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In this look back, we kick off with the final edition of 2023, Volume 37. The extracts from that edition landed on the website in January of this year, and we started 2024 off strong with pieces on augmentation, energy density and Australia’s energy transition.
As the year progressed, many interesting topics came into focus: long-duration, market reforms, insurance, procurement, and more.
We’ve been honoured and privileged to work with leading names from across the industry and expert community, and we’d like to thank every one of our contributors.
We look forward to another year of exciting content, and most of all, we’d like to thank our readers and subscribers for making it all possible.
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Vol.37 (Q4 2023)
Australia needs renewables, transmission and lots of storage to quit fossil fuels
16 January 2024
Stephanie Bashir, CEO, Nexa Advisory
Australia runs a great risk of failing to meet its ambitious but achievable renewable energy goals, writes Stephanie Bashir, CEO of Nexa Advisory, who explains why utility-scale energy storage is among the crucial tools in the country’s energy transition toolkit.
Augmentation strategies to manage long-term battery degradation
22 January 2024
Giriraj Rathore, business strategy manager, Wärtsilä Energy Storage & Optimisation
As storage plays an increasingly central role in the energy transition, so too is the importance of managing battery degradation. Giriraj Rathore of battery storage system integrator Wärtsilä Energy Storage & Optimisation explores some of the main strategies for successful battery augmentation, a key means of offsetting the impacts of system degradation.
Energy storage and energy density: an EPC’s view
31 January 2024
Ben Echeverria, energy storage regulations & compliance, Josh Tucker, engineering manager, Burns & McDonnell
Energy density is becoming a key tool in optimising the economics of battery energy storage projects as suitable sites become harder to find. Ben Echeverria and Josh Tucker from engineering, procurement and construction (EPC) firm Burns & McDonnell explore some of the considerations of designing projects on constrained land.
Vol.38 (Q1 2024)
What goes up must come down: A review of battery energy storage system pricing
11 March 2024
Dan Shreve, VP of market intelligence, Clean Energy Associates
Despite geopolitical unrest, the global energy storage system market doubled in 2023 by gigawatt-hours installed. Dan Shreve of Clean Energy Associates looks at the pricing dynamics helping propel storage to ever greater heights.
Li-ion BESS: Look-back and lessons for the future
18 March 2024
Swetha Sundaram, director of BESS project design, RWE Clean Energy
Two years of volatility in the lithium-ion (Li-ion) battery storage industry have seen prices tumble and a host of supply chain complexities come to the fore. As Swetha Sundaram of RWE Clean Energy writes, the winners in this fast-changing market will be those who are best prepared.
From a big year for BESS to an even bigger one: Predictions and takeaways for 2024
25 March 2024
Andy Colthorpe, editor, Energy-Storage.news
Andy Colthorpe takes soundings from key energy storage market players on their predictions for the industry in 2024, following a year of significant progress in 2023.
Vol.39 (Q2 2024)
Grid-forming technology and its role in the energy transition
18 June 2024
Aaron Philipp Gerdemann, senior business development manager, SMA
Maintaining grid stability is paramount, particularly in the context of the growing deployment of variable renewables such as PV and wind. Aaron Philipp Gerdemann explores some of the grid-forming technologies emerging as alternatives to traditional solutions for safeguarding the grid.
26 June 2024
Rory Griffin, head of grid services, Statkraft Ireland
Statkraft’s Rory Griffin writes about the challenges and opportunities encountered in developing Ireland’s first-ever 4-hour duration battery storage project, which is co-located with a wind farm.
The evolving landscape of international BESS transportation
2 July 2024
Vienna Zhou, CEO, TROES Corp
The energy storage market is a global one. With the transportation of BESS accounting for up to 15% of a project’s cost, careful consideration is needed to ensure the right solution, writes Vienna Zhou, founder and CEO of Canada-based commercial & industrial (C&I) specialised system integrator TROES Corp.
Vol.40 (Q3 2024)
Overcoming implementation challenges as European policymakers embrace energy storage
13 September 2024
Julian Jansen, senior director strategy and market development, Lars Stephan, senior manager policy and market development, Fluence
Recognition of the role energy storage must play in Europe’s energy transition has been long overdue. Now that it has arrived, the hard work begins, write Julian Jansen and Lars Stephan of system integrator Fluence.
Beyond the spark: Insuring battery storage
26 September 2024
Adam Shinn, data science manager, kWh Analytics, Michael Cograve, agency principal, Renewable Guard & Ross Kiddie, senior risk manager, Renewable Guard
Fire safety has become a key consideration in the burgeoning battery energy storage industry. Adam Shinn, Michael Cosgrave and Ross Kiddie report on efforts to mitigate the risks of thermal runaway and the future of BESS insurance.
Reducing risk in battery procurement for large energy storage projects in the US
9 October 2024
Jared Spence, director of product management, IHI Terrasun
In the rapidly growing but still relatively new battery energy storage sector, equipment procurement and integration for large projects presents numerous risks. Jared Spence of IHI Terrasun explores some steps developers should follow to reduce exposure.
