Lithium-Ion Storage Installs Could Grow 55% Every Year Through 2022
There’s a broad consensus that the world will deploy more grid storage in the coming years than it does today, but few people agree on exactly how much more.Here’s a new prediction: Global lithium-ion battery deployments over the next five
Green tariffs offer cheaper supply for consumers as savings gap widens
Consumers can save an average of £273 by switching to a green supply from a standard variable tariff (SVT) offer by the Big Six energy suppliers as the rise in renewable electricity has meant going green has never been more
Mayor of London calls for two-year export tariff respite amid ‘deep concern’ over BEIS solar plans
Mayor of London Sadiq Khan has written to energy minister Claire Perry, expressing his deep concerns surrounding the government’s solar proposals.Days before summer recess, the Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy unveiled controversial proposals to close the export tariff
Vulnerable at-home patients to get Tesla Powerwalls
The Vermont Lower Income Trust for Electricity have provided a $150,000 grant for 100 low-income electricity customers with significant need for reliable backup power due to health and mobility issues. In 2017, after Hurricane Irma hit Florida, a nursing home
Why a Solar buyer should care about their EPC Rating
Because it can earn you money. … but perhaps your first question is what is an EPC? An EPC is an Energy Performance Certificate that tells you how energy efficient your building is, and recommends how you might increase your
BM ‘removes much of the risk’ as virtual power plant gives UK batteries new revenue streams
Battery assets have been used in the UK’s Balancing Mechanism (BM) for the first time via a virtual power plant, marking the start of what could be a new era for energy storage business models in Britain.
First battery storage site supplies electricity to National Grid Balancing Mechanism
Anesco’s Breach Farm has today become the first battery storage system to supply electricity from renewables sources to the UK National Grid Balancing Mechanism The Balancing Mechanism (BM) is one of the most important tools which National Grid uses to balance electricity supply and
Majority of UK public want to install solar panels, poll finds
More than 70% would make homes more energy efficient given government support More than half of the British public would install solar panels and home batteries to tackle climate change if there was greater assistance from the government, polling has
Projects under construction in first half of 2018 almost equal China’s total capacity so far
Energy storage projects were under construction across four provinces of China, amounting to 340.5MW of new capacity during the first half of this year in the country, according to the China Energy Storage Alliance (CNESA).