Highview Power is creating the largest energy storage facility of its kind, which will store surplus electricity from wind and solar farms. The two-stage Hunterston project is supporting 1,000 jobs on site during construction and 650 jobs in the supply chain.
[pdf] More than 1,487 billion euros will be invested to replace the initial 1,050 MW-capacity coal plant with 1,725 MW of renewable power, of which, 1,585 MW solar (coming from one of the largest plant under construction in Europe), and 139 MW will come from wind power.
[pdf] In a significant technological advancement, the country's largest "coal-to-power plus molten salt" storage project, located in Suzhou, east China's Anhui province, recently completed a 168-hour trial run and officially began operation.
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