Investor DIF and renewable energy optimiser Pexapark have announced what they claim is the UK’s ‘first bankable and unsubsidised co-located PPA’, for a solar and storage project.
A roundup of battery storage news in the UK, with projects from Centrica, Pulse Clean Energy, Habitat Energy and Gore Street, as the country’s operational capacity reaches over 3GW.
Energy trader Danske Commodities will optimise a BESS for parent company Equinor, while optimisation specialist Habitat Energy will manage a large fleet for investor Gresham House.
Ontario and Alberta account for the bulk of Canada’s installed, planned and proposed large-scale energy storage today. The rest of the country can lean on the experiences and lessons learned, Andy Colthorpe hears from developers and expert voices.
Financial performance will ultimately determine the success of AI-based battery storage optimisation platforms, Gridmatic told Energy-Storage.news in response to recent comments from one developer.
Energy optimisation software provider Peak Power has received US$35 million investment, while startup Financial Machines has launched its own platform, with both targeting the US energy storage market.
UK-based utility Octopus Energy will optimise UK battery storage projects for UAE-based Masdar, which has committed to investing £1 billion (US$1.25 million) in the country’s grid-scale market.
