With nearly half of global emissions coming from heat processes, clean long duration energy storage (LDES) which can store thermal energy are crucial for decarbonisation, says a new LDES Council report.
Rolls-Royce is deploying a 30MW/63MWh battery energy storage system (BESS) in the Netherlands, the largest in the country when complete, as well as a 10MWh system in southern Germany.
Nissan, Renault and Mercedes-Benz are at the forefront of providing EV batteries for companies developing second life battery energy storage systems (BESS), but the market for such batteries is still thinly-traded.
Global energy firm RWE has finalised its investment decision for two battery energy storage systems (BESS) totalling 220MW, in North Rhine-Westphalia (NRW), Germany.
Utility and power generation company Enel Group and Brenmiller Energy have inaugurated a thermal energy storage system in Italy using the latter’s proprietary bGen technology.