Queensland plans to confiscate solar subsidy from battery storage users
The Queensland government plans to remove the premium feed-in tariff (FiT) from PV consumers on its Solar Bonus Scheme who install energy storage batteries.
NYSERDA’s US$6.3m funding for commercial development of energy storage technologies
Up to US$6.3 million in funding will support the commercialisation of emerging energy storage technologies in New York, from public benefit corporation NYSERDA (New York State Energy Research & Development Agency).
2020 FiT expirations could be inflection point for Germany’s residential energy storage sales
Residential energy storage in Germany for PV self-consumption could be handed a boost in 2020, as some of the earliest premium feed-in tariffs (FiTs) begin to expire.
NEXTracker targets 15MW of battery solution sales per week
One of the world’s leading suppliers of solar PV trackers is targeting sales volumes of approximately 15MW per week of the new battery solution it has paired with its products.
UK solar investor Foresight enters battery storage fray with 35MW project purchase
UK-based infrastructure investor Foresight Group has sealed its maiden battery storage purchase, acquiring the 35MW RES-built Port of Tyne project in the North-East of England.
AES’ ‘energy modernisation’ agreement with Northern Ireland includes 100MW of energy storage
The UK and Ireland subsidiary of the Virginia-headquartered AES Corporation has signed an agreement with a Northern Irish government agency to build a 100MW battery storage array.
QOS provides energy management system for pumped hydro and renewables R&D project
O&M analytics software provider QOS Energy has delivered its energy management system to an R&D project run by French aggregator Sun’R Smart Energy’s examining grid integration of renewables using pumped hydro storage.
Lyon plans another giant solar and storage plant in Australia with ground-breaking tender
Brisbane-based renewable energy investor Lyon Group has launched an innovative utility-scale solar-plus-storage market services tender to cover 640MWh of storage across three major projects in Victoria, South Australia and Queensland.
Ice Energy, Genbright to deploy 1MW of ice energy storage in Nantucket
Genbright, a New England-based company specialised in developing clean energy systems, and distributed thermal energy storage provider Ice Energy announced a partnership last week that will help cut down on Nantucket’s peak energy demand using Ice Energy’s energy storage solutions.
Jamaican utility approves 24.5MW hybrid energy storage project
Jamaican utility company Jamaica Public Service (JPS) announced Monday that its board of directors has approved a hybrid energy storage solution which — pending approval from the Office of Utilities — will be the first of its kind in the Caribbean.
India to add more than 1GWh of lithium-ion battery assembly capacity this year
Orders for distributed energy storage and the rise of an electric mobility market have kick-started a battery assembly push in India.
Powin Energy to deliver Canada’s largest energy storage rollout at 52.8MWh
Leading energy storage provider Powin Energy will be building and installing six energy storage projects at two sites in Ontario, Canada with a total capacity of 12.8MW/52.8MWh.
Australia’s standards body seeks comments on draft of ‘controversial’ battery install guidelines
Stakeholders have two months to comment on guidelines for safely installing lithium-ion energy storage in Australian homes being drafted by Standards Australia, which have already proved controversial.
Dubai Electricity & Water Authority awards 250MW pumped hydro consultancy to EDF
A consultancy contract for a 250MW pumped hydro energy storage plant in Dubai has been awarded to French power company EDF by the emirate’s main public infrastructure company.
National Grid teases huge reforms to UK’s grid-balancing services market
The UK's main electricity transmission network operator (TNO) National Grid has published a new consultation on its system needs and product strategy which paves the way for a number of new services tenders to be made available from next year.
Sungrow’s hybrid solar-storage microgrid powers five islands in the Maldives
Chinese PV inverter manufacturer Sungrow has installed a hybrid solar-diesel-storage system for five islands in the Maldives, consisting of 2.7MWp of solar and 700kW / 333kWh of energy storage.