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.
Articles tagged with: Backup
Hevel plans Russia’s largest solar-plus-storage system
Demand for more reliable electricity from a district of the Republic of Bashkortostan will soon be answered by the largest hybrid solar and energy storage project in the region to date.
UK aggregator Kiwi’s 2.4MWh C&I Tesla battery could make US$400k of savings in first year
UK demand response aggregator Kiwi Power has completed its latest behind-the-meter battery installation at a manufacturing site in Plymouth as the company continues to target the commercial and industrial (C&I) sector with similar projects.
California utility SDG&E seeks 166MW energy storage as public emergency response asset
San Diego Gas & Electric (SDG&E), one of California’s three main investor-owned utilities (IOUs), said this week that it will add resilience and backup capabilities to public sector buildings through the procurement of “up to 166MW” of energy storage.
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Guest blog
Mission-critical: Challenges in building resilient microgrids for the US Military
Microgrids ensure energy security for mission-critical loads at military bases, and reduce reliance on fuel during grid outages. While they have much in common with many of the technologies used in 'other' microgrids, the stringent technical requirements involved add a new layer of complexity, explain Lisa Laughner and Tony Soverns from provider Go Electric.
Gov’t energy savings scheme pays out US$40m for microgrid on US missile test base
A US government energy saving scheme will pay out US$40 million for the development of a solar-plus-storage microgrid at a missile test site operated by the country’s military.
Interviews
How to field questions from billion dollar investors, with Jigar Shah
Solar entrepreneur and financier Jigar Shah probably requires little introduction. The SunEdison founder and former CEO is now president at Generate Capital, a project financing venture for sustainable infrastructure investment. Shah spoke with Andy Colthorpe about Generate Capital’s latest solar-plus-storage projects for a school district in California, as well as sharing his thoughts on the economics of energy storage today.
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.
Tabuchi’s home energy storage can ‘adapt’ to changing policy landscapes
A company offering solar-plus-storage systems for the residential market has introduced a set of controls that allow consumers to adapt to utility rates and legislative changes with the flick of a switch.
Saft delivers ‘maintenance-free’ nickel batteries for E.ON North Sea wind farm
Battery manufacturer Saft has delivered 80 of its Uptimax nickel battery systems to provide backup power at an E.ON wind farm in the North Sea.
New York’s REV programme sires biggest US ‘virtual power plant’
A programme to modernise New York’s energy system will lead to the state’s biggest ‘virtual power plant’, with PV system owners invited to join a pilot of aggregated solar-plus-storage systems.
Interviews
Indian market ‘ripe’ for its first large-scale battery storage project
Power firm AES India recently agreed to build the first large-scale battery-based energy storage project in India, working with consumer electronics and energy storage firm Panasonic India. Manish Kumar, managing director, energy storage, AES Corporation spoke to Energy-Storage.News to explain the potential of the Indian market and how the project will progress.
ABB and India’s IITM partnering on battery storage development for rural electrification
ABB has signed a memorandum of understanding (MoU) with Chennai-based engineering and research organisation, the Indian Institute of Technology Madras (IITM) to partner on building microgrids and develop R&D in the battery energy storage area.
‘Still an argument to be had’ over the best use of storage, says LG exec
There is “still an argument to be had” over the best use of storage solutions in the UK markets, with pure storage or back-up capabilities two possible options according to LG Solar head of UK sales Bob Mills.
New York is ‘getting rules right for solar and storage together’
A New York-based project proving the ability of solar paired with storage to provide power in the event of natural disasters and other causes of grid outages is now underway at City University of New York (CUNY).
SolarEdge customers to get Tesla Powerwall batteries ‘within six months’
The vice-president for marketing and product strategy at one of only two inverter suppliers to Tesla says it has promised customers that it can “get the battery within six months”.