NEC switches on Engie’s first utility-scale battery project in Chile
NEC Energy Solutions, the distributed energy division of Japanese information tech company NEC, has commissioned a 2MW / 2MWh battery energy storage system in Chile.
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Interviews
Overcoming uncertainty: UK energy storage market trends
Following the fourth annual Energy Storage Summit hosted by Solar Media in London this month, Solar Media Market Research analyst Lauren Cook discusses recent trends in the UK market.
Bermuda’s long-term plans include 10MW Saft battery system for ancillary services
Battery and energy storage system maker Saft has confirmed the go-ahead of a project in Bermuda that was reported by local press sources earlier this month.
NEC delivers Orsted’s first 20MW ‘standalone’ grid battery project
Denmark’s largest energy company Orsted - formerly known as DONG Energy – has announced the completion of its first large-scale grid-connected energy storage project, a 20MW standalone battery system in Liverpool, England.
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‘Energy-as-a-service’: Good for consumers, good for the network and not bad for business either
Ben Hill is widely known in the solar and energy storage industries as the former Trina Solar executive who drove the Chinese company towards a leading position in the European market in the days of the large-scale boom before leaving to become Tesla’s VP for Europe, Africa and the Middle East. UK start-up Solo Energy is among a number of companies he is now working with closely as an advisor.
‘Undeniable success’: South Australia’s 129MWh Tesla battery
Hornsdale Power Reserve (HPR), the 129MWh battery energy storage system (BESS) deployed by Tesla and developer Neoen in South Australia in just 100 days, has been found to have had a positive impact on the local network.
Ahead of biggest energy storage rule change yet, US’ transmission network operators open up markets
Transmission system operators in the US have begun making their moves to accommodate energy storage into their wholesale markets, with New England ISO and Southwest Power Pool both making filings in the past month.
Australian state of Victoria inaugurates first grid-scale project through energy storage initiative
A 30MW / 30MWh battery energy storage system has been inaugurated with a ceremony in Victoria, Australia, with one project partner describing the switching-on as “a real watershed moment in the continuing modernisation” of the state’s energy supply.
Duracell’s UK storage launch to enable huge revenue jumps, partner claims
International battery brand Duracell is set to launch a home energy storage system in partnership with a UK energy supply and services company which claims it has enabled big increases in revenues available to owners of the devices.
Powin Energy claims it will supply 411MWh systems up to 2021
US-based energy storage technology provider Powin Energy has claimed it has a pipeline close to 500MWh of projects under contract, including recent awards totalling 70MWh for customers in North and Central America and in Italy.
Projects under construction in first half of 2018 almost equal China’s total capacity so far
Energy storage projects were under construction across four provinces of China, amounting to 340.5MW of new capacity during the first half of this year in the country, according to the China Energy Storage Alliance (CNESA).
National Grid to dispatch UK ancillary services via web platform after success of test
Britain's transmission system operator National Grid has confirmed it will roll out the use of its Ancillary Services Dispatch Platform (ASDP) to a number of services over the next year following the successful dispatch of fast reserve using battery storage last month.
UK’s ancillary services dispatched by web-based platform for first time
UK transmission network operator (TNO) National Grid has used a new web-based platform to dispatch ancillary services using battery storage in the first example of the new system being implemented across its reserve products.
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Europe in focus: What drove 2017’s record-breaking deployment figures?
After reporting last week on the findings from EMMES, the European Market Monitor on Energy Storage from Delta-ee and trade association EASE, which demonstrated a big rise in installations by MWh in 2017 across the continent, we delved further behind another record-breaking year with the report’s lead author, Valts Grintals of Delta-ee.
‘Devil is in the detail’: US wholesale markets open up but remain complex
The “devil is in the detail” when it comes to making regulatory changes in the US to open up wholesale markets for energy storage to participate in, a regional chief of regulator FERC has said.
ROUNDUP: ENGIE acquires EPS, E.On’s Texas Waves complete, Remote Chilean residential batteries
News in brief from around the world of energy storage.
50MW of Enhanced Frequency Response batteries go online in Britain from VLC Energy
VLC Energy has become the latest firm to finish its Enhanced Frequency Response (EFR) battery projects following the completion of two projects totalling 50MW.
‘Minimal downtime’: Younicos swaps out lead-acid for lithium at Texas’ Notrees wind farm
German-American system integrator and technology provider Younicos has completed a two-phase operation to upgrade a lead acid energy storage system for lithium batteries, at the 36MW Notrees facility in Texas.
UK government refuses to clarify energy storage de-rating despite ‘imminent’ decision
The UK government's Department of Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy (BEIS) has refused to provide any clarity over when a decision on the potential de-rating of energy storage assets within the capacity market (CM) will be made despite a senior policy advisor stating the judgement is “imminent”.
National Grid: ‘Don’t put all your eggs in the frequency response basket’
A representative of National Grid, the UK’s transmission system operator (TSO), has said that energy storage will be “integral” to the network’s flexibility strategy – while urging developers not to rely solely on early frequency regulation contracts.
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100MW installed is just the beginning for UK’s large-scale battery storage sector
The UK’s large-scale battery storage installations have reached 100MW of capacity, made up of around 50 individual sites larger than 250kW. Lauren Cook of Solar Media's Market Research team discusses how this point has been arrived at and what we might expect to see coming next.
ROUNDUP: Virginia hydro-battery hybrid, Gridtential appoints CEO, Mercedes-Benz’s ‘1st life’ project
News in brief from around the world of energy storage.
Alfen follows Czech milestone with Belgium’s first grid-stabilising battery system
Following an announcement earlier this month that Alfen will build the Czech Republic’s first large-scale battery energy storage system (BESS), the Dutch grid-scale system integrator has just completed a megawatt-scale project in Belgium.
ROUNDUP: Acciona’s first Spanish wind-plus-battery project, New CEO at Redflow, JLM raising US$25m
News in brief from the week in energy storage around the world.
Switzerland gets 7.5MWh PCR energy storage solution from NEC ES
Swiss utility and power distribution company EKZ (Elektrizitätswerke des Kantons Zürich) is building a grid-balancing and renewables integrating 18MW / 7.5MWh energy storage system and has appointed NEC Energy Solutions to execute the project.
National Grid teases huge reforms to UK’s grid-balancing services market
The UK's main electricity transmission network operator (TNO) National Grid has published a new consultation on its system needs and product strategy which paves the way for a number of new services tenders to be made available from next year.
NEC’s 2MW project marks first step into energy storage business for Engie in Chile
Multinational energy company Engie Group has contracted NEC Energy Solutions and NEC Chile to provide a 2MW / 2MWh energy storage system to its subsidiary Engie Energia Chile in Latin America.
New Zealand unveils grid-scale pilot as first Tesla Powerpack launches
A New Zealand network operator will install a grid-scale battery from S&C Electric as part of a pilot programme.
PG&E first to participate in California electricity markets using battery storage
The utility has integrated battery energy storage systems into California’s electricity market CAISO for the first time.
Third-party project financing found for 12MW of Ontario projects
US-Canadian energy storage project developer Convergent Energy and Power has secured third-party project financing for 12MW of energy storage projects in Canada that will provide grid services.