400 GWh of BESS – battery energy storage systems, worldwide as of the end of 2025. Rapidly replacing the gas peaker plants. Western Australia is an excellent example.
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2025-12-12 Australia’s Battery Revolution Is Pushing Gas Out Of The Grid Support Business
And it’s not a minute too soon!! Australia’s battery revolution is pushing gas out of the grid support business https://www.facebook.com/100050608264103/posts/pfbid0B1uyxmhPv8RqXBJz2PKmCkNqDu5HVsduG9KmfVJ4xQtsVPTcoHnLvE6r9pCLMLxal/?mibextid=CDWPTG
2025-06-18 Gelion Zinc Bromine Battery – Very Good For BESS Storage
A 12 min. YouTube video tells about an old technology called zinc bromine batteries and their Gelion batteries. Pronounced jel-e-on. They are cheaper and more rugged than Li-Ion. They discharge to zero.
2024-02-02 ReVolve Battery Energy Storage Product Uses Second-life Nissan Leaf EV Battery Packs
Stationary battery energy storage systems are a great way to reuse used EV batteries. Quote: “”The ReVolve battery energy storage product uses second-life Nissan Leaf electric vehicle (EV) battery packs coupled with patented cell-level control technology that combines an integrated battery management system (BMS) and inverter hardware solution.”” PV self-consumption rising as batteries cut grid
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2023-12-29 Dispatchable Renewables: 540 MW PV Plus Storage In S. Africa
Quote: “”Dispatchable Renewables are the future.”” Scatec’s 540MW PV + 1,140MWh Battery Storage Project In South Africa Begins Supplying Electricity To National Grid
2023-10-23 Long Duration Battery Energy Storage System – Tumbleweed Project
Almost every BESS – battery energy storage system – that I read about has a maximum storage of 4 hours. This Tumbleweed Project is a BESS but has 8 hours. I don’t see why the other BESSes are not capable of running at lower power for more than 8 hours. I have this suspicion that
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2023-06-29 Less Than 99% Grid Availability: Utilities Must Change To Residential BESSes
This is my comment to this article. https://cleantechnica.com/2023/06/28/solar-will-reach-dominance-as-cheapest-source-of-electricity-in-world-dnv/ What the utilities failed to consider is the extremes in the variability of renewables. The utilities are unwilling to build a sizeable reserve into the system. They refuse to overbuild by a factor of 3 to 6 times, so that the valleys in the supply will be
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2022-03-29 Storage Record Setting End In 2021
Storage set a record setting end in 2021. Aerial photo of BESS at Johanna substation in Santa Ana. https://www.renewableenergyworld.com/storage/energy-storage-sprinted-to-a-record-setting-end-to-2021/ Another video stated battery manufacturing will reach a 5-fold growth by 2030.
2021-10-05 Elon’s Battery Con Job Exposed
Many bad accusations made against BESS systems like Tesla’s Megapacks. https://stopthesethings.com/2019/02/11/renewable-storage-myth-busted-elon-musks-great-battery-conjob-exposed/
2021-07-04 UEP’s BESS Lowers Costs $50/kWh
This is very interesting. A BESS that takes up less room than a lead-acid battery, can hold more kWh’s and is cheaper. They have a demo 2 MWh system in racks indoors. https://pv-magazine-usa.com/2021/06/30/urban-electric-powers-long-term-storage-solution-takes-battery-storage-back-to-the-basics/
