The EStor-Lux battery site in south Belgium fully launched commercial activity in December and has successfully participated in grid frequency auctions.
The first awards of funding designed to “turbocharge” UK projects developing long-duration energy storage technologies have been made by the country’s government, with £6.7 million (US$9.11 million) pledged.
Investors are becoming increasingly comfortable with energy storage as an asset class but numerous regulatory and market design hurdles remain across European markets.
Standalone storage, demand from commercial and industrial (C&I) customers and new types of grid services will increasingly help drive growth in energy storage in the coming years, but the future mix between battery-based and alternative storage types is still unclear.
Liam Stoker and Andy Colthorpe return for the February 2022 episode of the Solar Media Podcast.
Grid operators from across Europe believe energy storage is a vital flexibility resource that should be incentivised.
Zenobē Energy has started construction of a 300MW/600MWh battery energy storage project in Blackhillock, Scotland.
Long-duration energy storage was firmly on the agenda and among the talking points of attendees at Energy Storage Summit EU in London.
The battery storage industry can learn lessons on how to approach fire safety from more established sectors as it works to develop standards.
CIP and Amberside Energy have partnered to develop a 2GW portfolio of solar and battery storage projects across the UK.
