PODCAST: The energy transition in the Middle East, VPPs in Italy and coal’s diminishing status
In today’s episode, ESN’s Andy Colthorpe and Liam Stoker explore the way grids are changing in the Middle East to accommodate clean energy, the role virtual power plants are playing in Italy, and the contrasting role coal is playing in Germany and bush fire-stricken Australia.
India’s national budget: IESA makes recommendations to support both industry and policy aims
Recommendations made to the government of India as it prepares to publish its union budget for 2020 from industry group India Energy Storage Alliance (IESA) include measures to support both the upstream of industry and the downstream of clean energy deployment.
V2G project launched at London’s Islington Town Hall by Honda and Moixa
Energy storage company Moixa, together with automotive giant Honda, have launched a vehicle to grid (V2G) project at Islington Town Hall that will help to provide constraint management for the building, as well as facilitate a switch to electric vehicles.
Virtual power plants: Enel X’s aggregated home storage goes into action in Italy
A regulatory framework put in place by Italy’s grid operator TERNA has enabled Enel X to aggregate residential energy storage systems to pool their capabilities.
Energy storage to be included in Portugal’s follow-up to ‘record-breaking’ solar auction
Portugal is already speeding up work to follow its record-breaking solar auction of 2019 with a fresh tender this year.
Asian Development Bank spells out solar hybrids plan for the Maldives
The Asian Development Bank (ADB) and the Environment Ministry of the Maldives have launched a plan to roll out solar–battery–diesel hybrids across 48 islands.
India tenders for ‘hybrid renewables’ and floating solar with energy storage
Solar Energy Corporation of India (SECI) has issued tenders for 1.2GW of wind and solar hybrid capacity as well as 4MW of floating PV with 2MW/1MWh of battery storage.
ROUNDUP: Generac’s ‘big’ home storage, SERES spins out battery div, Azelio in Jordan
Back on home turf this week: news in brief from around the world in energy storage.
Long duration CAES and the affordable energy transition
Storelectric CTO Mark Howitt puts forward the case for his company's 'innovative' adiabatic compressed air energy storage, which he claims is a long duration technology complementary to other existing and advanced tech such as batteries.
Manz and Shenzhen Yinghe Technology sign cooperation deal on lithium battery-making
Manz AG has signed an agreement with China’s Shenzhen Yinghe Technology for strategic cooperation in lithium-ion cell and module production.
Rolls-Royce Power Systems establishes Berlin microgrid solutions competence centre
Rolls-Royce Power Systems, the Germany-headquartered engines and propulsions company in the Rolls-Royce Holdings group, has taken a majority interest in microgrid and hybrid power solutions company Qinous.
Ørsted partners REMAP for third party battery optimisation services
Ørsted has appointed REMAP as its marketing agent for its flexible generation and revenue optimisation services in the UK.
Li-Cycle: Recycled lithium battery materials sent to first commercial customer
Canada-headquartered start-up Li-Cycle has claimed a victory in commercialising its lithium battery recycling processes, with a shipment sent to a customer just before the end of last year.
NEC to power up investment fund Gore Street’s 100MW Northern Ireland projects
Gore Street Energy Storage Fund has awarded NEC Energy Solutions both EPC and long-term O&M contracts for 100MW of storage in Northern Ireland.
ROUNDUP: House of Representatives’ net zero plan, ESS for EVs, €100m energy transition fund
This week's roundup includes energy storage-relevant news from across Solar Media's publishing stable.
Post-subsidy UK market pulls in Danish investor for 500MW solar-storage pipeline
A new joint venture between a UK-based asset manager and a Danish renewables investor has been signed to fund a 500MW solar and storage pipeline in the UK.