The first 4-hour duration battery storage project to be built in Ireland exemplifies both the challenges and opportunities of the country’s growing and evolving market.
The Kern County, California hybrid facility will have the capability to generate up to 2GW of solar power co-located with up to 2GW of battery energy storage system (BESS) capacity, spanning approximately 12,875 acres of privately owned land.
The revenue stack accessible to front-of-the-meter (FTM) battery storage in Australia’s National Electricity Market (NEM) is evolving, as the market dynamics evolve.
We hear from developers, IPPs and upstream battery sources about the US’ decision to massively hike tariffs on batteries and battery components from China.
DNV’s Jason Goodhand tells Energy-Storage.news Premium about the insights learned from testing dozens of cells for this year’s Battery Scorecard report.
The energy storage market is a global one. With the transportation of battery energy
storage systems accounting for up to 15% of a project’s cost, careful consideration is needed to
ensure the right solution, writes Vienna Zhou of Canada-based system integrator TROES.
Statkraft’s Rory Griffin writes about the challenges and opportunities encountered
in developing Ireland’s first-ever 4-hour duration battery storage project, which is co-located with a
wind farm.
Maintaining grid stability is paramount, particularly in the context of the growing
deployment of variable renewables such as PV and wind. Aaron Philipp Gerdemann explores some
of the grid-forming technologies emerging as alternatives to traditional solutions for safeguarding
the grid.
Finding developers who want long-term partnerships on projects is key when entering multiple different markets, the head of shipping and energy infrastructure firm BW Group’s energy storage development and operation arm says.
