Flex partners bring EV charging into grid’s STOR reserve for first time
Power storage aggregators Flexitricity say they've teamed up with a leading EV charging operator to bring vehicle-to-grid (V2G) flexibility into the National Grid’s reserve...
Hadrian’s wally: B6 boundary implicated in <£1 Bn curtailment waste, says battery firm
Faster deployment of grid-scale proven battery technology could spare Britain’s power consumers over £730 million in curtailment fees wasted annually in temporarily disconnecting Scotland’s...
Watt -erloo sunset: ambitious electricity project to speed decarbonisation of River Thames
Power storage’s expanding acronym soup of competing technologies received another ingredient this morning. On Britain's rivers, V2G may soon include “vessel-to-grid”, as an alternative...
Ministry consults on ‘energy smart’ devices to cut consumers’ bills
Energy ministry D-ESNZ today launches a view-seeking exercise, aimed at boosting users’ confidence in adopting smart devices for workplaces and homes. Embedding power flexibility...
Harmony Energy receives £10m credit facility from Triodos Bank UK
Battery storage developer Harmony Energy has received credit facility of up to £10m from sustainable bank, Triodos, to support the development of new projects...
Long-duration storage heavyweight RheEnergise drops in for Plymouth pilot
RheEnergise, UK pioneers of long-duration power storage using its patented super-dense fluid, is building its first proof-of-concept plant at a mine at Cornwood, near...
“Attendant, is this plane flying on batteries? I’m 77% persuaded, then. Maybe 100% by...
As many as 82% of British passengers would be open now to flying on a hydrogen-powered plane, and 77% would consider flying on planes...
Potting the green: Aussie-Canadian link to purge sodium sulphate from cathode making
Two firms innovating in power storage say their new collaboration can speed worldwide deployment of batteries, made cleaner and with less waste.
Chemicals-to-energy combine Worley...
Roadnight Taylor sees huge growth in grid risk services
Independent UK specialist grid consultancy, Roadnight Taylor has announced a surge in demand for its due diligence service that helps investors understand the grid...
ENW seeks spring flex contracts
Electricity North West has launched its spring 2024 contracts for flexibility services, seeking to better the £20million they secured over the past year towards...
Aggreko upscales battery investment to $200m to support the energy transition
Aggreko has increased its global investment in mobile battery energy storage solutions (BESS) to around $200m, allowing more industries to access the latest in...
Octopus & Gresham House squirt ink on world’s biggest battery leasing deal
Octopus, Britain’s largest electricity provider, has signed a record-breaking battery leasing deal with Gresham House Energy Storage Fund plc (GRID), employing the energyco’s Kraken...
Altilium & Enva partner to recycle EV battery materials
Clean metals group Altilium is teaming up with recycling specialist Enva to boost the recycling of EV batteries.
As the number of electric vehicles and...
Ørsted to pump Hornsea 3 juice into 600MWh battery near Norwich
Wind power developers Ørsted are committing to store electricity from their 1.2GW Hornsea 3 marine farm next to a substation at Swardeston, near Norwich
The...
Exploring the CPPA landscape with Neil Garland: Insights and Outlook
In recent years, the landscape of corporate Power Purchase Agreements (CPPAs) in Great Britain and Ireland has undergone significant transformation. As businesses increasingly turn...
Storage heavyweights Highview raise £300 million to bring UK’s biggest LAES battery to Manchester
Compressed gas storage specialists Highview Power have raised £300 million from investors including Centrica & the UK Infrastructure Bank to build Britain’s first grid-scale...
Electrifying! Rail pension fund extends platform, buys ticket to AGR’s returns
Pension fund managers Railpen have bought a 50% shareholding in AGR Power, a privately owned British renewable power developer, with over 1.1GW already generating...
GridBeyond to provide Battery Energy Storage Systems (BESS) to Keppel DC REIT’s data centres...
The BESS will enable the two data centres to use renewable energy to support the stability of grid operations in Ireland.
GridBeyond will be delivering...
O-I Glass and Gridbeyond establish innovative battery storage system in Alloa
Energy storage system at O-I’s Alloa, UK, plant helps balance the grid, reduces peak load, optimizes the use of renewable electricity, and increases O-I's...
Plastics, food and tyre waste could become sustainable batteries to power net-zero transition
Plastic packaging, food and paper waste, and even tyre-wear particles could help power the net-zero transition by providing a sustainable source of materials for...