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Europe to hit 9.3GWh of residential battery storage by end of 2022

December 8, 2022
Residential battery storage capacity in Europe is set to reach 9.3GWh by the end of the year, according to SolarPower Europe.
Average lithium battery pack prices, with the US$100/kWh threshold forecast for 2026 on far right hand side. Image: Solar Media with BloombergNEF data.

Lithium battery pack prices go up for first time since BloombergNEF began annual survey

December 6, 2022
Lithium-ion battery pack prices have gone up 7% in 2022, marking the first price rise since BloombergNEF began its surveys in 2010.
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NREL: US utility-scale energy storage costs grew 11-13% in Q1 2022

December 1, 2022
Energy storage costs in the US grew 13% from Q1 2021 to Q1 2022, said the National Renewable Energy Laboratory (NREL) in a cost benchmarking analysis.
The 100MW diesel power plant and floating BESS in Davao de Oro. Image: AboitizPower.

Philippines’ Aboitiz Power commissions 49MW BESS on floating power barge

December 1, 2022
A 49MW battery storage system has just been commissioned at a floating diesel power plant in Mindanao, Philippines.
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Batteries earn big in European ancillary services, but investors warned of high expectations

November 30, 2022
Energy crisis resulted in high ancillary services revenues for battery storage, with some assets earning four times more than expected.
Grid-scale battery storage project in the Philippines. Image: Wartsila.

Philippines regulators consider energy storage ownership rules and definition – report

November 29, 2022
The Philippines Department of Energy (DOE) and regulators are considering changing rules governing ownership of grid-connected energy storage systems.
MidAmerican's five coal plants make it the single biggest carbon polluter in the state, the groups said. Image: Emma Colman, Sierra Club.

Iowa utility urged to put renewables and batteries over coal in long-term plans

November 24, 2022
MidAmerican’s plan to continue burning coal at five Iowa power plants environmentally harmful, more costly than low-carbon alternatives.
Inauguration of Ukraine's first grid-scale BESS in 2021. Ukraine joined ENTSO-E as an Observer Member in April 2022. Image: DTEK.

Ukraine tender would pair hydroelectric plants with large-scale battery storage

November 23, 2022
Tender to pair hydro plants in Ukraine with battery storage, amid reports of massive damage to the country’s grid and generation fleet.
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Invinity sells 2.2MWh of flow batteries to Taiwan’s Bei Ying International Corporation

November 22, 2022
Invinity Energy Systems has sold 2.2MWh of vanadium redox flow batteries (VRFB) for use in Taiwan.
Sunrun is partnered with Ford to turn the automaker's new F150 Lightning electric truck into a vehicle-to-home and vehicle-to-grid distributed energy resource. Image: Ford / Sunrun.

FERC Order 2222: Has the promised game changer for US distributed energy resources failed?

November 16, 2022
Before the Inflation Reduction Act and Bipartisan Infrastructure Law, FERC Order 2222 was considered a big deal.

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