A frequency event which nearly caused major disruption of the electricity grid in Britain could have been more effectively dealt with had network dispatchers called on more of the country’s battery storage.

We bring you the energy storage technology predictions of Aquila Clean Energy EMEA, Kyon Energy and BayWa r.e, three major Europe-based developers and operators.

The UK government has launched its consultation on its proposals for kickstarting investment into long-duration energy storage (LDES), which includes a cap-and-floor mechanism and excluding lithium-ion from being eligible.

Developer Emeren has sold two more Italy BESS projects to Matrix Renewables totalling 293MW, bringing the total projects developed and transferred to 1GW.

Executives from Europe-based developers/IPPs Aquila Clean Energy, Kyon Energy and BayWa r.e. look back at the major energy storage trends in 2023 and ahead to 2024.

We hear from Chris Wickins, technical director at UK battery storage developer-operator Field about how grid interconnection and market mechanisms are developing in Europe’s most advanced energy storage market.

We bring you some predictions of what might be in 2024, in the first-ever edition of the Energy-Storage.news Premium Friday Briefing.

Analysis firm EnergyTrend has forecast that a “surge” in global large-scale energy storage system deployments is likely in 2024.

The European Investment Bank (EIB) has committed €400 million (US$437 million) to support the solar and battery storage development plans of Greek renewables developer Mytilineos.

Innova has acquired planning permission for a 940MW BESS project with a storage capacity of 1,880MWh in North-West England, UK.