Plummeting solar-plus-storage costs could help electrify millions worldwide by facilitating a ten-fold explosion of mini-grid systems, a new report from the World Bank has said. The 19,000 mostly hydro- and diesel-based mini-grids that power 47 million people today could boom to 210,000 systems powering 490 million by 2030, according to the institution. Its report said […]
Energy Storage
Which energy storage technology is going to power Australia’s future?
Recent events in Australia indicate a growing appetite for renewable energy and energy storage in the energy sector. Pumped hydro, thermal energy storage, hydrogen—which form of storage will reign supreme Down Under? New regulations and a growing share of renewables are changing the way the electricity market operates in Australia, opening up a playground for […]
Sungrow adds to +700 ESS system deliveries with 30MW Germany project
Sungrow, best known as a maker of solar inverters, has been awarded a contract to supply complete energy storage systems (ESS) to a 30MW / 30MWh project in Germany, split across three sites. The company is by various metrics a market leader in the global supply of solar inverters for larger-scale applications. In a recent […]
Omnidian finishes series A, Turtle tackles storage: pvMB 6/26/19
Hello one and all and welcome to your Wednesday pvMB. Today we’ll be taking a look at ENGIE’s 2 MW battery at the San Diego Airport, Standard solar’s acquisition of a project in Vermont, the solar education efforts of an Ohio paper and more! Turtle & Hughes enters energy storage market – Turtle and Hughes, the […]
Highview Power Wins Top Honour at Ashden Awards for Energy Innovation
CRYOBattery’s giga-scale energy storage technology enables 100% renewable energy future LONDON: Highview Power, the global leader in long-duration energy storage solutions, announced today that it has won the 2019 Ashden Award for Energy Innovation with its proprietary CRYOBattery™ technology. Highview Power’s innovative giga-scale, long-duration energy storage technology provides the flexibility and storage capacity necessary for […]
Need to focus on grid-connected storage policy for investment in battery technology: Experts
Power sector experts Thursday stressed the need for announcing a 100 GW grid-connected storage programme that will help India attract investments in battery technology space. The views came forth at a conference in the national capital. The experts and industry players were on the same page for India taking lead over other countries in setting […]
AES Breaks Ground on 400 MWh Energy Storage Project in Southern California
Fluence Battery Storage System to Provide Sustainable, Reliable Energy for Southern California Edison Customers LONG BEACH, Calif.: AES Alamitos, a subsidiary of The AES Corporation (NYSE: AES), announces the groundbreaking of a 400 megawatt-hour (MWh) battery-based energy storage system for Alamitos Energy Center (AEC) as part of a larger modernization and replacement project of the […]
Government to float tender for gravity storage; foreign firms keen on prospects
India is planning to float a tender for setting up gravity storage plants, inviting firms with mechanical storage expertise to bid for it. International gravity-based storage companies like EnergyVault, Gravitricity and Gravity Storage Inc have already shown interest. New Delhi: The Ministry of New and Renewable Energy (MNRE) is planning to float a tender inviting […]
Sungrow Bags Supply Contract with Smart Power for a 30MW/30MWh Energy Storage Project in Germany
MUNICH, Germany: Sungrow, the global leading inverter solution supplier for renewables, signed a contract with general contractor and developer company Smart Power for the supply of energy storage systems for a 30MW/30MWh project in Germany. The project demonstrates another significant milestone that Sungrow made for European energy storage markets in the wake of the supply […]
San Diego International Airport and ENGIE Storage Contract to Further Airport’s Strategic Energy Initiative
2 MW/4 MWh GridSynergy Energy Storage System is the First Airport Installation in the United States SANTA CLARA, Calif. & SAN DIEGO: ENGIE Storage today announced that San Diego International Airport (SAN) is the first airport in the United States to install one of its battery energy storage systems. The 2 MW/4 MWh GridSynergy® energy […]