Batteries are now one of a “huge variety of distributed energy assets capable of providing flexible capacity to the network”, but failure to manage them correctly will limit the market opportunities available, as well as the lifetime of the systems themselves, the data science head of UK flexible energy tech company Open Energi has said. […]
Shell’s industrial customers in Ontario to be offered Convergent’s BTM battery storage
Ontario’s policy of rewarding large users of energy that reduce their demand for grid energy at peak times has resulted in Shell New Energies announcing 21MWh of projects with Convergent Energy + Power. US-Canadian project developer Convergent has been involved in some of the Canadian province’s biggest energy storage projects to date, many of which […]
Nippon Koei targets 100MW of UK battery projects with energy storage JV
Nippon Koei, one of Japan’s largest engineering firms, has formed a joint venture with a British battery storage firm to construct two 50MW behind-the-meter energy storage projects in the UK. Nippon Koei revealed earlier this week that its Netherlands-based Nippon Koei Energy Europe (NKEE) subsidiary had partnered with RNA Energy to establish two special purpose […]
Overcoming uncertainty: UK energy storage market trends
The fourth annual UK Energy Storage Summit gathered industry professionals in the heart of London last week. The two-day event saw a wide range of topics discussed, debated, and disagreed upon, from regulatory issues to the Capacity Market to the rising demand for flexibility. In a Q&A with Energy-Storage.news, Solar Media Market Research analyst Lauren Cook […]