Anesco and Limejump to build 185 MW UK storage portfolio
Renewable energy developer Anesco will partner with Limejump – which operates one of Europe’s largest aggregated battery networks – to develop the capacity, which is expected to be online by the end of 2018.
Eneco and Mitsubishi build 48 MW battery in Germany
The storage system EnspireME is expected to become operational by the end of this year. Through an additional pilot project, surplus power from local wind plants will be managed and stored.
Dynavolt opens 6 GWh lithium battery production plant in China
The China-headquartered developer of batteries has inaugurated its new €400 million factory in the southern Chinese Province of Fujian that will specialize in the production of lithium-based batteries for C&I applications and electric vehicles.
Sumitomo installs 125 kW redox flow battery in Taiwan
The Japanese electrical equipment supplier provided the battery to Taiwan Power Research Institute, which will pair the system with variable renewables such as solar in a pilot project.
Storage in store: battery pipeline reaches 3.4 GW in Q1, reports IHS Markit
Latest data from market analysts IHS Markit reveals a utility-scale global battery storage pipeline of 3.4 GW – a figure double that of last year and a growth that can trace its roots to rising demand in China and Asia.
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Trump declares war on clean energy, Tesla hurtles the other way down the fast lane towards a solar future, SolarWorld lays out its cost-cutting plans, and Algeria’s bold PV goals raise concerns.
Time is working for storage, as prices keep sinking
Video interview: Andreas Piepenbrink, CEO of German residential storage system provider E3/DC, explains at the Energy Storage Europe 2017 how the storage market is progressing in and out of Germany.
US flow battery specialist ViZn Energy awarded 1 MWh storage contract in India
The Texas-headquartered firm will provide grid stability for Power Grid Corporation of India Limited in Puducherry with its flow battery systems.
Redox flow batteries on the rise
Video interview: prices for redox flow batteries are sinking, while installed capacity increases steadily. Lorenzo Grande, technology analyst at IDTechEx, explains here the opportunities and limitations of flow technologies, and how the related market will likely develop.
Power grids will be increasingly stabilized by storage systems
Video interview: Holger Ziegler, Senior Consultant at DNV GL, explains at the Energy Storage Europe 2017 why the stabilizing of electricity grids will boost the storage market, and also discusses the future prospects for this business model.
