ROUNDUP: ARPA-E funding for sodium ion, ENGIE in big Italy V2G, Enel X partnership to take on Canada
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Energy trading with batteries ‘will be scalable business in Japan’ once rules change in coming years
Peer-to-peer (P2P) energy trading using distributed battery storage in Japanese households could be a scalable business once prohibitive rules change in a couple of years’ time, a provider of renewable energy equipment in the country has said.
ROUNDUP: NeoVolta’s SGIP+ITC win, Northvolt-Vattenfall’s new Voltpack, ArcVera launches ESS services
This week's roundup of news in brief from around the world in energy storage focuses on recent products and services launches.
ROUNDUP: WA utility picks ‘secure’ software, Mitsubishi Heavy Industries’ Japan demo, New CEO at Eos
News in brief from around the world in energy storage.
National Grid picks SolarEdge’s ESS inverters to join peak reduction scheme in New England
SolarEdge’s StorEdge inverters have been deemed eligible for a programme rolled out by National Grid in the US states of Massachusetts and Rhode Island encouraging customers to help reduce peak demand on local networks.
Australian Energy Market Operator opens virtual power plant integration trial
The capabilities of virtual power plants (VPPs) to provide capacity as well as frequency regulation services to the grid in Australia will be demonstrated through a new integration trial.
V2G chargers to help EDF unlock grid capabilities of UK electric cars
EDF Energy is to offer its business customers vehicle-to-grid (V2G) chargers in the UK, as well as using them on its own sites, after partnering with charger supplier and technology developer Nuvve.
GTM: Front-of-meter cost declines will slow as industry grows 6x over by 2022
While energy storage system price declines have slowed down in recent times in the US, standardisation of design and engineering will be among the key drivers in bringing down balance-of-system hardware and EPC costs.
ROUNDUP: Redflow ‘large scale battery’, KACO new inverter, PetersenDean picks SolarEdge/LG Chem
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Ideal Power supplies power converters to PV-plus-storage projects in California, Texas
Ideal Power, the US company best known for its power conversion systems for energy storage, has announced two recent project orders totalling 1.6MW in northern Texas and in California.
UK government backs vehicle-to-grid with US$26 million competition
Britain's government has thrown its weight behind vehicle-to-grid (V2G) by announcing £20 million (US$25.8 million) would be available for a competition to further the development of the bi-directional electric vehicle charging technology.
ASD claims new parallel connection technology will give storage companies ‘absolute freedom
ASD Sonnenspeicher is preparing to put a new piece of battery technology on the market that allows cells to be connected in parallel, with the company claiming it could have a transformative effect on energy storage, batteries and EVs.