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.
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 demand in real-time.
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).
In a recent blog post, Energy Storage Association (ESA) Vice President of Policy Jason Burwen argued that storage resources can help create a cleaner overall energy mix.
I was delighted to be invited by Mike Dilke of Relaxback UK to join him in a radio discussion together with Chris Jardine, the Technical Director at JoJu Solar. RelaxBackUK Show (Image: RelaxBack) We covered a range of topics relating to electric cars, the impact on infrastructure and the evolving development of
The deadline of 3rd December is approaching for submitting your grant application to receive up to £1,000,000 grant funding to support a battery storage system that increases farm productivity. Now is the perfect time to develop a proposal that improves your farm and maximises the support from DEFRA.
If you are wondering what the new energy revolution really holds, then this is a great overview from the Australian ABCTV television channel.
One of the UK’s largest wind farm developers is preparing to charge up its first major battery storage project to help stabilise Britain’s power grid as more turbines begin to spin.Denmark’s Ørsted, formerly known as Dong Energy, is nearing completion of the world’s largest wind farm and from next month will become one of Britain’s
There are three primary benefits of energy storage: Access to lower priced electricity Retention of surplus self generated electricity Emergency power supply However, this can look many different ways. At a recent presentation*, we had an interesting view of the main applications of battery storage that may help explain some of the questions. In this
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