Energy Storage: A Critical Player in a Cleaner Grid
When it comes to truly transformative energy technologies, energy storage should be on the short list. While it feels like there is never any good news these days, energy storage is shattering records, meeting milestones, and writing its own good-news
Government keen to avoid FiT ‘bonanza’ as consultation looks set for further delay
The government is keen to avoid a “bonanza” of people “gaming the system” as it continues to mull a replacement for the small-scale feed-in tariff scheme.However the industry looks set for yet more time in the dark as a public
Beyond Bitcoin: how blockchains can empower communities to control their own energy supply
As the cost of solar panels, wind generation and battery storage falls, individual households and consumers are increasingly generating their own electricity, becoming less reliant on the power grid.
Solar could be UK’s ‘dominant’ source of power by 2030
Solar PV could be the UK’s most significant power generation technology by as early as 2030, with 33GW of installed capacity, according to National Grid.Today’s Future Energy Scenarios release, which sees the transmission system operator evaluate and model different scenarios
The year of large-scale storage: UK’s new capacity to top 500MW in 2018
Halfway through 2018 and large-scale battery storage in the UK has reached over 450MW installed capacity, with around 250MW being completed this year alone. This is made up of projects bigger than 1MW, including larger behind the meter projects that
Are Two Inverters Better Than One?
One vs Two Inverters There are two main approaches to Inverters when installing a solar and battery system in the home, and there are pros and cons to each. This blog highlights the main advantages
Grab the ‘golden opportunity’ to go green: UK urged to ditch nuclear in favour of renewables
The National Infrastructure Commission (NIC) has urged the government to take up the “golden opportunity” to go green and ditch its nuclear vision in favour of cheaper renewables.The recommendation comes within the UK’s first ever National Infrastructure Assessment, in effect
Home storage sales rocket
Australia’s energy and environment minister has hailed the country’s accelerating residential energy storage sales as a report has emerged from Chief Scientist Dr Alan Finkel which says the “financial equation is straightforward” for adding batteries to home PV systems.Finkel’s office
What drove 2017’s record-breaking Storage deployment figures?
Clean energy news coverage often focuses on the successes and big strides taken forward by the industry in ‘record-breaking terms’: “world’s biggest battery,” “first hybrid to combine storage with x” and so on.