By Jason Deign Doubts over the strength of the grid have called into question a USD$17.2bn plan to build 10GW of pumped hydro storage in India. Central Electricity Authority chairman SD Dubey unveiled the…
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By Jason Deign A surprise U-turn over a UK nuclear power plant has ignited debate over whether renewables, backed by storage, might not be a better alternative. Last month the UK’s new, post-Brexit administration raised…
By Jason Deign Inverter maker SMA Solar Technology yesterday confirmed commissioning of a hybrid battery, PV and diesel system covering the electricity needs of a small Caribbean island. The system will allow the 21km2,…
By Jason Deign Peer-to-peer (P2P) power supplier Open Utility is planning to pressure the UK electricity market regulator towards introducing grid-balancing measures that could include energy storage. The company, which runs an energy marketplace called…
We’ve already seen that, despite massive initial capital costs, the amount of energy needed to build a pumped hydro plant compared with its lifetime storage capacity makes it the most efficient energy storage investment in…
Germans are getting paid too little to store energy and too much to put it into the grid, says a top German scientist. Speaking to the BBC, Dr Michael Specht said that energy storers are being unfairly…
Evonik Industries has announced a lithium-electricity storage system will go into operation at STEAG’s Fenne power plant in Völklingen, Germany. The battery system is designed to accommodate 4,700 lithium-ion batteries with a storage capacity of around 700kWh…
The S&C Electric Company has recently completed a case study on the impact of a project the company undertook for Southern California Edison on Catalina Island, California. According to S&C, installing its 1MW PureWave storage…