The Intertubes are ablaze with news that the Earth holds 530,000 potential sites for pumped hydro energy storage in its hot little hands. If that sounds too good to be true, well, maybe. The devil is in the details. On the other hand, the number-crunching does indicate that a massive amount of energy storage capacity […]
Energy Storage
Another breakthrough for energy storage? Innovative auctions made prices plummet.
Rapid and low-cost development of renewables can reduce greenhouse gas emissions, but a lack of affordable energy storage is one factor preventing wind, solar and other clean energy sources from dominating the energy mix. That could change with the use of an innovative procurement method that’s generating excitement in the electricity sector: reverse auctions. Storage […]
Constant Energy eyes storage in 50MW Thailand C&I solar deal
Thailand-based clean energy developer and investor Constant Energy has signed a Memorandum of Understanding with one of Thailand’s largest companies, Siam Cement Group (SCG Cement), to deploy 50MW of C&I solar PV plants, with the company chief planning for an energy storage component on many of the projects. Franck Constant, CEO of Constant Energy, told […]
Energy for Renewal
It hardly needs to be emphasised that water is a scarce and endangered resource with both rivers and groundwater in India running dry. Thus most atomic power stations are located near the sea, changing the ecology of the shoreline and also driving away fishermen. The news that India has signed up for the import of […]
Florida Power & Light’s Huge Solar-Plus-Storage System the ‘New Norm’ for Utilities
The NextEra-owned utility’s 409-megawatt Manatee Energy Storage Center will be powered by utility-scale solar. Florida Power & Light, the utility owned by NextEra Energy, said it plans to build a 409-megawatt energy storage project to be powered by utility-scale solar, among the largest battery systems announced to date in the U.S. Expected to be up […]
Italy Seen Needing Energy Storage to Deliver on Pollution Pledge
Grid operator Terna seeks ways to balance renewables boom Pumped hydro plants likely to provide most storage capacity Italy must more than double its capacity to store electricity if it wants to slash pollution from burning fossil fuels, the head of the nation’s power transmission network said. Terna SpA Chief Executive Officer Luigi Ferraris said Italy […]
India Installs Its First Grid-Scale Battery Storage System
India’s first grid-scale battery-based energy storage system was launched in February. The 10-MW system is owned by AES Corp. and Mitsubishi Corp., and operated by Tata Power Delhi Distribution Ltd. (Tata Power-DDL). The project (Figure 3) is located at a Rohini, Delhi, substation operated by Tata Power-DDL and designed to provide grid stabilization, better peak-load […]
A solar array on every roof, an (EV) car in every garage, and a battery in every basement
Stefan Paris is a 55-year-old radiologist living in Berlin’s outer suburbs. He, his partner, and their three-year-old daughter share a snug, two-story house with a pool. The Parises, who are expecting a second child, are neither wealthy nor environmental firebrands. Yet the couple opted to spend $36,000 for a home solar system consisting of 26 […]
Florida utility plans world’s largest battery combined with solar
Major US utility Florida Power & Light Company (FPL) is planning to build the world’s largest battery energy storage system adjacent to an existing solar power plant, with plans to roll out multiple other storage systems across the state. With the key proposed battery standing at 409MW capacity, the Florida energy company claims it will […]
Cryogenic storage: €1bn JV to take ‘versatile, environmentally friendly’ systems to new territories
Liquid air energy storage (LAES), so far only deployed at scale at two sites in England, will be available in a number of new territories after manufacturer Highview Power signed a deal claimed to be worth €1 billion (US$1.12 billion). Highview Power, headquartered in the UK, said earlier this month that it has signed a […]