Welsh ministers set 25 MW wind & storage combo free to spin above Bridgend
Developers RES have won approval for the Upper Ogmore 25 MW wind farm and battery proposal, to be sited near Blaengarw and Nant-y-Moel close...
Gresham & Octopus: places in the sun, riffled by a German breeze
Two leading renewables investment funds today turned in sun-kissed, wind-burnished figures for 2022’s first half, storing up wealth for their backers.
Gresham House Energy Storage...
Centrica starts work on 50MW battery storage plant at former gas power station
Centrica Business Solutions has announced plans to convert a decommissioned Lincolnshire gas-fired power station into a battery storage facility capable of supplying the equivalent...
Flexibility – We need your views
The Energyst is seeking views on demand-side response and battery storage.
Our 2023 Flexibility survey forms the research component of our annual DSR and storage...
RES wins planners’ blessing for 100MW Durham battery
Clean energy developer RES has secured planning permission to progress a 99.9MW battery close to an existing substation near Spennymoor, County Durham.
The mega-device is...
Moixa acquired by Lunar Energy
Moixa announced today it has been acquired by newly launched Lunar Energy, a US-based company with a mission to electrify the home and provide...
Stacking value and optimisation is the key to electricity storage
Electricity storage will need a significant increase to support the decarbonisation of the grid by 2050, but stacking value and optimisation is the key...
Our flexible friends in the North: DNO seeks firms’ views on supplying flex
Regional DNO Electricity North West is calling on customers and stakeholders to help shape the way it buys flexibility on its network.
The North West’s...
Limejump adds Voltalia’s first ever utility-scale battery to its platform
Limejump today commenced optimisation of Voltalia’s first UK utility-scale battery as part of a multi-year collaboration. Voltalia’s 32MW battery, located in Hallen, Bristol, will...
BP to open a battery research and development centre in Britain
BP has unveiled plans to invest up to £50 million in a new EV battery testing centre and analytical laboratory in the UK.
Planned to...
AMTE Power selects Dundee as preferred site for battery cell factory
Battery cell manufacturer, AMTE Power, has selected Dundee as the preferred site for its first MegaFactory in a boost to the UK’s ambitions to...
£163m Humberside factory to challenge China for magnets and rare earths recovery
Construction has begun of a pioneering British plant designed to wrest control from China of recycling valuable magnetic metals used in EVs and wind...
‘Flexibility is ready to change the energy landscape now – we don’t need to...
It is becoming increasingly clear that the UK’s current electricity markets cannot get the country to net zero - they can’t support the vast...
Analyst boss doubts NG’s residential load-shedding drive
A leading analyst has questioned the effectiveness of National Grid’s hopes of extending pre-announced load-shedding into domestic power supply.
The backbone operator was yesterday reported...
Homes “to get paid to dial down”: NG-ESO mulls paid load shifting for households
Britain’s backbone power operator is reportedly pondering paying domestic users to dial down demand at peak hours this winter, in a bid to stave...
Lithium for EVs “could stymie Europe’s grid storage in mid-decade”, say analysts
Europe’s and the UK’s current deployments of grid-scale power storage will leave the continent falling as much as two-thirds short of the industry’s 200GW...
Flexitricity appoints new CEO
Flexitricity, a UK market leader in flexible energy solutions has appointed Andy Lowe as Chief Executive Officer. Flexitricity is a portfolio company of Quinbrook...
Bluefield picks up two 40 MW batteries, seeks ready shovels
LSE-listed battery and PV investors Bluefield Solar Income Fund (BSIF) is paying fellow financiers Green Hedge Capital approximately £4.5 million for two standalone 40...
Beamer! Arenko tweaks BMW batteries, optimising flows from Wales’ biggest wind farm
Software provider Arenko is running code to expand revenues from the operation of Vattenfall’s 22MW / 16 MWh battery, co-located at Wales’ and England’s...
Divert 18% of this decade’s energy capex to storage, Cornwall Insight urges D-BEIS
Anticipating flex needs and keeping Britain’s fast-changing grids steady and balanced will come at a cost of £20 billion spent between 2025 and 2030...