AMS chief Kennedy steps aside as company steps up AI to the ‘next level’
Susan Kennedy has stepped down as CEO of Advanced Microgrid Solutions (AMS), with chief product officer Seyed Madaeni appointed to take her place.
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Singapore eyes 200MW of energy storage ‘beyond 2025’ - minister
Singapore has targeted 200MW of energy storage beyond 2025 and 2GW of solar by 2030, but will continue to rely on natural gas for the next 50 years.
Mexico’s first behind-the-meter battery to provide frequency regulation goes into action in Puebla
While sized only at 30kW, the successful installation of a battery energy storage system in Puebla, Mexico, is nonetheless being hailed as a milestone as it is claimed to be the first such system to deliver frequency regulation services in the country.
East Coast ESS projects switched on by NEC, Aggreko
Two of the best known system integrators in the energy storage field have just completed work on large-scale battery systems on the eastern coast of the US, NEC in Massachusetts and Aggreko in New York.
Honeywell delivers 18MWh ‘biggest project yet’ in Ontario
Fortune 100 technology company Honeywell will supply a multiple megawatt-hour battery energy storage system at a commercial site in Ontario, Canada.
Statkraft picks out RedT for UK push into commercial solar-plus-storage
Norwegian utility Statkraft has partnered with flow machine specialist redT on a fully-financed solar-plus-storage offering for the UK’s thriving C&I renewables market.
Philadephia Solar’s solar-plus-storage plant in Jordan is up and running
PV manufacturer and EPC Philadelphia Solar says it has achieved commercial operation of an expansion phase to one of the first solar projects built in the MENA region where energy storage has been added.
Macquarie to finance solar hybrid and ‘largest’ energy storage project in South Korea
Macquarie Capital Korea, a subsidiary of investment firm Macquarie Group, has signed a memorandum of understanding (MoU) with the county office of Goesan in South Korea to finance a significant solar-plus-storage project, while it has also invested in what is said to be the largest energy storage project base in the country.
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Investing in energy storage for resiliency: the business case in the US
Power outages pose great risks for corporate bottom lines and many have already suffered the economic brunt of unforeseen weather and grid events in 2018. Battery energy storage can be a versatile actor in networks, bringing resiliency as well as energy efficiency and economic benefits, writes Lisa Laughner, CEO of Go Electric.
Primus gets South Africa flow battery order from supplier-investor Anglo American Platinum
A mining operation in South Africa will start managing the cost of its consumed energy with the deployment of eight flow batteries from Primus Power.
ENGIE’s commercial battery project drive $100k annual wedge into California’s water-energy nexus
California’s recent droughts and ongoing need to economise water use have inspired more commercial energy storage at a local water board, with ENGIE Storage delivering a project for the San Diego Water Authority.
India’s largest energy storage project is of ‘strategic importance’ for regulators
The start of construction on India’s largest energy storage project is not only of strategic importance to regulators, but could also drive another wave of utility-scale projects in India, the chief of the country’s storage Alliance has said.
Jigar Shah: Decision makers are ‘compelled’ by value of solar-plus-storage
Jigar Shah has said that the addition of backup power helped persuade a California school district to add energy storage as well as going solar and that adding batteries can help “decision makers” see the true value of PV.
SGIP and Jigar Shah’s Generate Capital takes Sharp SmartStorage to six California schools
More schools in North America will be able to ‘green’ their energy supply and hedge against future rises in the price of electricity, with Jigar Shah’s Generate Capital taking on six solar-plus-storage projects in California.
PPA signed for Middle East’s ‘largest’ solar-plus-storage project
The power purchase agreement (PPA) for what is claimed to be the Middle East’s largest solar-plus-storage project has been signed.
Siemens’ C&I customers in Britain offered ‘no-money-down’ energy storage financing
The financial services arm of engineering giant Siemens will be offering no-money-down options for commercial and industrial (C&I) customers in the UK to purchase energy storage systems.
Sungrow supplies inverter and energy storage system to Bahamas C&I project
China-headquartered PV inverter manufacturer Sungrow has supplied a complete energy storage system to a commercial and industrial (C&I) solar-plus-storage project in the Bahamas.
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Can commercial & industrial applications drive the growth of battery storage in Germany?
To date, Primary Control Reserve (PCR) has dominated the energy storage debate in Germany with more than 100MW of battery storage installed in 2016 alone specifically for participating in the PCR market. At the same time, with close to 25,000 systems sold in 2016, residential storage has been stealing the limelight in the behind-the-meter segment. Julian Jansen of Delta-ee looks at how his team expects the commercial and industrial (C&I) segment to start catching up.
Primus Power secures US$32 million financing to accelerate EnergyPod storage
California-headquartered grid-scale electrical energy storage company Primus Power has secured US$32 million in equity financing from a range of investors including a well-known Saudi family, to help accelerate its EnergyPod 2 storage system.
Primus Power launches new low cost, long-duration storage solution
California-headquartered provider of low-cost, long-duration storage systems Primus Power has launched the EnergyPod 2, the second generation of its long-duration, fade-free flow battery.
Costa Rica solar-plus-storage microgrid completed by Demand Energy
Turnkey energy storage system provider Demand Energy has commissioned a solar-plus-storage microgrid in Costa Rica at a medical manufacturing facility.
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.
Sonnen partners with Ideal Power on commercial energy storage product
German energy storage hardware and services provider sonnen has launched a new product for the commercial energy storage market using power conversion systems from Ideal Power.
California’s rapid-fire storage procurement is a ‘chance to outshine natural gas’
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.
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VIDEO: A framework for accelerating Germany’s solar-plus-storage market
Germany, until recently the leading European nation for installed PV capacity, extended a scheme to support purchases of lithium-ion energy storage systems for solar at the beginning of this year.
SolarCity secures funds for commercial solar and storage systems
US residential installer SolarCity has closed US$150 million of financing to fund the deployment of commercial solar and storage systems.
Germany’s Sonnenbatterie launches into UK’s solar-plus-storage market
Germany’s market-leading residential energy storage system maker Sonnenbatterie is to enter the UK residential energy storage market with its lithium-ion storage system Sonnenbatterie eco.
Sonnenbatterie signs up as first Technology Partner to Solar Media’s Energy Storage division
Germany’s market leader for intelligent lithium ion energy storage systems has signed up as the first Technology Partner for the new Energy Storage division of PV Tech Storage’s publisher, Solar Media.
Experts highlight importance of software as Sharp adds performance modelling to commercial offering
Sharp Electronics will add software modelling the performance of energy storage systems to its commercial storage offering, with software an area industry figures and experts have highlighted as one of the most critical areas of competition and progress in the sector.
SolarCity: Small and medium businesses in US will benefit from storage as well
A push by US leasing giant SolarCity to serve small and medium enterprises (SMEs) with its commercial solar offering will be bolstered by a tie-in with the company’s energy storage solutions, a spokesman has confirmed.