Wärtsilä
9. Ameresco’s Commercial Microgrid and Solar-Plus-Storage Ambitions
  
  Explore Greentech Media Aug 20 2019 Solar Photovoltaic , Residential
  
  Ameresco is seeing an growing opportunity for solar PV and energy storage to play a role in its customers' holistic energy needs at least in the markets where they make sense. Jacqueline DeRosa, Amerescos vicepresident of energy storage, says that list of markets is quickly expanding.
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  Mentions: California Nevada Hawaii
10. Long Read: The Dawn of Megastorage
  
  Explore pv-magazine-australia.com Aug 18 2019 Commercial & Industrial , Utility Grid
  
  Plummeting costs, industry maturity, and the ever-increasing penetration of global renewables are expanding the use cases for battery storage technology. Over the past year and a half, storage projects are increasing significantly in both scope and capacity.
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  Mentions: California U.S. Europe
11. The Long Read: The Dawn of Megastorage
  
  Explore pv-magazine-india.com Jul 13 2019 Solar Photovoltaic , Commercial & Industrial , Utility Grid
  
  Last year was record-breaking for global energy storage deployment. The non-residential segment overtook the residential sector for the first time, with half of the 3.3 GW capacity installed in front of the meter, according to market analysts Wood Mackenzie. The drive toward large, utility-scale projects has been the single most noteworthy change for the industry over the last 12 to 18 months, with storage projects now exceeding 100 MW ...
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  Mentions: California U.S. Europe
12. The Influence of Storage
  
  Explore tdworld.com Jul 1 2019
  
  The edge of the grid is being redefined with power generated where it is consumed. Microgrids are changing the dynamics of grid resiliency. However, the real game-changer has been the addition of energy storage to the grid. The technology is being deployed throughout the delivery system to balance power fluctuations, manage peak demand, make wind and solar dispatchable, and reduce carbon emissions. It is a different grid than ever before ...
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  Mentions: Australia DoE New Mexico
13. 6 MW Wärtsilä Energy Storage System Demonstrates Phased Increase of Renewable Energy Penetration on the Island of Bonaire
  
  Explore Wärtsilä Jun 21 2019 Wind
  
  The technology group Wrtsil has commissioned its 6 MW / 6 MWh energy management and storage system project for its customer ContourGlobal Bonaire on the Caribbean island of Bonaire. With Phase One complete, the island no longer has to curtail wind resources. It has nearly doubled renewable energy penetration, and prepared the system for additional capacity to accommodate peak demand during tourist season. ContourGlobals entire island grid is managed and operated ...
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  Mentions: Caribbean Greensmith Wärtsilä
14. Gas Plant Makers Embrace Batteries with Hybrid Machines
  
  Explore utilitydive.com Nov 27 2017
  
  New offerings from turbine manufacturers are blurring the line in the debate about whether or not an energy storage facility can replace gas-fired peaking plants. Earlier this month, Wartsila signed a memorandum of understanding with Southern Co. to develop two flexible gas-fired power projects. The MOU coincides with Wartsilas acquisition of Greensmith Energy Management Systems. Wartsila said the acquisition would enable it to provide both stand-alone energy storage systems, as ...
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  Mentions: Colorado Greensmith Wärtsilä
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