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UK residential battery company Social Energy wins firm frequency response grid services contract
A provider of home battery storage systems aggregated via an artificial intelligence (AI) platform has won the first ever fully domestic weekly Firm Frequency Response (FFR) contract with the UK’s transmission network operator, National Grid ESO.
Staying on-grid: Domestic solar provider Sunrun sees big opportunity in networked services
Lynn Jurich, CEO at major US residential solar installation and leasing company Sunrun has spoken of the big opportunity for aggregated solar-plus-storage systems to provide grid services and in doing so help lower the cost of installations.
Diversifying energy sector players expect big growth for battery storage
While energy storage is still a small part of their respective businesses overall, recent quarterly financial reports from US-based geothermal company Ormat and standby generator maker Generac emphasised expectations of market growth going forwards.
‘Watershed moment in energy transformation’: Industry reacts to FERC Order 841 ruling
FERC Order 841 looks set to allow distributed storage to participate in wholesale markets in the US. Energy-Storage.news has collected a wide range of reactions and views from industry participants on what it means.
Value of storage goes up with share of renewables but costs declines still vital, new study finds
The value of energy storage increases with growing shares of renewable energy on the grid, but the availability and cost of storage will determine how successful decarbonisation with renewables can be.
US ROUNDUP: FlexGen in Utah, Generac gears up for grid services, Delta added to Energy Toolbase
A roundup of news in brief from around the world in energy storage, this week with a US flavour.
Sunrun picks AutoGrid software platform to optimise aggregated fleets of solar-plus-batteries
Sunrun has made a further expansion in providing grid services by choosing AutoGrid’s software to help manage its fleets of aggregated home solar and battery systems.
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UK, Ireland energy storage primed for growth - key stakeholders see multi-GW market opportunities
This article looks at the current status of each of these end-markets and where there are similarities and differences in how the markets have developed, along with future opportunities.
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Editor's blog
Meeting multiple needs to make ends meet: Sunverge CEO Martin Milani on residential VPP use cases
Sunverge CEO Martin Milani talks about the system architectures and technologies that can make residential storage virtual power plants economically viable and useful to the local electricity network. As told to Andy Colthorpe.
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Interviews
SPONSORED: Positively low carbon: Vincent de Rul, Director of Energy Solutions at EDF
We sat down with Vincent de Rul, Director of Energy Solutions at EDF, based in the UK, to discuss the long term opportunities that battery storage and related technologies represent for energy flexibility and the future of renewable energy.
AutoGrid preparing for disaster backup batteries to act as smart network assets
AutoGrid has been developing “co-optimisation” capabilities that will allow residential battery storage deployed to mitigate power outages to continue participating in market opportunities.
UK energy storage sector kicking on after ‘Year Zero’ in 2019
The UK energy storage sector is forging ahead after a landmark year in 2019 which saw maturing business models further the asset class’ role in the country’s energy system.
100MW UK battery storage site under construction as Shell signs power offtake deal
A 100MW battery storage project - consisting of two 50MW batteries - has begun construction in the UK.
Fossil fuel plant in England will get 250MWh liquid air energy storage makeover from Highview Power
UK liquid air energy storage (LAES) start-up Highview Power said its first ever 250MWh ‘Cryobattery’ installation will be placed at the site of a decommissioned thermal power plant in the North of England and could be Europe’s largest 'battery' system when completed.
Solar-charged vanadium flow machine pre-qualifies for UK’s frequency response market
‘Flow batteries’ could provide frequency response in the UK for the first time ever, as a modestly sized solar-plus-storage system has been pre-qualified into National Grid’s dynamic firm frequency response (dFFR) market.
Power and capacity will be provided by Aggreko’s 4.5MWh Texas ‘legacy’ project
A large-scale battery storage system will be built in Texas for the US’ biggest electric utility cooperative, to time-shift solar-generated loads and provide grid services to transmission operator ERCOT.
Voltalia starts building two large batteries in French Guiana
French firm Voltalia has started building the largest energy storage system in French Guiana made up of two separate lithium-ion batteries.
‘Significant acceleration’ in grid-connected storage could see 4.3GW installed worldwide in 2019
This year has already seen “significant acceleration” of activity in the global grid-connected energy storage market, with 4.3GW expected to be deployed this year, analysis firm IHS Markit has said.
Japan’s Marubeni invests in US distributed generation company GridMarket
Japanese conglomerate Marubeni Corporation has invested in US-based company, GridMarket, which is focused on distributed generation projects using battery storage, solar PV, fuel cells, and combined heat and power.
ERCOT’s multiple opportunities a target for GlidePath’s 10MWh Texas project
A large-scale energy storage project to be built in Texas will take advantage of the system’s flexibility to deliver multiple services, as opportunities grow in the state’s Electricity Reliability Council of Texas (ERCOT) market.
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Energy Storage Summit 2019: Exclusive Big Topic interviews in London
Following February’s excellent Energy Storage Summit at London’s Victoria Park Plaza hotel and hosted by our publisher Solar Media, here’s a short series of videos posing some of the big questions around energy storage, renewables, climate change, business and the industry, and more.
Siemens’ Junelight launch: Not about making money from selling batteries
Sales of battery storage units to residential households in Germany are booming, but it’s the value of services the batteries can provide, rather than the hardware itself that offers a long-term economic opportunity, a Siemens representative has said.
Landfill sites in England will convert to clean energy money-spinners
A local authority in England has unveiled two landmark solar-plus-storage projects on existing landfill sites which aim to be the first of their kind in the UK.
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2019 briefing: Several steps closer to ubiquity
We hope you've enjoyed our series looking back on last year's challenges, milestone and successes and looking ahead to a busy 2019. After featuring a range of views from industry participants and experts, now it's my turn to throw out some predictions for the year ahead...
E.On supplies and manages UK’s first battery install at major hotel chain
Premier Inn, a chain of budget and competitively priced hotels in the UK, has installed a 100kW lithium ion battery at its Gyle at Edinburgh Park hotel in the Scottish capital, claiming it to be the first 'battery-powered hotel' in Britain.
Sharing batteries for grid services could net US$2,500 discounts for EDF’s UK customers
EDF Energy, one of the UK's 'Big Six' major energy suppliers, is seeking to build a portfolio of domestic batteries to take into energy services markets by offering discounted energy storage units to consumers via a new partnership with manufacturer Powervault.
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.
Home solar-plus-storage technology enables Tokyo Electric Power’s smart tariff launch
As Japan’s heavily regulated energy markets continue a process of liberalisation and supposedly increasing consumer choices, utility TEPCO has launched a smart electricity tariff enabled by the capabilities of residential battery storage.
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.