Battery storage called into action as UK suffers country-wide power cuts
Battery storage assets were called into action last week after the UK suffered country-wide power outages following a transmission system stress event.
Articles tagged with: Distributed Generation
BloombergNEF: Bullish on cost reductions, in line with others on global battery market forecast
BloombergNEF has predicted an exponential multiplying of non-pumped hydro energy storage installations around the world, culminating in nearly 3,000GWh of deployments by 2040.
Los Angeles County gas plant to be partially replaced by batteries and solar
Glendale Water & Power's original proposal, which consisted primarily of thermal generation and battery storage, was rejected last year.
NantEnergy, Alfen, celebrate commercial battery-plus-solar installs in US and Europe
Energy-Storage.news received information last week on a handful of successful battery installations at commercial customer sites, from NantEnergy in the US and from Alfen in Europe.
UK distribution network’s ‘flexibility tender’ saves on costly grid reinforcements
Over half a million dollars of contracts to supply flexibility to a distribution network in Britain have been awarded through a commercial tender to resource operators including behind-the-meter energy storage systems.
Huge battery system to export cheap solar from South Australia approved
Approval given to a 500MW (AC) solar farm project, co-located with 250MW / 1,000MWh of battery energy storage from renewables developer EPS Energy.
Two more US utilities make major gas, solar and storage plans
New Mexico and Tennessee have both released plans for new solar, storage and gas infrastructure.
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Hybrid theory, in practice: energy storage as key to Australia’s energy ‘revolution’
Australia may be one of the leading major economies in terms of renewable deployments, but it’s woefully underprepared at a network level to actually make the transition...
Georgia Power wants to own and operate 80MW of battery ESS to ‘maximise value of renewables’
Utility Georgia Power wants to own and operate 80MW of battery energy storage systems in its service area.
Toyota forklifts’ lithium batteries to balance solar power at carmaker’s facilities
The scheme will tap into the energy storage units already on site, used to power TMHG’s electric forklift trucks.
Nominated: Projects in Brazil, Australia, Senegal compete for Solar & Storage Live Awards
A solar-plus-storage project in Brazil trialling different batteries, a 22MW solar farm with 2.4MW of battery storage in Senegal and NGK Insulators’ recent, huge project using sodium sulfur batteries in Abu Dhabi are among the nominees in this year’s Solar & Storage Live Awards: International project category.
UK homebuilder Taylor Wimpey’s Project 2020 to pilot heat batteries-with-PV combo
London Stock Exchange-listed homebuilding company Taylor Wimpey will trial heat batteries made by Sunamp in a solar PV-powered domestic heating pilot project.
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Power to the people: Solar-plus-storage vs the UK’s ‘Big Six’ of energy suppliers
The UK’s energy retail market is witnessing an exodus of customers leaving the so-called Big Six for independent suppliers, who are attracting them with home solar systems and a battery to match. Liam Stoker uncovers what’s behind the trend for new energy suppliers taking to domestic PV
Saft’s 2.5MWh ESS containers: Customers now demand ‘energy as well as power’
Customers procuring energy storage systems are emphasising their demand for energy, as well as power, as the market shifts to longer durations, a representative of Saft has said.
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New lease of life: Business models, batteries keep Japan’s solar boom afloat
Thanks to “innovative business models” and the combination of PV with batteries, Japan’s “solar boom” is far from over, market expert Izumi Kaizuka of RTS PV has said.
Voltalia starts building two large batteries in French Guiana
French firm Voltalia has started building the largest energy storage system in French Guiana made up of two separate lithium-ion batteries.
Japan’s Marubeni invests in US distributed generation company GridMarket
Japanese conglomerate Marubeni Corporation has invested in US-based company, GridMarket, which is focused on distributed generation projects using battery storage, solar PV, fuel cells, and combined heat and power.
ERCOT’s multiple opportunities a target for GlidePath’s 10MWh Texas project
A large-scale energy storage project to be built in Texas will take advantage of the system’s flexibility to deliver multiple services, as opportunities grow in the state’s Electricity Reliability Council of Texas (ERCOT) market.
‘Flow machine’ maker redT gets £3.2m funding needed to power projects
Energy storage firm redT has landed more than £3 million (US$3.92 million) from an open share offer, effectively securing its immediate future.
8minutenergy: ‘We can do solar peaker plants at half the cost of gas’
Many of the most polluting thermal power plants on the US grid today are also the most lucrative to run, but the service they provide could already be done twice as cheaply using solar and storage, developer 8minutenergy has claimed.
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Cryogenic, long-duration energy storage in a 100% clean energy future
A key missing piece in the clean energy puzzle is the question of how to provide baseload power in an electricity system dominated by intermittent renewables. Javier Cavada of Highview Power examines cryogenic long-duration storage as a possible solution.
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Big tech and new solutions at Energy Storage Europe 2019
Walking around Energy Storage Europe this year it was obvious that the show, like the market, has grown from a small handful of “strong believers” as one source put it, to a forward-looking show focused on a ‘business-as-usual’ scenario.
Nippon Koei targets 100MW of UK battery projects with energy storage JV
Nippon Koei, one of Japan’s largest engineering firms, has formed a joint venture with a British battery storage firm to construct two 50MW behind-the-meter energy storage projects in the UK.
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Peak time to take action
In the hierarchy of grid needs, peaking power is often a priority in terms of providing resiliency and balance to the network. This is usually provided by natural gas turbines, which come at a high environmental and economic cost. Andy Colthorpe charts the rise of the solar-plus-storage peaker plant.
EPC Decmil breaks ground on 255MW solar farm in Australia, energy storage to be added
Maoneng Australia has said energy storage can improve the reliability of solar and “minimise the technical and commercial impacts” of electric system modernisation, as the developer broke ground on a 255MW solar project in New South Wales, Australia.
India’s first grid-scale storage project launches: 10MW li-ion system will ‘pave way’ for the future
Described as a project of ‘strategic importance’ for India's entire energy sector, the country's first grid-scale lithium-ion battery energy storage system officially went into service this week.
UK’s Zero Carbon homes policy axe will cost households more than it would’ve saved
The scrapping of the UK's Zero Carbon homes policy is costing occupants of new-build homes more than £200 (US$257.14) per year, essentially three times the targeted savings from a price cap set by the regulator, Ofgem.
Microgrid aims to help oil major Shell accelerate distributed energy solutions
Infrastructure development and engineering company Black & Veatch has just completed a microgrid project in the US for Shell which is set to help inform the oil and gas company on its next steps into distributed energy.
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2019: Where can energy storage go this year?
After another record-breaking year, in which the US surpassed 1GWh of deployed energy storage and China began its programme of building flow batteries several hundred megawatts in size each, we canvassed opinion on what 2018’s biggest challenges and successes were. In this first part, we look at the challenges faced by the industry in 2018.
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2018: Energy-Storage.news Editor’s Vlog of the Year
In another eventful and exciting year, Energy-Storage.news has been able to capture conversations and interviews with leading industry figures.