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Irish state-owned electricity company ESB has opened a 150MW/300MWh battery energy storage system (BESS) at its Aghada site in Co Cork.

Provisional data from grid operator EirGrid shows a third of the Republic of Ireland’s electricity came from renewable sources in June.

Cornwall Insight has revealed a ‘policy vacuum’ for long-duration energy storage technologies threatens Ireland’s renewables potential.

Renewable energy developer ABO Wind has commissioned its first standalone battery energy storage system (BESS), in Kells, Northern Ireland.

Spanish utility Iberdrola has commissioned a battery energy storage system (BESS) in Ireland that will contribute to grid security as more renewables come online.

NTR battery storage projects totaling 22MW have secured ten-year contracts for the supply of grid capacity to the Irish grid system.

Norwegian utility Statkraft has completed the construction of its second large-scale battery storage project in the Republic of Ireland.

The pipeline of energy storage projects now established in the Republic of Ireland has reached 2.1GW, with an additional 330MW of projects located in Northern Ireland, according to the first release of the Solar Media’s new Republic of Ireland Storage Project Database Report.

Ireland’s Renewable Electricity Support Scheme (RESS) Qualification Application deadline has been extended due to the COVID-19 pandemic.

Statkraft is laying claim to the first utility-scale battery in the Republic of Ireland with the completion of an 11MW project.