Energy Storage News

The importance of South Africa as an energy storage market

Could South Africa be an important energy storage market in the making?

A change in president could signal a new era for energy storage in South Africa. New leader Cyril Ramaphosa is expected to restart a previously...

How Can Energy Storage Systems Reduce Investment Expenditure for TSOs/DSOs?

Our demand for energy continues to grow – and while generation has kept up with demand, infrastructure improvements have lagged behind. Bringing grid infrastructure to...

Hybrid energy storage: Are combined solutions gaining ground?

Combining component parts into hybrid systems to reap the benefits has always been an attractive prospect. In the past years, successful projects have come online...

What lessons can be learnt from the UK’s latest Capacity Auction?

This month’s UK capacity market auction left a bitter taste in the mouths of optimistic developers, with final prices low enough to discourage new developments...

What technologies are being explored to cut costs for bulk energy storage?

Making energy storage cheaper is a key goal of a horde of companies. But how are they looking to store energy at much larger –...

South Australian Virtual Power Plant could be 30% cheaper than grid power, says report

Tesla and the South Australian government announced in early February that they were planning the largest “virtual power plant” (VPP) in the world. The VPP...

Energy storage systems for C&I: Quantifying the market potential

C&I: A growing energy storage market In 2017, only 4.3% of battery storage deployment could be classified as for commercial and industrial (C&I) use. Nevertheless,...

Could post-disaster battery demand increase impact utilities?

Thousands of Floridians sheltered in 115 schools powered by solar-plus-storage in the aftermath of Hurricane Irma, able to charge their mobile phones to call their...

Approval given for huge 100 MW/380 MWh battery storage facility at Victoria, Australia solar project

Total Eren, the partnership between Total, one of the world’s fossil fuel majors and renewable energy company EREN RE, has stated that it’s recently announced...