The capabilities of lithium-ion battery storage in providing long-duration energy storage to global energy systems should not be overlooked, write Kotub Uddin and Sam Secher of Envision.
As Europe’s BESS industry matures, project owner-operators are taking on more control – and risk – when it comes to procuring technology and services for their projects.
Fire safety should always be the BESS industry’s top priority and there are effective steps to achieve it, writes Angus Moodie, engineering manager at consultancy Enertis Applus+.
We caught up with the CEO and strategy director of ‘green flexibility’, a German BESS operator platform whose management team is largely made up of executives formerly from home energy and VPP firm sonnen.
The Gore Street Energy Storage Fund (GSF) was one of the early movers in the UK BESS industry and now has operational assets in Great Britain (GB), Ireland, Germany, Texas and California.
The energy storage market in Italy has unique characteristics that mean more risk-averse investment funds will be able to enter, but upcoming auctions could be very competitive, driving down clearing prices, a director at consultancy Timera Energy said.
Grid constraints have prevented Chile from maximising the potential of its world-class solar resources. Energy storage has, therefore, become a necessity to ensure the financial viability of PV projects.
