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European Commission’s ‘raised ambition’ for energy storage in Electricity Market Design welcomed, with caveats

March 15, 2023
Initial reaction to the European Commission’s proposal on Electricity Market Design reform has been largely positive.
Keeping the lights on while decarbonising will require far more energy storage than the EU market is set up to facilitate, the EC said. Image: NASA.

Energy storage to ‘underpin EU’s secure and decarbonised energy system’ through new strategy

March 14, 2023
European Commission (EC) strategy puts energy storage as cornerstone of a decarbonised and secure energy system for the EU.
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Energy storage given ‘strongest legislative treatment yet’ in leaked European Commission Electricity Market Design

March 13, 2023
European Commission wants to advance the use of energy storage in managing supply and demand of electricity, according to a leaked document.
Inauguration of Ukraine's first grid-scale BESS in 2021. Ukraine joined ENTSO-E as an Observer Member in April 2022. Image: DTEK.

Europe’s transmission grid operators back energy storage in EU Electricity Market Reform consultation

February 20, 2023
Grid operators from across Europe believe energy storage is a vital flexibility resource that should be incentivised.
Anti-war protestors photographed in Glasgow, Scotland, as Russia’s invasion began, February 2022. Image: Credit: Wikimedia user Daniel Naczk.

European energy strategy must reconcile the need for flexibility

January 30, 2023
European policy makers need to strengthen the role of flexibility technologies, write Fluence’s Julian Jansen and Lars Stephan.
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First vanadium redox flow battery installed in Norway

January 25, 2023
The first vanadium redox flow battery (VRFB) installation in Norway, a 5kW/25kWh system, was unveiled this week.

EU Electricity Market Design ‘needs to value energy storage and other flexibility options’

January 24, 2023
EU reforms of electricity market should recognise value of flexibility options like energy storage, according to representatives of Fluence.
Texas' winter storms have caused big swings in demand outside the traditional summer peaks ERCOT experiences. Image: Texas Army National Guard courtesy of Staff Sgt. Yvonne Ontiveros

Battery storage can help solve Texas’ ‘Super Duck’ challenge of integrating renewable energy

January 17, 2023
Texas’ ERCOT grid is facing some extreme swings in its ability to match supply with growing demand for electricity in the US state.
Conrad Energy breaking ground on another recent UK project site. Image: Conrad Energy.

ROUNDUP: UK developers make announcements on more than 600MW of new projects

September 12, 2022
This edition of news in brief comes from another busy week for our colleagues covering the UK energy transition.
Revenue offsets reduce cost of distribution services, according to analysis in the white paper. Image: Energy Storage Canada.

Rule changes needed ‘to let battery storage lower Ontario’s electricity network costs’

June 28, 2022
Energy storage can enhance the reliability and lower the costs of operating and maintaining Ontario’s electricity distribution network.

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