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OVO gears up to install V2G chargers
As part of the next phase of its vehicle-to-grid (V2G) project Sciurus, OVO Energy will soon begin installing its chargers with residential customers. At first OVO’s V2G charger will only be available to Nissan LEAF drivers that participate in the Innovate UK-funded...
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Moixa’s bigger battery boosts solar consumption
The firm’s latest offering, a 4.8kWh battery, increases solar PV self-consumption and takes advantage of time-of-use tariffs for bill savings. Moixa has installed 1500 home batteries across the UK, based on its 2kWh or 3kWh versions. Per kWh the latest bigger battery...
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Hyperdrive Innovation taps into Asia through new strategic partnership
UK developer and manufacturer of lithium ion battery packs Hyperdrive Innovation has entered into an agreement with Taiwan’s Foxlink Automotive Technology, opening up demand for its battery packs throughout Asia. The agreement covers the manufacture, sale and...
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low carbon architectural practice develops solar-storage offering
ZEDfactory, an award-winning architects firm in the UK, championing affordable, sustainable housing developments, is bringing to market its own solar-storage offering. Working with British and Chinese partners the firm has developed a comprehensive...
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UK consumers seek value for money in home energy storage purchases
Despite the wide range of home energy storage systems available in the UK, consumers seem to prefer systems that offer performance and value for money over big brand names. Many solar distributors and installers now cater to interest in residential batteries that...
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low carbon architectural practice develops solar-storage offering
ZEDfactory, an award-winning architects firm in the UK, championing affordable, sustainable housing developments, is bringing to market its own solar-storage offering. Working with British and Chinese partners the firm has developed a comprehensive...
read moreUK consumers seek value for money in home energy storage purchases
Despite the wide range of home energy storage systems available in the UK, consumers seem to prefer systems that offer performance and value for money over big brand names. Many solar distributors and installers now cater to interest in residential batteries that...
read moreMaking e-mobility a solution, not a problem, for grids
Sonnen Charger, the latest product from Germany’s home battery market leader, is about more than anticipating a customer trend. By matching EV power demand and renewables output, Sonnen wants to address problems at both grid distribution and transmission levels. ...
read moreIf you build it, will they plug in?
At a packed seminar session at Ecobuild professionals working across the built environment learned how well executed charging infrastructure investments can bring benefits to local communities. Simply installing more chargers, though necessary, oversimplifies the...
read moreBuyer beware: Residential energy storage ‘hard sell’ practices widespread in the UK
Though a nascent market, the rising interest in residential energy storage has attracted pressure selling outfits, and action must be taken, according to the Renewable Energy Consumer Code (RECC). “A £6,500 investment that’s able to deliver annual savings of £800...
read moreIRENA: Battery costs in stationary energy could fall by up to 66% by 2030
Energy storage capacity is expected to triple by 2030, if countries double the share of renewables in the world’s energy system, finds a new report published by the agency. The cost of battery storage for stationary applications could fall by up to 66% by 2030,...
read moreTaking on telecoms and other niches
The nascent vanadium-based energy storage industry is finding market opportunities where lithium ion isn’t suitable. The cost of lithium ion batteries continues to fall making longer duration energy storage deployments economically feasible using this technology....
read moreNew York unveils plans for compensating distributed energy systems
In September 2017, the New York State Public Service Commission announced plans to fairly compensate solar power and energy storage and reduce community solar development costs. Expanding access to cost-effective, clean energy is a main aim of New York’s Clean...
read moreAustralia’s solar-storage market set for explosive growth
According to a mid-year study by Sun Wiz, Australia’s solar-plus-storage market is poised for significant growth triggered by retail electricity price rises. The report found there were 7000 home energy storage systems installed in the first half of 2017, the same...
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