The installation, which is due to be completed by the end of this year, will mark the first ever deployment of battery storage in combination with offshore wind.
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BEIS did not follow the correct procedure when putting forward plans to lower the de-rating factors for some batteries, according to consultancy firm Cornwall Insight.
BEIS rebuked over capacity market rule change for batteries Read More »
Independent battery storage operator, Zenobe Energy, will use batteries with 10MW capacity, in its King Barn facility in Sussex to provide a reactive power service to National Grid ESO, via UK Power Networks’ distribution network.
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Networks cannot always rely upon the market to provide the storage services they require at the lowest cost, according to director of strategy and regulation Suleman Alli.
Barring network-owned storage will raise bills, says UKPN Read More »
Northern Powergrid’s two-year distributed storage and solar study into smart home batteries shows that energy storage systems could reduce the impact of domestic solar on the network by 20%.
Batteries enable 25% renewables boost at peak Read More »
The £19 million Local Energy Market trial has been developed to support the stability of Cornwall’s grid, which is increasingly constrained due to the high penetration of renewables in the county.
Batteries installed in 100 homes as part of local energy trial Read More »
There has been much written in the trade press recently about whether (or not) distribution network operators (DNOs) and distribution system operators (DSOs) should own storage, as well as their requirement for flexibility to help create ‘the smart grid’ – a system fit for the new power landscape.
A level playing field Read More »
The funding, which has been announced by the Faraday Institution, will see four UK-based consortia conduct application-inspired research aimed at overcoming battery challenges to accelerate the electric vehicle (EV) revolution.
£42m funding for energy storage research Read More »
