Pivot hooks UK’s first tertiary battery to Grid, as Anesco contracts for two big...
The sophistication of battery innovations now hooked to the grid took a leap forward this week, with two major announcements.
In a UK network first,...
Morocco unbound: £16 billion green power pipe mooted to Devon giga-battery
British energy entrepreneurs Xlinks have unveiled ambitious plans to link solar and wind power generated in the Moroccan desert with UK power consumers via...
Williams and Molicel to collaborate on battery cells
Williams Advanced Engineering and Molicel have agreed a strategic collaboration to support the next generation of high performance, superior quality, lithium-ion power battery cells.
This...
Investors GLIL pledge £150m to ion Ventures for big batteries
International clean tech developer ion Ventures has accepted up to £150 million for committing its UK energy projects to a partnership with GLIL Infrastructure...
Green Lithium secures £1.6 million in Seed round funding
Green Lithium, the mineral processing company, has secured £1.6 million in Seed round funding as it progresses plans to build and operate the UK’s...
Zenobe plugs Santander’s £60 million into Europe’s biggest battery near Chester
Fast growing storage operator Zenobe has flagged its intention to build Europe’s biggest storage device at Capenhurst, near Chester.
The 107MWh battery will be the...
Aceleron launches what it claims is the World’s first totally renewable lithium-ion battery
Aceleron has launched a reusable, repairable and fully recyclable lithium-ion battery. Each individual part of the battery can be accessed using Aceleron's own compression...
Saft’s lithium-ion technology provides vital backup power for Total’s trading platform
Saft has supplied its Flex’ion battery systems to provide backup power for the data centre at energy operator Total’s new country headquarters in Singapore’s...
Energy storage and flexibility: key to resilience in uncertain times?
While a UPS is sufficient to deal with short-term power failures, the installation of a behind-meter-battery could deliver far greater value to mission critical...
Virtual Power Systems and Natron Energy announce strategic partnership
Virtual Power Systems (VPS), a creator of 'Software Defined Power' (SDP), has announced a strategic technology partnership with Natron Energy, a developer of disruptive battery...
Li-ion offers new opportunities for data centres
A new white paper says that the falling cost of lithium-ion batteries is enabling data centre operators to review their electrical distribution topology and...
EUDCA releases white paper on battery opportunities for data centres
The European Data Centre Association (EUDCA) has announced the publication of a new white paper entitled “Battery Opportunities for Data Centres.” Authored on behalf...
Data Centre World: could dual chemistry battery technology open the door for demand-side response?
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There is increasing interest in participating in grid balancing services (demand-side response) according to Yuasa’s Stephen Wheeler. Speaking at Data Centre World, he...
Energy storage at the forefront of DSR change
Powerstar CEO Alex Mardapittas discusses how demand-side response through energy storage is set to develop as the energy transition progresses
An effective way of participating...
Yuasa to showcase new wireless battery monitoring solution at Data Centre World
Yuasa will be launching a new UPS battery temperature monitoring solution at this year’s Data Centre World (stand D1025), at Excel, London on 12/13...
UPS systems need to be Li-ion ready
Centiel UK’s Mike Elms addresses some of the misconceptions surrounding Li-ion and explains why it may well be the battery technology of the future...
Dual chemistry: the best of both worlds?
GS Yuasa Battery Europe has helped to develop what it describes as ‘the world’s first container-based energy storage platform’, where lead acid and lithium-ion...
Saft and Socomec deliver backup power system for Total’s supercomputer environment
Battery leader Saft and industrial group Socomec have delivered a high-performance UPS featuring lithium-ion data batteries for Total’s HPC data centre which hosts one...
Load banks to provide UPS testing for BT
Creschic Loadbanks has supplied a fleet of 30 transportable and 27 state-of-the-art loadbank trailer sets to telecommunications giant, BT. Ranging in size from 60kW to...
Yuasa dual chemical battery system set for UK debut at Data Centre World
Yuasa will put on a powerful display at this year’s Data Centre World by displaying a state-of-the-art dual chemical battery system. The exhibition at...