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Lower carbon heat: Are we on the right path?
The power sector is making progress on decarbonisation. The transport sector seems to be opting primarily for electrification. What about heat?
The Energyst is surveying...
Shell signs PPA with England’s largest solar farm
Shell has signed a deal to buy all of the power from England's largest solar park, the 69.8MW Bradenstoke development, once RAF Lyneham, near Swindon.
The deal...
Farmers offered grants for 40% of cost of battery storage systems
Farmers are being offered government grants that enable them to claim up to 40% of the cost of a battery storage system.
They can also...
Battery storage firm BESS lands £28.5m to build 100MW portfolio
Battery Energy Storage Solutions (BESS) has secured £28.5 million in project finance funding from Santander Corporate & Commercial.
The firm will use the money to...
Engie and Macquarie invest £3m in EV battery storage firm
Engie and Macquarie Group have invested £3m in Connected Energy, a firm which uses spent battery packs from electric vehicles to create on-site energy...
UK renewables capacity hits 39GW
Installed renewable capacity hit 38.9GW in the third quarter of 2017, latest government figures show, up 4.4GW year on year.
Of that total, solar PV...
VLC Energy connects 50MW battery storage portfolio
VLC Energy has connected 50MW of battery storage.
The firm, a joint venture between developer Low Carbon and VPI Immingham, has two main sites: the...
Better weather data and insurance hedges required for post-subsidy solar?
Post subsidies, solar developers have to double down on costs and seek other revenue streams to make project economics stack up. Some are now...
Solar developers get green light for 10MW battery storage scheme in Perthshire
Distributed energy firm Capbal has secured planning consent from Perth & Kinross Council for its first 10MW/5MWh battery storage unit in Scotland.
The Braco project...
Battery storage cut down to size as gigawatts qualify for capacity market
Firms planning gigawatts of battery storage are weighing up new derating factors published by government that will make short duration assets less valuable in...
Battery storage company lands £50m to expand 60MW portfolio, seeks I&C firms
Battery Energy Storage Solutions (BESS) has raised a £50M equity investment by a group of investors led by New York based Tiger Infrastructure Partners.Â
The firm...
Eelpower commissions 10MW battery storage plant, plans 150MW
Eelpower has commissioned its 10MW Leverton battery storage facility near Lincoln. The firm has a 15-year capacity market contract starting 2020 and secured a...
Energy storage: RedT and Centrica connect 1MWh flow machines in Cornwall
Energy storage firm RedT has connected 1MWh of flow machines to the grid as part of its project with Centrica in North Cornwall.Â
The company...
Battery storage: Where’s the smart money?
Investors want to support battery storage, but there are significant challenges to negotiate. Brendan Coyne reports
As an enabler of greater renewables penetration, “storage is...
NEC Energy Solutions appoints new CEO, eyes fifteen-fold energy storage growth
Energy storage giant, NEC Energy Solutions, has appointed Steve Fludder as CEO .
Fludder, a one-time global sales and marketing boss at Samsung Engineering and...
Aurora: Battery storage, DSR and peaking plant to hit 25GW
Consultancy Aurora predicts 10% year-on-year growth of flexible generation, taking installed capacity to more than 25GW by 2030.
While there are risks to that forecast,...
Battery storage report: Risks, rewards and business cases
Businesses surveyed by The Energyst have significant appetite for battery storage, but revenue visibility and regulatory uncertainty are investment barriers.
Half of firms surveyed said...
Solar and storage must bow to grid king
Solar and storage could be the next bull market. But only projects with sufficient import-export capacity make economic sense. Hugh Taylor, of grid rights...
Doncaster and Islington launch local energy companies via Robin Hood
Nottingham's Robin Hood Energy will partner two new white label operations. Islington Council's Angelic Energy launched this week while Doncaster's Great North Energy launches...
Kiwi Power to build 4MW battery storage facility in South Wales
Kiwi Power is to build a 4MW battery storage unit at Cenin Renewables' Bridgend site in South Wales.
The 4MW battery will sit within Cenin’s...