Iberdrola acquires €5 billion valued Electricity North West in the UK
Iberdrola has today signed an agreement to acquire 88% of Electricity North West (ENW) in the UK for an equity value of £2.1 billion...
Ferrybridge battery storage facility will supply electricity for 250,000 homes in high-demand situations
The Ferrybridge battery storage facility will be capable of supplying electricity to around 250,000 homes for two hours during times of high demand. Located...
Root-Power set to electrify battery storage sector
Root-Power, backed by the YLEM Group, has launched with an impressive pipeline approaching 2GW of battery storage projects strategically positioned across the UK.
This launch...
Elexon appointed as market facilitator for local energy flexibility
Ofgem has today confirmed Elexon as market facilitator for local energy flexibility. It will serve as a single, expert group that will work with...
Elements Green announces 35MWp Solar PV + 800 MWh BESS project in Alfstedt secures...
Elements Green announces a major milestone in its Alfstedt project in Germany. The project has now successfully secured grid connection confirmation, marking a significant...
Peak solar season: Smarter household energy storage as solar PV and battery sales surge...
As the UK enters its peak solar season, homeowners are witnessing a significant advantage with the integration of Photovoltaic (PV) panels and battery storage...
Realising the full potential of BESS across industries: Six common misconceptions
Battery energy storage systems (BESS) are a valuable solution which can be applied to a wide range of critical power applications. Despite this, Rodrigo...
Plastics, food and tyre waste could become sustainable batteries to power net-zero transition
Plastic packaging, food and paper waste, and even tyre-wear particles could help power the net-zero transition by providing a sustainable source of materials for...
O-I Glass and Gridbeyond establish innovative battery storage system in Alloa
Energy storage system at O-I’s Alloa, UK, plant helps balance the grid, reduces peak load, optimizes the use of renewable electricity, and increases O-I's...
GridBeyond to provide Battery Energy Storage Systems (BESS) to Keppel DC REIT’s data centres...
The BESS will enable the two data centres to use renewable energy to support the stability of grid operations in Ireland.
GridBeyond will be delivering...
Electrifying! Rail pension fund extends platform, buys ticket to AGR’s returns
Pension fund managers Railpen have bought a 50% shareholding in AGR Power, a privately owned British renewable power developer, with over 1.1GW already generating...
Storage heavyweights Highview raise £300 million to bring UK’s biggest LAES battery to Manchester
Compressed gas storage specialists Highview Power have raised £300 million from investors including Centrica & the UK Infrastructure Bank to build Britain’s first grid-scale...
Exploring the CPPA landscape with Neil Garland: Insights and Outlook
In recent years, the landscape of corporate Power Purchase Agreements (CPPAs) in Great Britain and Ireland has undergone significant transformation. As businesses increasingly turn...
Ørsted to pump Hornsea 3 juice into 600MWh battery near Norwich
Wind power developers Ørsted are committing to store electricity from their 1.2GW Hornsea 3 marine farm next to a substation at Swardeston, near Norwich
The...
Altilium & Enva partner to recycle EV battery materials
Clean metals group Altilium is teaming up with recycling specialist Enva to boost the recycling of EV batteries.
As the number of electric vehicles and...
Octopus & Gresham House squirt ink on world’s biggest battery leasing deal
Octopus, Britain’s largest electricity provider, has signed a record-breaking battery leasing deal with Gresham House Energy Storage Fund plc (GRID), employing the energyco’s Kraken...
Aggreko upscales battery investment to $200m to support the energy transition
Aggreko has increased its global investment in mobile battery energy storage solutions (BESS) to around $200m, allowing more industries to access the latest in...
ENW seeks spring flex contracts
Electricity North West has launched its spring 2024 contracts for flexibility services, seeking to better the £20million they secured over the past year towards...
Roadnight Taylor sees huge growth in grid risk services
Independent UK specialist grid consultancy, Roadnight Taylor has announced a surge in demand for its due diligence service that helps investors understand the grid...
Potting the green: Aussie-Canadian link to purge sodium sulphate from cathode making
Two firms innovating in power storage say their new collaboration can speed worldwide deployment of batteries, made cleaner and with less waste.
Chemicals-to-energy combine Worley...