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Climate change: ''Sand battery'' could solve green

But in the town of Kankaanpää, a team of young Finnish engineers have completed the first commercial installation of a battery made from sand that they believe can solve the storage problem in a...

IEA Report Shows Finland Needs Increased

The IEA report recommends that the Finnish government should support the deployment of energy storage solutions in order to accelerate the transition to a low-carbon energy system. It also suggests that policies should

Neoen launches construction of Yllikkälä Power Reserve Two in

Storage is crucial in the energy transition, as it allows for a higher share of renewable energy in the power mix. In Finland, as in the rest of the world, we will accelerate

New vanadium processing plant in Finland planned for 2024

A major new vanadium processing facility is set to open in Finland in late 2024 after the formation of a joint venture (JV) to deliver the project. as Energy-storage.news has reported. It has no production or processing facilities despite having the third-largest natural reserves in the world. The primary producers'' vanadium production

Merus Power and Ardian discuss 40MWh Finland battery project

Energy-Storage.news recently heard from optimiser Capalo AI that the sector in Finland was moving to 2-hours due to changing revenues and regulations, exemplified by a 2-hour, 112.9MWh project which IPP Neoen started building in January, Finland''s largest.

100MWh ''Sand Battery'' set for commissioning in 2025

Work is underway on a 100MWh thermal energy storage project in Finland, using the same ''Sand Battery'' technology as a 8MWh system that came online in 2022. The project is being built for district network heating operator Loviisan Lämpö at a location in Pornainen, near Helsinki, and will supply thermal energy for Loviisan''s network.

European telecoms networks'' 15GWh energy storage opportunity

Elisa runs the radio access network (RAN) in Finland. Image: Elisa. Europe''s telecommunications sector has the potential to deploy 15GWh of distributed energy storage (DES), halving its energy costs and helping the energy transition, Finnish telecoms firm Elisa said discussing its new DES solution with Energy-Storage.news.. The firm has launched a DES

One-by-one: Saft supplying Nordic region''s next

Almost exactly a year since the Nordic region''s ''largest'' battery energy storage system to date was announced, Saft has said that the next system to take that crown will be a project the company will work on in

''Extremely attractive revenues'' for battery storage in

Capalo AI CEO Henri Taskinen was speaking to Energy-Storage.news after the firm raised €500,000 (US$530,000) in pre-seed funding for its optimisation platform and revealed it is optimising a 6.6MWh BESS owned

Finland: PV-plus-storage enables telecom networks to join VPP

The DES solution also enables the batteries'' stored energy to be aggregated into a virtual power plant, accessing the Nordic grids'' frequency regulation ancillary services markets which have become an attractive opportunity for large-scale battery energy storage systems (BESS) with Sweden and Finland leading deployments, trailed by Denmark

Hybrid pumped hydro-BESS project takes shape in Finland

A ''new energy cluster in Finland'' plans to co-locate a 75 MW underground pumped storage hydroelectric (UPHS) facility and a 85 MW battery energy storage system (BESS) at a mine near the town of Pyhäjärvi in central

Sweden and Finland surge ahead of Norway for BESS

STOREtrack is Europe''s leading database of storage projects, helping you keep your finger on the pulse of the European energy storage markets. The database tracks the deployment of storage across 28 countries,

Fortum says ESS will be significant source of

Energy-Storage.news first reported on Fortum''s battery recycling processes back in March 2019. The company claims up to 80% of a battery device can be recycled and the CO2 production of batteries could be reduced by as much as 90% through extensive use of recycled materials. and has already built a couple of grid-scale battery storage

Neoen building 30MW BESS to support Finland''s

Independent renewable energy asset producer Neoen will build a 30MW / 30MWh grid-connected battery energy storage system (BESS) in Finland to help integrate the growing capacity of local wind energy. Energy-Storage.news has reported on a handful of other grid-scale projects,

Industry Updates Archive

Trina Storage has announced the release of a white paper on the safety and reliability of energy storage systems, co-authored with TÜV Nord, the comprehensive document serving as a critical resource for industry stakeholders, addressing essential challenges and innovative solutions that ensure the safety and effectiveness of energy storage technologies worldwide.

Hitachi ABB Power Grids to deploy 90MW battery

A grid-scale battery storage system will be built at the site of a nuclear power plant in Finland, providing backup in the event of disruption to grid supply. Energy-Storage.news has reported on energy storage projects and activities by the company around the world with varied scope of technologies and business models,

EY examines ''complex'' battery storage market

Energy-Storage.news hears from the CEO of American Energy Storage Innovations (AESI), about its BESS technology, battery cell strategy, manufacturing in East Asia and the "shocking" price of manufacturing in the US and buying US-made cells. Flow battery player Invinity claims new product can enable ''solar baseload'' for the grid

''Every energy storage project'' will require regular upgrades to

Energy-Storage.news'' publisher Solar Media will host the 6th Energy Storage Summit USA, 19-20 March 2024 in Austin, Texas. Featuring a packed programme of panels, presentations and fireside chats from industry leaders focusing on accelerating the market for energy storage across the country. For more information, go to the website.

Aquila and MW storage launch Finland BESS projects

Aquila Clean Energy EMEA has started construction on a 50MW BESS in Finland, while MW Storage has launched two new projects in the country. Aquila, a developer and independent power producer (IPP), has

Testing to start on 100 MWh sand-based thermal battery in Finland

Finnish startup Polar Night Energy is building an industrial-scale thermal energy storage system in southern Finland. The 100-hour, sand-based storage system will use crushed soapstone, a by-product from a fireplace manufacturer, as its storage medium.

Finland BESS news from Capalo, Ardian, Merus Power and Alpiq

Energy-Storage.news interviewed Merus and eNordic about the project whilst at Solar Media''s Energy Storage Summit EU 2024 in London in February (Premium access). Capalo AI will use its Zeus VPP platform to optimise the BESS project''s charge and discharge in Finland''s ancillary services markets – FFR, FCR- D, FCR-N, aFRR, mFRR – and

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