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...
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...
Eaton appoints new service partner for Scotland
Eaton UK service business manager Steve Spicer said: "We have seen an increase in demand within the UPS market in Scotland and are excited...
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...
DataCentres North: full programme announced
Datacentres North’s educational programme will address both 'strategic issues' affecting the industry and the opportunities specific to the region, as well as the 'operational...
British Lithium extracts ‘pilot quantity’ lithium from Cornwall
Rocks under Britain’s west country have yielded up the first ore for a pioneering venture to home-source battery grade lithium. British Lithium Limited believes...
Peaking blinder! Huge Hams Hall h-“amp hotel” approved near M6 toll; up to 1,750...
Future extension to around 1,750 MWh in total capacity is included in approval granted for the Hams Hall location.
With partners Luminous Energy, the Clapham-based...
“Knowing storage, knowing you, a-Ha!” North Norfolk to host digital solution
The fund is set to plug 6MW/12 MWh of storage into one of its 91 UK solar parks, this one deep in the heritage...
Gresham House stores up projects, packs unbuilt pipeline to 717 MW, eyes Anglo phone
Britain’s biggest investment fund for grid-scale batteries charged ahead in 2021, posting record figures today. Overseas markets beckon, its chairman signalled this morning.
Gresham House...
Limejump to optimise 90MW of SSDC Opium’s storage
Limejump, the Shell-owned monetiser of grid-scale batteries, is teaming up with SSDC Opium Power to run two more units totalling 90 MW across the...
D-BEIS primes first wave of LDES projects with £6.7 million
Two dozen hopeful ventures in energy storage are to benefit from competition prizes worth £6.7 million.
Energy ministry D-BEIS confirmed the wins yesterday across competing...
Eelpower and Habitat agree optimisation deal for 100MW of storage
Energy storage firm Eelpower has signed a three-year deal for battery optimisation with Habitat Energy, covering two 50MW storage projects.
Due for location at Fordtown...
Western Power debuts ‘first of a kind’ flex marketplace for smaller assets
Britain’s biggest distributed network operator today reaches out to small owners of storage assets, launching its platform to trade flex capacity and set prices...
ITM Power’s half years: Orders quadrupled, cash burn slows
Securing new contracts resulted in six-month losses for hydrogen electrolyser maker ITM Power being cut back last year on 2020’s equivalent period to £...
Gresham House powers 65% ahead in 2021, stores up wealth
Sustainability and power storage investor Gresham House saw its assets under management surge 65% to £6.5 billion last year, with "exceptional" organic value growth...
“Magnetisable concrete” trialled for non-stop charging of EVs
The adapted concrete has a high magnetic permeability, thus lending itself to inductive charging as a vehicle passes above. It would open the way...
Carlton Power and Stag Energy merge to deliver infrastructure wizardry
Two of Britain’s longest established developers of energy infrastructure are joining up. Ending three decades of independence, Carlton Power and Stag Energy today plight...
Capitalise on the potential of back-up battery power
Rock Clean Energy managing director Chris Roberts discusses how to protect your operation from expensive power disruptions and manage your exposure to energy price...
At 360 MW, Teesside primed to host Europe’s biggest battery
The North-east industrial cluster of Teesside is set to be the location for a planned 360 MW battery storage system, billed as Europe's largest.
Sembcorp...
Grid-scale power storage as long as 24 hours “must reach up to 2.5 GWh...
Grid-scale capacity to store electricity for between two and 24 hours will need to rocket up 400 times on current deployments, reaching between 1.5...