Battery Storage
New projects to bring smarter grids a step closer in southern England
Partnership between Social Energy and UK Power networks to pioneer latest smart grid and energy storage project
Verkor joins race to deliver European battery gigafactory
Company backed by European engineering giants exits stealth mode with plan to deliver French gigafactories
Aceleron secures £2m boost in quest for waste-free batteries
UK developer secures investment to expand development of EV and grid storage batteries that can be repaired, reused and upgraded
Britishvolt eyes South Wales site for UK's first 'gigafactory'
Start-up working with Welsh Government to develop 30GWh battery manufacturing plant and accompanying 200MW solar farm
Shell Energy launches seasonal solar-battery storage tariff
Households with solar panels and batteries installed can earn savings on their winter bills for excess energy generated in the summer
Gore Street Capital snaps up 50MW Fife battery storage project
Ferrymuir utility-scale battery project marks the private equity investors first such investment in Scotland
'Exactly the sort of innovation water companies need to be embracing': Battery storage system installed at Preston plant
Two units "the size of shipping containers" are set to optimise onsite solar, provide power resilience and reduce emissions at the wastewater plant, which services 260,000 homes and businesses in North West England.
Statkraft seals deal to secure power from York solar-battery farm
Norwegian firm agrees deal with council-owned Warrington Renewables to buy power generated by co-located solar and battery facility
Capacity Market: CO2 limits introduced for back-up power supply contracts
Move should make it easier for battery storage and demand side response to compete for contracts, say renewable energy providers
British battery firms join forces in bid to develop UK's first gigafactory
AMTE Power and Britishvolt talk up project – reportedly worth £4bn – to feed growing demand for electric vehicles and battery storage
'Dramatic improvements': Onshore wind, solar, and battery costs plummet further worldwide
The cost of electricity from solar, onshore wind and battery storage continues downward drive, BNEF analysis shows
'Shovel-ready': Harmony Energy given green light for 50MW grid battery in Salisbury
Renewable energy developer claims it now has over 500MW of large-scale battery storage systems in its UK pipeline
'Significant slowdown': European energy storage growth falls in 2019
Total of just 1GWh of energy storage added across Europe last year due to higher competition and lower prices, trade body warns
Powervault to rollout 'virtual power plant' scheme in South London
New project follows successful trial of home battery storage system in the city, which led to cuts in both energy bills and CO2 emissions
Barnsley 'virtual power plant' battery trial delivers green grid boost
Two-year project saw 40 batteries and solar rooftop sets fitted across a cluster of homes in bid to more flexibly manage electricity
Pivot Power strikes landmark deal to build 100MW of UK battery storage
EDF's energy storage subsidiary teams up with tech firm Wärtsilä to deliver two 50MW batteries in Oxford and Kent by end of 2020
Freezing for the future: $46m boost for cryogenic energy storage pioneer Highview Power
Japanese heavy industries specialist SHI is investing in UK-based Highview Power, developer of the CRYOBattery
Shell inks deal to draw power from 'Europe's largest' battery in Wiltshire
The two 50MW batteries are located near the village of Minety in Wiltshire and are currently being developed by two Chinese state-owned companies
Could Brexit Britain let EV manufacturing opportunites slip through its fingers?
Major new report urges policy-makers to embrace demand- and supply-side incentives to drive EV innovation and manufacturing in the UK, or risk trade frictions driving economic and environmental opportunities overseas
Gower Power: Community-owned solar energy sells direct to residents in South Wales
A new energy scheme enables customers in South Wales to buy 100 per cent renewable power from a local community-owned solar farm
No more heavy metals? New IBM battery chemistry research could address mineral sourcing concerns
The design is free of cobalt, an increasingly controversial material, plus Mercedes-Benz is involved in the next phase of testing
Gridserve completes 'UK's most advanced' solar farm
Plant is first in UK to use bifacial solar panels and trackers to follow the sun, maximising electricity generation
Drax: Britain needs 10 times more energy storage capacity to hit net zero
Great Britain will need at least 30GW of energy storage to meet its climate goals, according to new research from Drax
Super-charged battery market logs 87 per cent price drop since 2010
Analysts predict battery market will be worth $116bn a year by 2030
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