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Australia ESS deployment projects

pipeline grows by 2GW in two months

Australia’s energy storage storage were paired with re- of storage is being linked to crease on the pumped hydro
pipeline grew 2.4GW in the newables in hybrid projects 1GW of solar at the Desail- pipeline.
first two months of the year in the total battery pipeline. ly Renewable Energy Park Rystad forecasts that Aus-
— around 40% of the total The biggest storage ad- project. In South Australia, tralia’s renewable energy
capacity deployed in Aus- ditions to the pipeline are 250MW of storage is due pipeline will reach 100GW
tralia in 2018 — Norwegian two Queensland projects: to be added to the 500MW by May after 6.7GW (dou-
research and consulting firm German firm Kraken Power Robertstown solar farm. ble year-on-year figures) of
Rystad Energy reported on is providing 500MW of Pumped hydro storage new capacity from 62 assets
March 17. lithium ion storage for the accounted for 490MW of were added to its database in
The firm said 16 projects 1.5GW solar farm Sunshine pipeline projects in January the first two months of the
equalling 1.7GW of battery Energy Project; and 400MW and February — an 8% in- year.

CATL to deliver 1.85GWh NEC announces 24MW

of cells for BESS projects of China ESS projects

Chinese cell maker Con- president at Powin, said: NEC Energy Solutions response services provider
temporary Amperex Tech- “As the storage industry — through its exclusive Ray Power and be used
nology has signed a deal to matures, we believe short- distributor in China, to deliver frequency
supply 1.85GWh of lithi- ages of top-quality lithium- energy provider Puxing regulation in Ordos City,
um-iron-phosphate cells to ion batteries for BESS will Energy — announced Neimongol Province
Powin Energy Corporation, become a challenge to the on April 4 it had and Tanshan City, Hebei
the US firm announced on industry, Powin is taking commissioned two Province.
March 13. proactive steps to mitigate projects. Both will add The third 6MW project
CATL’s cells will be inte- that risk by securing stra- a total of 18MW. The by Ray Power is under
grated into Powin’s Stack tegic supply agreements to company has also won a construction in Puzhou
modular energy storage meet the demand of our third tender for a 6MW City, Shanxi Province.
systems for utility-scale, project pipeline.” project. Once completed in the
commercial and industrial, CATL has supplied cells The two 9MW systems middle of this year it will
and microgrid applications for EV customers including will be owned and provide frequency
through to 2022. BMW, Jaguar, Land Rover operated by frequency regulation services.
Danny Lu, senior vice and Daimler Benz.

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