‘Important market development’: Energy storage included in Australian climate bonds
A green bond has been issued in Australia that will give people the chance to invest in energy storage for the first time.
After lithium… more lithium? Inside 24M’s semi-solid battery play
24M, spun out of an MIT laboratory, claims its latest semi-solid battery ‘breakthrough’, Dual Electrolyte technology, heralds a new era to come for advanced lithium batteries. Andy Colthorpe spoke to some of the company’s leadership team to find out more.
Statkraft picks out RedT for UK push into commercial solar-plus-storage
Norwegian utility Statkraft has partnered with flow machine specialist redT on a fully-financed solar-plus-storage offering for the UK’s thriving C&I renewables market.
Bifacial PV, solar peaker plants and more in PV Tech Power Vol.18
The latest quarterly edition of Solar Media’s technical journal for the global downstream PV industry, PV Tech Power, including the 'Storage & Smart Power' is out now and available as a free download.
NEC installs Switzerland’s largest battery
The new NEC system installed east of Zürich will be used largely for frequency stabilisation.
AMS’ California VPP at ‘important milestone’ with 2GWh of grid services delivered
A contract with utility Southern California Edison (SCE) has led to Advanced Microgrid Solutions (AMS) supplying 2GWh of grid services from just 60MWh of energy storage during 2018, with one analyst dubbing the feat an “impressive milestone”.
24M claims energy density breakthrough with semi-solid lithium batteries
24M, a startup battery company founded as a spin-off from MIT, claims it has made a breakthrough in creating semi-solid lithium-ion battery cells with an energy density exceeding 350Wh per kg.
Big tech and new solutions at Energy Storage Europe 2019
Walking around Energy Storage Europe this year it was obvious that the show, like the market, has grown from a small handful of “strong believers” as one source put it, to a forward-looking show focused on a ‘business-as-usual’ scenario.
Arkansas utility contracts NextEra to build 100MW PV project with 30MW storage
NextEra Resources will build a 100MW solar farm for Arkansas utility Entergy Arkansas, to include 30MW of battery energy storage, as Entergy seeks to build out solar capacity in the state.
Why O&M for energy storage is more complex than solar O&M
Unlike the solar PV sector where there’s often an attitude of “let’s sell the project first and worry about O&M later,” storage projects must have services built in to the thinking and financial process from the beginning. With storage, a strong O&M plan and team become part and parcel of making and closing a strong productive deal, NEXTracker's Marty Rogers argues.
RedT in ‘very accelerated’ search for funding
The future of vanadium flow machine company redT has been plunged into doubt after it launched a strategic review of its ongoing business.
Siemens’ Junelight launch: Not about making money from selling batteries
Sales of battery storage units to residential households in Germany are booming, but it’s the value of services the batteries can provide, rather than the hardware itself that offers a long-term economic opportunity, a Siemens representative has said.
Nippon Koei targets 100MW of UK battery projects with energy storage JV
Nippon Koei, one of Japan’s largest engineering firms, has formed a joint venture with a British battery storage firm to construct two 50MW behind-the-meter energy storage projects in the UK.
Asian Development Bank to help fund Tonga’s renewables-plus-storage push
The Asian Development Bank (ADB) has agreed to part-fund a US$53.2 million undertaking to power Tonga with renewable energy, including the installation of 22.2MWh of energy storage.
Brexit and batteries, a UK industry survival strategy
With Brexit day less than a month away and still no certainty around what the final deal will look like, the time is now for the energy storage sector to prepare for every eventuality so it can play to its increasing strengths, writes Stephen Irish, co-founder of Hyperdrive Innovation.
2.3MWh battery saves 300 litres of diesel an hour on Dutch Caribbean island
Saba Electric Company, sole supplier of electricity to the Dutch Caribbean island of Saba, celebrated as the island ran on 100% solar for the first time ever this month, with the switch-on of a solar-plus-storage microgrid.