The first significant installation of Tesla ‘Powerpack’ batteries in Europe by Camborne Energy Storage was formally opened by Baroness Neville Rolfe this morning on site in Somerset First ‘grid scale’ Tesla battery storage solution in Europe opened in Somerset Combined solar and battery installation has the capacity to provide power…

A trial of the largest grid-scale battery in Britain has proved it can potentially transform the energy grid and play a major role in the transition towards a low-carbon economy. The ‘big battery’, designed and run by UK Power Networks and based in Leighton Buzzard, Bedfordshire, stores energy when demand…

Nidec ASI and German utility STEAG have inaugurated one of the world’s largest battery energy storage system (BESS) projects today. Nidec ASI’s six large energy storage systems, with a total capacity of 90MW, are facilitating STEAG in its stabilization of Germany’s power grid. The official commissioning of the project, attended…

LEIDEN/PETTEN – The Energy research Centre of the Netherlands (ECN) has developed a new technology that increases the storage capacity of rechargeable batteries by 50 per cent. With this technology, the range of electric vehicles (EVs) can be increased, batteries in smartphones, laptops and other electronic devices will last longer,…

Last October, a catastrophic rupture in the Aliso Canyon natural gas reservoir caused a methane gas spill that displaced more than 8,000 Californians and released an unprecedented 1.6 million pounds of methane into the atmosphere. Today, the Aliso Canyon leak is considered the worst in U.S. history, with aggregate greenhouse…

Neckarsulm, 6. October 2016 – KACO new energy has signed a deal with the Turkish Aldo Grup to supply inverters having a total capacity of 50 megawatts. The blueplanet 50.0 TL3 INT units from the Germany-based manufacturer are to be used in a range of projects to be financed and…

Energy Storage for Microgrids Market analyzed the Industry region, including the product price, profit, capacity, production, capacity utilization, supply, demand and industry growth rate etc. In the end, the report introduced new project SWOT analysis, investment feasibility analysis, and investment return analysis to 2021 Fior Markets has announced the addition…

Energy Storage: The Way Ahead for Renewables Summary The renewable energy industry faces several hurdles in its path to deployment, such as the intermittent nature of renewable technologies, its inability to support base load demand for power, and the lack of grid infrastructure capable of handling renewable energy technologies. The…

The AES Corporation (NYSE: AES) today announced its subsidiary, AES Energy Storage, has entered into two contracts with San Diego Gas and Electric (SDG&E). AES will install and commission two energy storage arrays totalling 37.5 MW using its Advancion® energy storage solution at sites in San Diego County, California. The…

New coverage includes global solar energy equipment market demand by type and region, competitive environment, equipment markets breakdown, and forecasts through 2020. This report presents a detailed overview of the global market for solar energy equipment markets by type, total consumption value, demand trends, end-user markets, regions, and analysis of…