New scheme to attract investment in renewable energy storage
The UK government launches a new scheme to help build energy storage infrastructure that could see the first significant long duration energy storage (LDES)...
About:Energy opens advanced battery testing facility in London
About:Energy, a leader in battery development software, announces the opening of its new headquarters featuring a state-of-the-art test facility in Southwark, just a few...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
“Attendant, is this plane flying on batteries? I’m 77% persuaded, then. Maybe 100% by...
As many as 82% of British passengers would be open now to flying on a hydrogen-powered plane, and 77% would consider flying on planes...
Long-duration storage heavyweight RheEnergise drops in for Plymouth pilot
RheEnergise, UK pioneers of long-duration power storage using its patented super-dense fluid, is building its first proof-of-concept plant at a mine at Cornwood, near...
Harmony Energy receives £10m credit facility from Triodos Bank UK
Battery storage developer Harmony Energy has received credit facility of up to £10m from sustainable bank, Triodos, to support the development of new projects...
Watt -erloo sunset: ambitious electricity project to speed decarbonisation of River Thames
Power storage’s expanding acronym soup of competing technologies received another ingredient this morning. On Britain's rivers, V2G may soon include “vessel-to-grid”, as an alternative...
Hadrian’s wally: B6 boundary implicated in <£1 Bn curtailment waste, says battery firm
Faster deployment of grid-scale proven battery technology could spare Britain’s power consumers over £730 million in curtailment fees wasted annually in temporarily disconnecting Scotland’s...
Tag’s & Harmony’s 49MW battery goes live near Perth
Clean energy firm TagEnergy and renewable infrastructure developer Harmony Energy’s Jamesfield battery energy storage system (BESS) has gone live today, following completion and commissioning.
The...
‘Get on with it’, Lords committee orders Coutinho on long-term storage
The government lacks a viable plan to implementing vital utility-scale batteries accommodating more despatchable renewable power into Britain’s grid, an influential House of Lords...
Ocean energy trial basks in success, seeks new markets’ response
A pioneering experiment linking ocean wave power and subsea batteries to run crucial marine equipment is celebrating success after 12 months of tests off...
Zenobē buys 300 MW/600 MWh battery from Wärtsilä
Technology group Wärtsilä will supply a 300MW / 600MWh battery system under an Engineered Equipment Delivery (EEQ) contract to Zenobē, the EV fleet and...
Penso allies to enter Italian storage market
Utility-scale storage developer Penso Power is venturing for the first time into Italy’s power market.
The company already has operations in Britain and Australia. Now...