Articles tagged with: Ancillary Services

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Interviews

‘Energy-as-a-service’: Good for consumers, good for the network and not bad for business either

10 Dec 2018, 17:13 • By Andy Colthorpe

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

6 Dec 2018, 15:51

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

5 Nov 2018, 13:45

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

23 Oct 2018, 16:05

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

3 Oct 2018, 17:42

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

6 Sep 2018, 16:49

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

17 Aug 2018, 14:19

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

8 Aug 2018, 14:18

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

25 Jul 2018, 17:19

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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Interviews

Europe in focus: What drove 2017’s record-breaking deployment figures?

9 Jul 2018, 17:26 • By Andy Colthorpe

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

5 Mar 2018, 14:26

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

26 Jan 2018, 16:47

News in brief from around the world of energy storage.

50MW of Enhanced Frequency Response batteries go online in Britain from VLC Energy

8 Jan 2018, 13:16

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

14 Dec 2017, 11:13

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

9 Nov 2017, 10:30

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’

7 Nov 2017, 12:57

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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Analysis

100MW installed is just the beginning for UK’s large-scale battery storage sector

1 Nov 2017, 12:17 • By Lauren Cook

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

24 Oct 2017, 13:00

News in brief from around the world of energy storage.

Alfen follows Czech milestone with Belgium’s first grid-stabilising battery system

28 Sep 2017, 12:11

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

27 Sep 2017, 14:08

News in brief from the week in energy storage around the world.

Switzerland gets 7.5MWh PCR energy storage solution from NEC ES

7 Sep 2017, 12:22

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

14 Jun 2017, 14:17

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

10 May 2017, 12:14

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

14 Nov 2016, 10:35

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

11 Nov 2016, 10:41

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

2 Nov 2016, 16:34

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.

Leclanché sees 65% revenue increase in H1 2016

7 Sep 2016, 16:14

Lithium-ion energy storage manufacturer Leclanché saw revenue of around CHF28 million (US$28.89 million) through H1 2016, up 65% year-on-year, according to the firm’s interim results for the half year ending 30 June 2016.

Greensmith to provide software management for Arizona storage system

24 Aug 2016, 15:16

Energy storage software and integration specialist Greensmith Energy will partner power firm E.ON Climate and Renewables and the utility Tucson Electric Power (TEP) to provide software control for a utility-scale energy storage system next to a solar array in Arizona.

California’s rapid-fire storage procurement is a ‘chance to outshine natural gas’

2 Jun 2016, 17:58

Energy storage developers have an opportunity to prove the benefits of storage systems compared to fossil fuel technologies in what will be one of the fastest energy storage procurements in history pending in California, according to industry commentators and analysts.

US regulator FERC ‘leaning forward’ to remove barriers to wholesale market participation

15 Apr 2016, 15:10

Moves by the US’ Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC) to assess electricity storage’s potential role in wholesale markets and in maintaining a low-cost, reliable network have been welcomed by the Washington-headquartered Energy Storage Association.