Portugal reschedules postponed solar tender for June
Portugal plans to kickstart next month the solar tender it had postponed as the country began its campaign to contain the COVID-19 emergency, the government has confirmed.
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French island territory Reunion’s latest solar-plus-storage project completed at sports stadium
Solar-plus-storage projects on France’s overseas territories are on course to add around 200MWh to global battery storage deployment figures, with the latest power plant just completed by independent renewable energy producer Albioma.
European grid operators launch blockchain-based flexibility platform
Three European Transmission System Operators (TSO) have collaborated to launch a new, blockchain-based flexibility platform, Equigy.
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Spot the difference: Europe and North America’s energy storage markets
Why have battery energy storage and solar-plus-storage become such a key part of the US energy industry in a way that they have not in Europe, as yet? Corentin Baschet at technical consultancy and market analysis firm Clean Horizon took some of our questions.
COVID-19 poses ‘significant risks of workforce reductions, economic damage’ to US storage industry
The upstream segment of the US energy storage industry is expecting "more widespread and greater revenue declines" and bigger reductions in employment in the first quarter of 2020 than the downstream, a survey by the national Energy Storage Association (ESA) has found.
Spanish government to hold public consultation on energy storage and hydrogen strategy
Ministry for Ecological Transition and Demographic Challenges (MITECO) said it will be receiving comments for 15 days after the current COVID-19 crisis-related state of emergency the country has declared is over.
PODCAST: COVID-19 and its impact on the global energy storage sector
The latest episode of the Solar Media Podcast is now available to stream, featuring considerable discussion around the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic and its impact on the energy storage sector.
Coronavirus is bringing to light ‘cracks in US infrastructure and supply chain’
The COVID-19 crisis is bringing into the public eye the US’ dependency on importing goods, particularly batteries for advanced energy storage and electric vehicles, the CEO of a battery materials startup has said.
Sonnen: Latest German VPP’s use of blockchain ‘proves energy storage can solve grid congestion’
Blockchain technology and a digital trading platform enables sonnen’s latest virtual power plant (VPP) project in northeast Germany to store wind energy that would otherwise be curtailed and ‘lost’.
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Europe: Creating a sustainable power system for the future
Paul Verrill, director of energy data analysis & consultancy firm EnAppSys, explains how renewable energy generation, with the integration of smart grid technologies and efficiency energy storage systems, can create a sustainable power system for the future.
France’s grid battery ’experiments’ take aim at creating market fit for carbon neutrality
An ‘experiment’ in France where grid-scale energy storage will be deployed to assess how batteries can ease congestion on transmission operator RTE’s network is paving the way for further opportunities in the coming decade, Energy-Storage.news has heard.
NEC to build 12MW crowdfunded energy storage system in Netherlands
Giga-Rhino, a 12MW battery energy storage project in the Netherlands, has successfully met a €3.6 million crowdfunding raise target,
Storage in continental Europe ‘not working anymore’ as primary reserve markets fall
Battery storage in continental Europe “is not working anymore” following the integration of the European market, according to Next Kraftwerke CEO Jochen Schwill.
Leclanché lands fresh funding in bid to treble cell manufacturing capacity
Swiss energy storage firm Leclanché has landed a new financing package from a US equity fund to help fuel its expansion.
BASF partners with ‘metal-free’ flow battery startup JenaBatteries
Multinational chemicals company BASF has furthered its interest in the energy storage industry, partnering on the development of ‘metal-free’ flow battery electrolytes with German startup JenaBatteries.
ROUNDUP: Saft JV pilots EV batteries, Gravity storage demonstrator, Honolulu microgrid ‘Sandbox’
News in brief from around the world in energy storage.
German industry group BVES’ guiding energy storage to be ‘fourth pillar of energy transition’
There could be 10 guiding principles for integrating energy storage as a vital “pillar” of the energy transition.
EnergyNest’s thermal storage to replace natural gas at Austrian manufacturing plant
Norwegian firm EnergyNest is to deploy its thermal battery storage technology at a manufacturing plant in Austria.
Manz and Shenzhen Yinghe Technology sign cooperation deal on lithium battery-making
Manz AG has signed an agreement with China’s Shenzhen Yinghe Technology for strategic cooperation in lithium-ion cell and module production.
First utility-scale battery joins Ireland’s feted DS3 flexibility market
Statkraft is laying claim to the first utility-scale battery in the Republic of Ireland with the completion of an 11MW project.
Europe approves US$3.5bn for R&D in major push to create sustainable battery manufacturing ecosystem
European Commission greenlights €3.2bn research plan by seven major states to turn continent into global battery hub even as it signals it is ready to block imports on environmental grounds.
Northvolt-VW announces German gigafactory plan as battery maker signs first ESS contract
Northvolt, the start-up aiming to manufacture lithium-ion batteries on a massive scale in Europe sustainably, has signed a contract to deliver its own first commercial energy storage system (ESS) project and revealed news on a second planned 'gigafactory' in Germany.
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.
Slovenia’s ESS pioneer NGEN sees opportunity from grid-scale to far beyond
Officially inaugurated a few weeks ago in Slovenia, the first Tesla Powerpack installation in the Balkans took just a few months from April to August to construct, the company behind the project has said.
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.
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Market and technology development of stationary battery storage systems in Europe
The business models and technologies underpinning the development of stationary energy storage markets are evolving rapidly. Dr. Kai-Philipp Kairies, Jan Figgener and David Haberschusz of RWTH Aachen University look at some of the key trends driving the sector forwards, in a paper which first appeared in PV Tech Power's Energy Storage Special Report 2019.
Saft to replace ageing lead-acid batteries with nickel at E.On substation in Hungary
Battery manufacturer Saft has provided E.On with two nickel battery systems at one of its distribution substations in Hungary.
Business Investment Platform launched to ‘bridge the gap’ between Europe’s investors and industry
InnoEnergy has launched a platform designed to “bridge the gap” between financial institutions and battery businesses.
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Clean energy interactive: Solarwatt’s VR factory tour, installer-friendly app
Solarwatt shows off new 'training and explaining' app for installers of the company's modular battery energy storage systems.
Battery storage systems at ‘the edge of profitability,’ as German households reach 1GWh of capacity
The dramatic fall in cost, occuring alongside the mass roll-out of home storage systems in Germany since 2013, has highlighted the potential of decentralised batteries in virtual power plants to utility companies and grid operators.