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increasing pressure of rising populations and aging Battery Systems by Hokkaido Electric Power
infrastructure by working with governments and Network, Inc. for their grid-scale battery system with
citizens to implement initiatives focusing on Smart a capacity of 51 MWh (17 MW for 3 hours). Sumitomo
Utilities, Smart Buildings, Smart Transportation and Electric started construction work from July 2020.
Smart Industries. This work plans to be completed by the end of March
Most recently in Ho Chi Minh (Vietnam), a city with 2022.
expanding boundaries and an increasing population, HEPN is working on expansion of interconnection
ABB has deployed solutions to help reduce the loss between the grid and wind power generation,
of over 30 per cent, or 150 million cubic meters, of utilizing grid-scale battery systems, for which HEPN
clean water through leaking and damaged pipes. launched a solicitation process. Sumitomo Electric
The project, commissioned by utility Saigon Water is confident that completion of this project and
Company (SAWACO) has included expansion of more opportunities in the future will contribute to
the current network capacity, integration of more the implementation of renewable energy and the
isolated sections, reduction of water leakage, and reduction of greenhouse gas emissions.
real-time control and monitoring of the network HEPN commenced the solicitation process for
conditions to prevent major disruptions. The result wind power generation utilizing grid-scale battery
will be an increase in the volume of water delivered systems to interconnect wind power generators,
to households and industries, as well as minimizing predicated on installation of grid storage batteries
an estimated 500,000 cubic meters of non-revenue and sharing of the incurred construction costs. 15
water lost per day, which is roughly the daily wind farm projects totaling 162MW are approved
capacity of a medium-sized water plant in the city. for grid interconnection under Phase I scheme.
(Source:modernpumpingtoday)
Sumitomo Electric's Redox Flow Battery Systems
are adopted as grid-scale battery systems.
74 Mitsubishi (Source:global-sei)
supply Solid Oxide Fuel Cell to European
Project
Mitsubishi Power will supply what it claims is University of Birmingham
the first solid oxide fuel cell (SOFC) in Europe to Researchers launch energy storage
a project in Essen, Germany by March 2022. The research and innovation roadmap
highly efficient hybrid system will be put into The role of energy storage and the part it will
operation at the Gas- und Warme-Insistut Essen play in helping the UK reach its net-zero targets
where flexible operation of the SOFC and the on carbon emissions by 2050 has been set out in
proportional use of hydrogen as a fuel gas will be a roadmap drawn up by researchers at the University
researched under real conditions. of Birmingham, drawing on expert knowledge from
Mitsubishi Power said this Hybrid-SOFC can across the energy sector.
theoretically supply electricity to a large office The Energy Storage Roadmap, launched at a
building, a hospital or about 300 houses with webinar attended by industry, academic and policy
electricity and heat. In addition to natural gas, experts, assesses the role of energy storage in the
liquefied natural gas and biogas, it can also be UK’s future energy system over the next 10-15
operated with hydrogen, where the only emission years, and sets out how UK research and innovation
is water and contribute to the decarbonisation of can play a role in developing this system.Achieving
electricity.Mitsubishi Power already has installed net-zero targets will depend on the growth of
nine units of Hybrid-SOFC systems in Japan.(Source: renewable energy sources such as wind and tidal
world-energy.org) power and the take-up of electric vehicles and
heat pumps. Because the energy generated by the
Sumitomo Electric renewable sources varies, there is an increasing
awarded for Redox Flow Battery Systems need for robust energy storage technologies –
from Hokkaido Electric Power Network for both electricity and heat – which can keep
Sumitomo Electric is recently awarded as a prime energy systems stable and supply reliable.(Source:
contractor in charge of EPC and supplier of Redox renewableenergymagazine)

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