Slovenia state-aid for BESS, renewables gets EU green light - Energy Storage Journal. June 15, 2023: The European Commission said on June 9 it had approved a €150 million ($163 million) state-aid …
Liquid air energy storage firm Highview Power has raised £300 million (US$384 million) from the UK Infrastructure Bank and utility Centrica to immediately start building its first large-scale project. ... The …
The Slovenia project builds on three it already has operational there, totalling 20MWh, 30MWh and 40MWh, the first of which was built in 2019. These projects mainly provide secondary reserve ancillary services and cover 50-80% of the country''s need there, Bernard told Energy-Storage.news.
A few grid-scale battery storage projects are already underway in Slovenia, including two units totalling 60MW co-located with a run-of-river hydroelectric plant, as well as a new pumped hydro energy …
NGEN, a developer based in Slovenia, has celebrated the installation of a 22MWh grid-scale battery energy storage system (ESS) supplied by Tesla in what is thought to be the product''s first deployment in the Balkans. The company tweeted that an official opening event had taken place on 10 October for the battery, which is claimed to …
Slovenian energy solution provider NGEN has unveiled the first Tesla Powerpack storage system in the region, located in Jesenice, north-west of Slovenia. This is the largest Tesla Powerpack storage …
11. 2021. Today, Prime Minister Janez Janša convened a working consultation session entitled "The Slovenian energy sector today, in 2033 and beyond". The main reason the consultation was convened was because of the many challenges the energy sector in Slovenia and Europe is facing at present. The energy sector is the backbone of our …
The Ministry of Economy and Sustainable Development in Croatia has issued a €60 million (US$66 million) Call for Funds which seeks projects for renewables, energy efficiency and energy storage totalling 20MWh. The Ministry announced the Call this week (17 April) which will provide €100,000 – €2 million per project with a maximum …
6 · The European Commission (EC) on Friday approved, under EU state aid rules, a EUR-150-million (USD 161m) scheme in Slovenia that aims to support the expansion of …
The largest battery energy storage system (BESS) in Slovenia and the region was launched on Thursday at the Talum facility in Kidričevo, north-east Slovenia. The 15 MW, 30 MWh system is the second Tesla Powerpack installed by NGEN, an energy system solutions company established by Roman Bernard and Damian Merlak, after a …
Battery storage systems at substations Okroglo and Pekre in Slovenia have started trial operations within a joint endeavor with Croatia. The two units have 5 …
The European Commission has approved a €150 million Slovenian scheme to support the rollout of renewable energy and heat as well as energy storage, in line …
The Slovenia project builds on three it already has operational there, totalling 20MWh, 30MWh and 40MWh, the first of which was built in 2019. These projects mainly provide secondary reserve ancillary services and cover 50-80% of the country''s need there, Bernard told Energy-Storage.news. The strategy of NGEN is to deploy both large …
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Hitachi Energy supplied the complete HECPS-3S generator circuit-breaker system to Seng''s Avče, the first pumped storage power plant of its kind in Slovenia. With almost 26,000 kilometers of rivers and streams, hydro power is key to meet the country''s energy demand. Avče is the primary source of clean energy for Slovenia and helps to ...
Liquid air energy storage firm Highview Power has raised £300 million (US$384 million) from the UK Infrastructure Bank and utility Centrica to immediately start building its first large-scale project. ... The future of home energy: Huawei''s flagship residential energy storage product.
The project is envisaged as a model for small- to medium-sized electric distribution firms. According to an earlier estimate by ELES''s Chief Executive Officer Aleksander Mervar, Slovenia should by now have at least 40 MW in installed batteries with an overall storage capacity of 150 MWh, including those from the NEDO project. Post …
Image: HSE Group / DEM. Slovenia state-owned utility Dravske elektrarne Maribor (DEM) is planning two battery storage units totalling 60MW co-located with an existing hydroelectric unit, as well as a new pumped hydro energy storage (PHES) plant. CEO Damjan Seme gave the updates in an interview released on DEM''s site last week …
The strategy of NGEN is to deploy both large-scale and small-scale energy storage projects and aggregate them into virtual power plants (VPP), combining their …
The country''s last coal mine is exploring options for methane extraction, a gravity power plant, underground energy storage and farming. The last lignite complex in Slovenia has one decade to come up with solutions for the future as the country may abandon the use of the fossil fuel in 2033. Premogovnik Velenje, the operator of the coal …
Energy intensity measures the amount of energy consumed per unit of gross domestic product. It effectively measures how efficiently a country uses energy to produce a given amount of economic output. A lower energy intensity means it needs less energy per unit of GDP. This interactive chart shows energy intensity.
The strategy of NGEN is to deploy both large-scale and small-scale energy storage projects and aggregate them into virtual power plants (VPP), combining …
Roughly one-third of Slovenia''s electricity comes from hydroelectric sources, one-third from thermal sources, and one-third from nuclear power (with non-hydro renewables constituting two percent of the total). Almost half of Slovenia''s total energy consumption consists of imported petroleum purchased on global markets.
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Slovenia plans to provide individual grants of up to €25 million per beneficiary to encourage investment in ramping up clean energy projects. The aid package was approved under the EU''s state aid …
Renewable Energy and Energy Efficiency. The Recovery and Resilience Plan addresses a number of challenges facing renewable energy producers and consumers in Slovenia. The objectives of the component "Renewable energy and energy efficiency" are to increase the use of renewable energy sources, improve energy efficiency and reduce greenhouse …
The Slovenian government will in September open a public call to distribute EUR 150 million (USD 163m) in funding under a recently-approved state aid scheme supporting the expansion of renewable energy, heat and energy storage. The competition will be open to projects involving the production of electricity and heat from renewable …
PGE Group is working on the largest energy storage facility in Europe. The project obtained the first license promise in Poland for electricity storage. The strategic goal of the Group in the area of energy storage is to have 800 MW of new energy storage installed capacity in Poland by 2030. The energy stores will ensure safe system …
Use of thermal energy storage technologies is the way to increase the share of solar energy in Slovenia even more. The European Directive 2009/28/EC of 23rd of April 2009 on the promotion of energy from renewable sources dictates that each Member State has to adopt a national renewable energy action plan (NREAP) for the period …
This special issue is a collection of the contributions presented at the Virtual Enerstock Conference in June 2021 in Ljubljana, Slovenia. The conference (June 9-11, 2021) was the 15th Enerstock conference organised by IEA – TCP ES (Technological Colaboration Programme Energy Storage).
Idrija is becoming one of the first urban areas in Slovenia with electricity storage and a public infrastructure management system with flexible consumption. The small town is involved with the national NEDO …
Batteries are a great way to increase your energy independence and your solar savings. Batteries aren''t for everyone, but in some areas, you''ll have higher long-term savings and break even on your investment faster with a solar-plus-storage system than a solar-only system. The median battery cost on EnergySage is $1,339/kWh of stored …