The export price of Chile’s lithium carbonate has plunged to US$10,655 per ton on average, the lowest since last Nov. and down 17.6% year-on-year and 9% sequentially, according to Chilean customs. SQM, the world’s second largest lithium supplier, notes that there is no sign for the price decline to end in the near future. Lithium […]
Energy Storage
Energy storage included in UK’s home solar feed-in tariff replacement policy
Details have emerged of the UK’s Smart Export Guarantee (SEG), which will see owners of small-scale solar facilities continue to be paid for surplus energy sent to the grid, aiming to close the policy gap left by the end of feed-in tariffs (FiTs), by the end of 2019. Details of the SEG have been much-awaited […]
Scottish Power to build vast battery to improve wind energy supply
Energy firm says project will be big step towards continuous renewable power for UK Scottish Power is to undertake the most ambitious battery power project in Europe in an attempt to unlock the potential of the UK’s wind and solar farms. The company will connect an industrial-scale battery, the size of half a football pitch, […]
MP Power Management invites bids for 500 MW grid-scale energy storage
Out of Madhya Pradesh’s total installed power capacity of 19,796 MW as of January 2019, 3,827 MW (19.3%) are from renewable energy sources The tender invites expressions of interest from domestic and global players to discuss the solutions possible Mumbai: The MP Power Management Company, the Madhya Pradesh government’s holding firm for three power distribution […]
Generac Acquires Pika Energy, Enters Energy Storage Market
WAUKESHA, Wis.: Generac Holdings Inc. (NYSE: GNRC) (“Generac” or the “Company”), a global leader in the design and manufacture of a wide range of residential, commercial and industrial power products, announced today the Company has acquired Pika Energy, Inc., a manufacturer of innovative battery storage technologies that capture and store solar or grid power for […]
Lithium Batteries Increasingly Used as UPSs in Datacenters Due to High Cost-Performance Ratio, Says TrendForce
As the datacenter market continues to grow, UPS demand receives a boost. According to statistics by EnergyTrend , a division of TrendForce , sealed lead acid (SLA) batteries remain the most widely used UPSs for datacenters. Yet lithium batteries possess advantages such as a long lifespan, quick charge/discharge speeds and a small volume, and are […]
Large-scale battery prevents Dutch wind farm’s power from being wasted
A 10MW battery energy storage system (BESS), which will allow a 24MW wind farm to keep generating energy even in times of oversupply, officially went into service today near Rotterdam, the Netherlands. The old stereotype of Holland as a country of windmills holds particularly true in this northerly region, where the old kind of windmills have been […]
NYPA, Westchester County develop solar arrays, energy storage
The New York Power Authority is partnering with Westchester County to develop and implement solar photovoltaic and energy storage systems at seven county-owned properties, including bus garages, the Westchester County Courthouse and Hilltop Hanover Farm. The new systems are expected to offset more than 2,800 tons of greenhouse gases each year, which is equivalent to […]
Cloud cover: Going 100% renewable with Q CELLS’ supply solutions
The business of supplying energy is changing rapidly. As we saw a few weeks ago from Solar Media UK Editor Liam Stoker’s piece, ‘Power to the people’, an increasingly diverse range of actors are joining the retail energy market, from Shell, through a wave of clean and smart power acquisitions, to the likes of solar […]
US energy storage market sees 232% year-on-year growth
Dive Brief: The U.S. energy storage market set a growth record in Q1 of this year, deploying 148.8 MW, a 232% increase from Q1 2018, and a 6% jump from Q4 2018, according to the latest Wood Mackenzie U.S. Energy Storage Monitor. Behind-the-meter storage made up 46% of Q1 2019 deployments, representing a 138% growth from […]