Industrial strategy sets sights on ‘world-leading’ smart energy systems
(REPOST: Clean Energy) The government’s new industrial strategy has made local smart energy systems one of its priority areas of development.
Electric vehicles could add 11GW of grid flexibility by 2030
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BNEF predicts 305GWh of energy storage worldwide by 2030
(REPOST: PV-Tech)The rise of energy storage will enjoy a similarly meteoric trajectory to that enjoyed by solar PV deployment in the past and could reach 305GWh of installations by 2030, BNEF has predicted.
Blockchain-powered P2P energy trading on trial at Britain’s biggest social housing PV installation
(REPOST: PV-Tech)Verv, an energy monitoring and AI company, has laid claim to launching the UK’s first energy trading community at a housing estate in Hackney, East London.
Centrica wants to aggregate 100 household battery systems into UK ‘Local Energy Market’ trial
(REPOST: Energy Storage News)British-headquartered multinational utility Centrica will “most likely” install up to 100 residential energy storage batteries in selected homes in Cornwall in the south-west of England, alongside new installs of solar panels – if they are not already in place – as part of its local energy market (LEM) programme.
Eelpower commissions first 10MWh battery on path to ‘battery energy storage utility’
(REPOST: Clean Energy News) Eelpower has commissioned a 10MW battery storage project, backed with both frequency response and capacity market contracts, in the first of a new pipeline of projects being planned by the company over the next decade.
BATTERY STORAGE IS POISED TO RECHARGE THE UK’S ENERGY SECTOR OVER THE NEXT YEAR
(REPOST: CityAM)The National Grid said this summer was the greenest ever, offshore wind became cheaper than new nuclear and the country’s first subsidy-free solar farm opened.
Butterfly wings inspire solar cell efficiency
(REPOST: The Engineer)Researchers at the Karlsruhe Institute of Technology in Germany have been working on improving the efficiency of thin-film solar cells, a technology which is promising for lower cost photovoltaic installations. They have been inspired by the common rose butterfly, Pachliopta aristolochiae, widespread in India and Southeast Asia, which has deep black wings, indicating
Dutch zero-emission trains to combine biofuel with battery storage
(REPOST: Edie.Net)A batch of zero-emission trains that combine regenerative electrification technology with renewable diesel have been scheduled for commercialisation for 2025, after a pan-European passenger transport firm signed a €170m contract to manufacture the vehicles in the Netherlands.
Danish Tech Firm Looks to Batteries for Integrated Wind-Plus-Storage Solution
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