Bankable and insurable energy storage: a necessary next step for renewable energy
The rapid acceleration in energy storage deployment expected over the coming years will require innovation in the quality and safety standards underpinning new battery and associated technologies. VDE’s Jan Geder looks at the technical work underway to ensure the coming storage boom has firm bankability and insurability foundations.
Rechargeable world: Nobel Prize recognises lithium’s role in a fossil fuel-free society
The Nobel Foundation recognised not only the role of lightweight, portable battery technology for mobile phones, laptops and latterly electric vehicles, but also that it “can also store significant amounts of energy from solar and wind power, making possible a fossil fuel-free society”.
Case study: Using batteries to reduce the impact of grid maintenance
Batteries are increasingly widely used in grid balancing, but there are many more applications where a battery can play an important role. With electric grids requiring periodic maintenance, batteries can stand in for the grid during downtime in order to reduce the impact on industry and households, writes Dieter Castelein.
Powering up The Bush: rural Australia is a proving ground for innovative solar-plus-battery tech
Distributed renewables and energy storage are now the cheapest form of baseload power and if Western Australia's remote areas can benefit from that, we can all benefit, argues David Martin, founder of energy trading platform provider Power Ledger.
US IPP Tenaska sells 4GW solar and storage portfolio to Acciona
Spanish renewables company Acciona has inked a deal to acquire 3GW of PV projects and 1GW of energy storage from US independent power producer Tenaska.
‘Critical role’ on the grid: Fluence and Sembcorp switch-on another 60MW of UK batteries
60MW of energy storage developed by Fluence and Sembcorp Energy UK has come online, lauded as one of the largest transacted fleets of its kind in Europe.
Fossil fuel plant in England will get 250MWh liquid air energy storage makeover from Highview Power
UK liquid air energy storage (LAES) start-up Highview Power said its first ever 250MWh ‘Cryobattery’ installation will be placed at the site of a decommissioned thermal power plant in the North of England and could be Europe’s largest 'battery' system when completed.
Energy storage fire safety codes to go into effect in New York next month
Codes for safe installation of energy storage systems (ESS) will go into effect on a permanent basis after 1 November.
‘Landmark’ FERC Order 841 compliance approved, but PJM has to answer duration questions
Approval has been given to the compliance plans of two more US RTOs and ISOs to be filed under FERC Order 841, the ruling set by the US Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC) designed to open up regional grid operators’ wholesale markets to electricity storage.
Arizona Public Service, Fluence to discuss safety at industry event in aftermath of ESS fire
While an investigation into a recent fire incident at one of its energy storage facilities remains ongoing, representatives of utility Arizona Public Service (APS) will appear onstage with technology provider Fluence to discuss fire safety at an upcoming event in California.
KORE Power argues for bankability of NMC for US utility market
KORE Lithium Technologies Inc (KORE Power), a US headquartered manufacturer of nickel manganese cobalt (NMC) battery racks for the utility-scale stationary energy storage market, has retained renewable energy investor CohnReznick Capital as its Investment Bank of Record.
UK planning law changes could help mega-projects clear ‘significant hurdle’
Britain's government is set to remove a significant barrier to utility-scale storage projects over 50MW.
Coal retirements in Indiana could be hastened by 2.6GW of wind, solar and energy storage
US utility Northern Indiana Public Service Company (NIPSCO) has issued request for proposals (RfPs) for a mix of technologies across solar, energy storage, wind and others to meet requirements for extra power generation identified under its Integrated Resource Plan (2018 IRP).
Slovenia becomes first Balkan state to install grid-scale Tesla ESS
NGEN, a developer based in Slovenia, has celebrated the installation of a 22MWh grid-scale battery energy storage system (ESS) supplied by Tesla in what is thought to be the product's first deployment in the Balkans.
Duke Carolinas takes first 5MW bite into US$500m investment plan
Major US utility company Duke Energy has announced the first grid-scale battery energy storage project to be built in the service territory of Duke Carolinas, in Anderson County, South Carolina.
Investor Lyon Group partners with China Huadian to scale up push into Asia
Australian renewables investor Lyon Group has penned an agreement with China Huadian Corporation which will see the duo co-develop and invest in power-plus-battery energy storage systems across Australia, China and other Asian markets.