First utility-scale battery joins Ireland’s feted DS3 flexibility market
Statkraft is laying claim to the first utility-scale battery in the Republic of Ireland with the completion of an 11MW project.
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VPP ROUNDUP: Latest including Japan, Ireland, Scotland, Australia, France
In what is unlikely to become a regular feature of Energy-Storage.news, but seems apt nonetheless, this edition rounds up news from some of the latest behind-the-meter orchestras of small-scale resources in the past few weeks.
UK listed fund Gore Street clinches 160MW Ireland portfolio
One of the UK’s first stock exchange-listed energy storage funds has entered into agreements to acquire a 160MW portfolio of battery storage projects in Northern Ireland and the Irish Republic.
Solar-plus-storage virtual power plant trial to begin in Ireland this month
Residents of Ballyferriter village on the Dingle Peninsula in County Kerry are to join the project this month with the installation of domestic energy storage units in 20 homes.
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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.
Ireland’s fast-response grid services market could be like ‘EFR on steroids’, expert says
Ireland’s DS3 flexibility market will deploy the fastest-reacting batteries in the world under an opportunity dubbed “Enhanced Frequency Response on steroids” by energy expert Felicity Jones, partner for energy storage and flexibility at UK-based consultancy Everoze.
Battery storage to compete for up to 140MW in Ireland’s first DS3 auction
Up to 140MW of capacity will be procured under the first ever tender for Ireland’s new frequency response and balancing programme, with projects to go live by September 2021.
Ireland to process 373MW of energy storage under new connections procedure
Over 370MW of energy storage projects, along with 1.25GW of solar, have been successfully moved into the ‘first batch’ of projects to be processed under a new connections procedure, brought in to tackle the surging levels of smaller projects aiming to connect.
Ireland to incentivise solar-plus-storage with household grants
Homeowners in Ireland can now access grants worth hundreds of euros to fund the installation of solar and energy storage systems as the government launches its first micro-generation scheme for the technology.
Irish state-owned utility ESB buys 7MWh stake in UK grid storage
Irish state utility ESB has confirmed its entry into the UK grid-scale energy storage market with the purchase of a 7MWh facility from developer Anesco.
Scottish C&I project gets ‘no-money-down’ 2MW Tesla battery
A glass packaging facility in Scotland is getting a 2MW Tesla battery on a ‘no-money-down’ deal after Irish state-owned utility ESB agreed to take on the risk for raising commercial revenues from the asset.
Hanwha partners local developer for 200MW Ireland battery projects
A partnership between a local developer and South Korea’s Hanwha Group could bring two 100MW battery energy storage projects to the Midlands of Ireland, the developer, Lumcloon Energy, has confirmed.
RWE plans 100MW battery in UK which joins growing ‘significant infrastructure’ list
RWE Generation is investigating the construction of a 100MW battery at its Tilbury power station in England as part of plans to convert the former coal-fired plant to a gas peaking plant.
Ireland’s system operator sets out conditions for 300MW grid services tenders
Storage developers eyeing opportunities in Ireland’s DS3 programme will be able to bid for six-year contracts providing frequency response and reserve services in September when transmission system operator EirGrid will launch a new procurement process.
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‘Digital inertia’: Energy storage can stabilise grid with 1/10 the capacity of thermal generation
Northern Ireland’s Queens University Belfast (QUB) has found that battery-based energy storage can provide inertial response for system reliability much more efficiently, at a lower cost and with substantially reduced emissions than thermal generation. Dr Marek Kubic at Fluence, which is working with QUB, explains.
Centrica’s 100MW Ireland proposal pits battery against natural gas
Fresh details have emerged surrounding UK-headquartered utility Centrica’s rumoured 100MW battery after a planning application was submitted to Kilkenny County Council in Ireland through a joint venture formed in part by local subsidiary Bord Gáis Energy.
Irish virtual power plant trial will link up household batteries, renewables
Battery storage and smart technologies are to be rolled out to homes in the Irish town of Dingle as part of a new trial to test their potential to support the use of variable renewable energy supply resources and smart connection to the Irish electricity grid.
Irish redox flow energy storage demonstrator project underway
A new redox flow battery demonstration project was launched in Belfast, Northern Ireland, this week.
Microsoft, GE extend partnership with wind turbine-plus-storage project in Ireland
Microsoft is going to be the off-taker of power from a 37MW wind power project in Europe, trialling the use of integrated battery energy storage to trade the energy.
Ireland gets first Tesla Powerpack, England’s first is officially opened by energy minister
Ireland’s first Tesla Powerpack commercial-scale energy storage system has been installed successfully recently, while England’s first was officially opened with a visit from a government minister yesterday.
Lead-acid battery hybrid to provide storage at Dublin smart grid testbed
Australia-based Ecoult has been selected by German developer Freqcon to install its UltraBattery lead-acid ultracapacitor hybrid for energy storage at South Dublin’s Tallaght Smart Grid Testbed.
Flywheel-battery hybrid system installed in Ireland
A flywheel-battery hybrid storage system has been installed in Ireland, a system that the companies involved claim is the first of its kind.
New R&D centre for Trojan’s ‘advanced’ lead acid batteries in Ireland
Trojan Battery, manufacturer of deep-cycle lead acid batteries, has announced that it is expanding its research and development capabilities with a new facility in Sligo, Ireland.