US ROUNDUP: FlexGen in Utah, Generac gears up for grid services, Delta added to Energy Toolbase
A roundup of news in brief from around the world in energy storage, this week with a US flavour.
NIDEC ASI says Scandinavia battery projects can serve as example for energy transition elsewhere
Battery energy storage systems (BESS) from provider NIDEC ASI will be installed for customers Neoen and Uniper at sites in Finland and Sweden.
VIDEO: Predicting the energy storage tech of the future
While lithium-ion batteries continue to take the dominant share of new installations by some distance, there are a variety of other technologies looking to complement, combine or even compete. Panellists at the Energy Storage Digital Series looked at the questions of which energy storage technologies are the likeliest contenders for that future.
British battery storage sector takes a ‘big step’ as ministers remove size limit barriers
Barriers have been removed allowing for battery storage projects five times the size as the current limit in Britain, in a move hailed as a “significant, positive and well-timed” step.
Grid synchronous inertia: Vital to stabilising the grid and preventing the next blackout
Taking the UK's transmission system and the circumstances which led to a dramatic blackout as a direct example, Javier Cavada and Gary Preece of liquid air energy storage (LAES) systems company Highview Power look at how such events could be avoided, cost-effectively and with lesser environmental consequences.
RFP from Warren Buffet-owned utility PacifiCorp targets 600MW of energy storage alongside PV, wind
US utility firm PacifiCorp has launched its largest request for proposals for energy projects yet, seeking bids for more than 1.8GW of new solar and 600MW of battery energy storage.
Portugal’s big auction, Spain’s big target: Energy storage Iberia’s opportunities and challenges
In the past few months Spain has announced a 2.5GW energy storage target by 2030 and Portugal is hosting a solar tender with a significant add-on option for storage. Clean Horizon's experts Corentin Baschet and Tanguy Poirot spoke with Andy Colthorpe on the role batteries and other storage can play in the Iberian Peninsula’s energy transition in the present and future.
Energy storage in a post-pandemic world: Taking stock and preparing for future success – Part Two
Despite the fundamental drivers remaining unchanged, Covid-19 will certainly leave its mark on the post-pandemic energy storage world. Florian Mayr at cleantech advisory and consultancy group Apricum examines how the energy storage industry can best adapt to the "next normal".
European Parliament votes overwhelmingly to adopt energy storage strategy in clean energy plans
UPDATED 14 July 2020: The European Union has agreed that energy storage will be vital in its clean energy economy of the future as Members of European Parliament (MEPs) voted overwhelmingly to adopt a strategy report putting energy storage and hydrogen at the heart of its agenda.
FERC Order 841: US about to take ‘most important’ step towards clean energy future
What has been described by the head of its federal regulator as the “single most important act” the US could take in smoothly transitioning to a “clean energy future” will become reality, with distributed energy storage set to join wholesale markets and compete to provide services on a "level playing field" with fossil fuel resources.
UK ROUNDUP: Fotowatio’s first, Listed funds going all-in, UK’s £125 billion pipeline
This week's roundup comes once again from the pages of our UK sister sites, where there's been plenty of action.
European Union to end ‘double charging’ of grid fees on energy storage
The European Union (EU) has just published its Strategy for Energy System Integration, including pledges to support renewables and energy storage as the continent targets carbon neutrality by 2050.
Financing secured to ‘enable rapid development’ of Norway’s first lithium battery cell gigafactory
The company behind what looks set to be Norway’s first gigawatt-scale manufacturing facility for lithium-ion battery cells has secured pre-construction financing of NOK130 million (US$13.85 million) which it said will “enable rapid development” of the plant.
Australia’s shortened electricity market settlement period to open up opportunities for batteries
The Australian Energy Market Commission (AEMC) announced today that five minute settlement windows for spot prices in the National Electricity Market (NEM) will be implemented from 21 October 2021.
Eos to take aqueous zinc battery into Africa mini-grid market, beginning with Nigeria
Zinc-based battery energy storage manufacturer Eos Energy Storage has signed an agreement with an EPC partner to deploy systems based on its devices at rural microgrids, beginning with projects in Nigeria.
US$1.3 billion funding proposed for US energy storage R&D, demonstrations, manufacturing
A subcommittee of the US House Committee on Appropriations has approved more than a billion dollars in support for developing energy storage deployment, research and manufacturing in a funding bill for the 2021 Fiscal Year.