Tesla Hikes Powerwall Prices to Better Reflect ‘Value’
The global price adjustment comes as Tesla struggles to keep up with Powerwall demand.
Grid trading and off-peak incentives to spark ‘huge growth’ for residential storage in 2019
The rise of grid trading and off-peak tariffs, rather than the closure of the feed-in tariff and potentially the export tariff, will see the domestic storage market experience “huge growth” over 2019 according to SolaX’s European product manager ahead of next week’s Solar & Storage Live.
Tesla Powerwall 2 battery prices jump, as production focuses on Model 3 EV
Tesla is no doubt throwing all its efforts at ramping up production of its electric vehicles sales, particularly the Model 3, as it seeks to allay concerns about production, and stop the drain in cash resources and finally move to profitability.The efforts look like paying off, at least in the short term, with Tesla delivering
A third of UK businesses have invested in onsite battery storage, survey reveals
One in three UK-based businesses have installed onsite battery storage facilities at one or more of their sites, a new survey of 1,000 utility managers has revealed.
Electric car batteries’ ‘second life’ could be a clean energy game-changer
China plans to dominate the $550 billion battery market through a recycling monopoly.
How Your Battery Will Sell Energy to Your Neighbor’s Car
The system for behind-the-meter device-to-device transactions is due out in a year.
Study Shows Strong Growth for Behind the Meter Energy Storage
Storage equipment market is expected to hit $4.6 billion and 3.9 GW in annual new deployments by 2023.
‘Staying alive’: How solar-plus-storage, VPPs and new building standards can drive UK solar
Solar-plus-storage installs and virtual power plant roll-outs are providing a route to market for installers even in the absence of feed-in tariffs.That is the verdict of ex-Tesla and Trina Solar stalwart Ben Hill, who has recently joined virtual power plant (VPP) specialist Solo Energy as commercial and technical advisor to assist in the company’s VPP
Battery material shortage pushes developers to shift li-ion chemistries
Recent changes in the economics of the energy storage are causing a shift in the market for lithium-ion batteries, which could accentuate China’s position in the global energy storage market.Surging demand has led to a shortage of nickel manganese cobalt (NMC) batteries, giving lithium iron phosphate (LFP) batteries a chance to gain market share.
Residential overtakes quarterly utility deployment in US for the first time
The US deployed 42% megawatts more energy storage in the second quarter of this year than in the first, with residential installations overtaking utility deployments for the first time.The latest edition of ‘US Energy storage monitor’, a quarterly report produced by Wood Mackenzie Power & Renewables (formerly known as GTM Research), also found that the