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Serbia to construct pumped storage hydropower plants Derdap 3, Bistrica
The Ministry of Mining and Energy will present a EUR 17 billion investment plan in September. Investments in new power plants include the construction of pumped storage hydropower plants Đerdap 3 and Bistrica. According to Professor Nikola Rajaković, the two systems could play a major role in Serbia’s energy transition by facilitating the integration of solar power plants and wind farms.
read more... 24/08/2021
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Fortum calls for prompt decision on Swedish repository
A government decision on Sweden's final waste repository will be delayed by the launch of a public consultation on whether the application for the repository should be considered separately from that for an expansion of the existing Clab repository for low and intermediate-level waste, Finnish nuclear operator Fortum has said. A government decision, it warned, is needed before the end of this month in order to avoid future disruptions to electricity supply due to a lack of interim used fuel storage capacity.
read more... 19/08/2021
Swiss government rejects post-2050 fossil fuel ban
The government suggested toning down the demands made in an environmentalists' petition for referendum, the so-called glacier initiative. The initiative calls for a ban on marketing fossil fuels in the country after 2050 to be enshrined in Switzerland's constitution, and for carbon storage counting towards Switzerland's climate target to be restricted to its domestic territory.
read more... 13/08/2021
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French grid operator’s ‘software-controlled battery experiment’ begins
A grid-scale battery energy storage system (BESS) has come online in northeastern France, which will be used by the national transmission grid operator RTE to assess the role of automated electricity storage in managing power flows.
read more... 27/07/2021
Wärtsilä to provide 100MW of energy storage systems for projects in West Midlands
Wärtsilä has agreed to supply Pivot Power with 100MW of energy storage systems for its next two projects in the West Midlands.
read more... 21/07/2021