Interview: Tekna CEO Luc Dionne’s $1bn battery plan
BY BEN COOK: How can more energy storage capacity be connected to national power grids? Tekna Plasma Systems CEO Luc Dionne has a plan…
UK
Pacific Green’s Gareth Dauley: ‘The UK is one of the most advanced storage markets’
BY BEN COOK: Pacific Green will play a huge role in rolling out storage in the UK in the coming years. The company has made a splash by signing an agreement to develop up to 1.1GW of battery energy storage systems in the UK…
Need for speed: Storage growth accelerates
BY BEN COOK: The rise of energy storage in the UK and US shows no sign of stopping. New data covering both markets demonstrates the sector’s dramatic growth. And the good news for energy storage…
Interview: Richard Braakenburg from SUSI Partners
BY BEN COOK: UK energy storage is hotting up. Private fund manager SUSI Partners this week entered the market. And while institutional investors’ involvement in storage is currently limited, it is only a matter…
Urgent steps needed to embrace green hydrogen
BY CHARLES YATES, MANAGING DIRECTOR, CMY CONSULTANTS: Europe is leading a green hydrogen revolution that is gaining pace worldwide. Global consultancy Afry has identified ten large green hydrogen projects in development in eight western European…
Interview: We talk to ILI Group about unlocking storage in Loch Ness
BY RICHARD HEAP: Something’s moving in Loch Ness. It’s very long with only 10% visible to the naked eye. It’s sparked fierce debate and global attention. And it doesn’t physically exist. Well, not yet anyway….
We speak to Harmony Energy’s CEO Peter Kavanagh
BY RICHARD HEAP: Ten years ago, the solar industry mainly meant rooftops. Five years ago, a big move to utility-scale solar was ongoing. Today, we see the results in both costs and capacity. We are…
Key ECJ ruling should improve prospects for storage in Europe
BY RICHARD HEAP: My beloved UK spent the second half of last week convulsed in political drama after the publication of Prime Minister Theresa May’s draft Brexit deal with the European Union. Resignations, howls of…