‘Time for a new chapter’ at redT as flow firm names Avalon chief as CEO designate
RedT has confirmed that Avalon chief executive Larry Zulch will lead the combined entity should its proposed merger complete, with Scott McGregor set to depart at the end of the year.
California deserves better than ‘draconian’ wildfire shutoffs, SimpliPhi CEO says
Power shut-offs affecting millions in California, enacted by utilities Pacific Gas and Electric (PG&E) and Southern California Edison to prevent wildfires and their spreading, are a “draconian” measure and don’t address the real problems, SimpliPhi Power CEO Catherine Von Burg has said.
Nordic salmon farm illustrates economic and environmental case for battery storage
A salmon farm in Norway will become more environmentally friendly with the addition of a Tesvolt-supplied battery energy storage system, reducing the run time of diesel generators onsite by up to 18 hours a day, saving on costs and working time spent on maintenance.
Flow batteries picked for New Zealand’s rural telecoms networks
Redflow’s zinc-bromine based devices have been picked by the New Zealand Rural Connectivity Group to help extend mobile coverage and internet connectivity to thousands of homes and businesses in remote areas.
Ørsted starts building solar-plus-storage project in Texas
Denmark-headquartered firm Ørsted, formerly DONG Energy, has started building its first large-scale solar-plus-storage project, located in Andrews County, Texas, alongside existing oil and gas installations.
GIGA BERLIN, tweets Musk, in Tesla’s latest ‘big reveal’
Tesla will “build batteries, powertrains and vehicles” at its European gigafactory, which company CEO Elon Musk has tweeted will be in the Berlin area of Germany.
Moixa passes 10,000 milestone with world’s largest single fleet of smart batteries
Experience of managing 10,000 home batteries in Japan paves the way for mass EV smart charging and further international expansion.
Pivot Power keeping watching brief on changing UK energy storage planning rules
Pivot Power is to keep a watching brief on changing planning regulations pertaining to energy storage in the UK, opening up the developer to increasing the capacity of some projects within its portfolio.
UK local energy market trial achieves ‘breakthrough’ as flexibility trading platform goes live
Centrica, one of the UK’s largest energy companies, is celebrating a "major breakthrough" as its flexibility trading platform goes live.
Germany’s grid could use gigawatt-scale ESS as alternative to ‘billions in infrastructure spending’
Not only can energy storage be used to “mimic” the roles of existing assets in the electricity network, a gigawatt-scale initiative in Germany shows how ways of thinking about energy storage could save transmission and networks “billions of dollars”, the COO of Fluence has said.
VPP ROUNDUP: Latest including Japan, Ireland, Scotland, Australia, France
In what is unlikely to become a regular feature of Energy-Storage.news, but seems apt nonetheless, this edition rounds up news from some of the latest behind-the-meter orchestras of small-scale resources in the past few weeks.
‘Significantly’ more storage needed to decarbonise UK economy, study finds
The UK will need significantly more energy storage than first thought to pursue a low cost, net zero energy system, a new study has found.
Three things the energy storage industry should know about end of life
Hans Eric Melin, managing director of lifecycle management consultancy Circular Energy Storage, provides a detailed list of the most valuable lessons the energy storage industry should be taking into account about end of life.
Challenges of financing and low renewables still plague energy storage in emerging markets
Concerns around financing ran throughout the Climate Investment (CIF) Funds Energy Storage in Emerging Markets: The Next Frontier event.
Second life lithium battery storage in Kenya to come in at ‘half the cost’ of lead acid
Lithium-ion waste from a solar lantern scheme run by oil & gas major Total in Kenya will be recycled into new batteries for solar home systems by start-up Aceleron.
Nidec ASI signs supplier agreement with Energy Vault
Nidec ASI has been announced as a supplier to energy storage start-up Energy Vault, providing motors and inverters to the company.