Energy storage projects will be eligible to take part in competitive capacity auctions for low-carbon power set to be launched this month by the Japanese government.
This Friday Briefing looks at the IEA’s recognition that long-duration energy storage will be essential to global decarbonisation and asks what it might take for that message to translate into immediate action.
Developers in the US plan to install 15GW of new utility-scale battery storage, adding to about 16GW of storage installed so far, according to government statistics.
The results of Poland’s recent capacity market auction have been revealed, with a clearing price significantly lower than the previous years and IPP Greenvolt saying it won the lion’s share of around 1.7GW of BESS awarded contracts.
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.
Utility New York Power Authority (NYPA) is seeking to collaborate with renewable energy and energy storage developers and operators, as part of the state’s push to deploy more clean energy resources.
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.
A consortium including Copenhagen Infrastructure Partners (CIP) and utility EDF has won preferred bidder status for three battery energy storage system (BESS) projects in South Africa.
