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Pivot Power tenders for transmission system batteries
UK developer of a nationwide network of transmission system-connected batteries Pivot Power has started tendering for storage systems. The first 50MW battery storage system the company is developing will be deployed in Southampton and will become operational by...
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Power-to-gas. The thinking person’s energy storage solution
Big batteries are little more than revenue-chasing grid-stabilisers. The challenge of decarbonising heating and transport, whilst addressing renewable energy's intermittency, requires some joined up approaches and few technologies are able to bridge the electricity,...
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UK one step closer to first large-scale power-to-gas project
A location on Northern Gas Networks’ grid has been deemed suitable for installing a 50-100MW electrolyser to convert electricity into hydrogen. The site, at Low Thornley, in Gateshead in north-east England, has been identified through a feasibility study undertaken...
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EDF developing hybrid microgrid in the tropics
French energy supplier EDF is building a hybrid microgrid in Singapore, as part of an ambitious project aimed at shifting communities across south-east Asia away from diesel electricity generation. The microgrid is expected to become operational in October this year...
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Greening the Islands initiative launches new data resource
A global initiative promoting sustainability projects exclusive to island economies and communities has launched a resource that will provide key information and analysis in areas such as policy, regulations and technology costs. Greening the Islands Observatory,...
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EDF developing hybrid microgrid in the tropics
French energy supplier EDF is building a hybrid microgrid in Singapore, as part of an ambitious project aimed at shifting communities across south-east Asia away from diesel electricity generation. The microgrid is expected to become operational in October this year...
read moreGreening the Islands initiative launches new data resource
A global initiative promoting sustainability projects exclusive to island economies and communities has launched a resource that will provide key information and analysis in areas such as policy, regulations and technology costs. Greening the Islands Observatory,...
read morePrimus Power gears up for export markets
Projects with Goldwind in China and Eskom in South Africa are footholds in markets needing long duration energy storage. Other energy storage players may have surpassed California start-up Primus Power in terms of units shifted, but a company that can count the US...
read moreHydrostor to convert old mine site in Australia into CAES plant
The Toronto-headquartered company commercialising an adiabatic compressed air energy storage (A-CAES) technology, is developing a demonstration plant at a legacy mine site in South Australia. The 5MW plant is expected to be operational in the first half of 2019. The...
read moreFalling battery and renewables costs put the squeeze on fossil fuels
Bloomberg New Energy Finance’s (BNEF) latest study shows increasing competitiveness in renewables and batteries, with Australia leading demand for renewables-plus-storage and UK topping demand for battery deployments for flexibility. BNEF’s latest report on the...
read moreUET to install flow battery on one of the San Juan Islands
A flow battery storage system is to be installed on an island off the coast of Washington state with potential to be replicated across other island grids. The 0.5MW/2MWh vanadium redox flow battery (VRFB) energy storage system will be installed in the first quarter...
read moreVattenfall touts battery-renewables co-location expertise
Swedish energy firm and wind developer Vattenfall has pulled off a tricky wind and battery co-location project in the UK, gaining experience that could benefit renewables asset owners. In an overcrowded market, replete with regulatory uncertainty, changing revenue...
read moreMove over batteries: energy storage alternatives to lithium ion now being commercialised
From containers of molten silicon to winching weights up and down old mine shafts, Gridchangeagent.com takes a moment to explore the feats of engineering that have gone into alternative forms of energy storage, to address renewables integration and other issues facing...
read moreEnel invests in 22MW grid battery in Germany with view to reducing wind curtailment
The project marks the Italian energy firm’s first Germany-located energy storage investment, which will provide primary frequency regulation, but there are plans for the battery to integrate wind into the local grid in Cremzow, Brandenburg. The 22MW Cremzow plant,...
read moreBNEF sponsored study identifies flexibility gaps in high renewables future
A study by Bloomberg New Energy Finance (BNEF) crunches the numbers to show the need for flexible resources to offset increased short-term volatility in supply as solar and wind gradually dominate electricity generation. Beyond the Tipping Point: Flexibility gaps in...
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