Battery Storage
'Europe's largest': Zenobe plots 'pioneering' 100MW battery project near Chester
Zenobe claims Battery will be largest grid-connected battery in Europe and first to absorb reactive power directly from a transmission network
Coal loses out in latest auction for winter back-up grid supply contracts
Capacity Market clears at record high price of £45/kW with gas, demand side response, and battery storage projects sweeping up lion's share of contracts
Bulb co-founder steps down to focus on battery storage venture
Amit Gudka 'compelled to look further into exciting and emerging field' of energy storage but will remain on boards of Bulb and its charity foundation
RenewableUK: UK battery storage pipeline hits 16GW
Trade body charts rapid rise of battery storage market and growth of less-established storage technologies in update to Energy Storage Project Intelligence Report
Could emerging market EV boom herald the 'end of the oil era'?
Latest Carbon Tracker report explores how surging demand for EVs in China and India are set to make a massive dent in forecast oil demand throughout the 2020s
Charged up: Zenobe Energy secures £150m to support battery and EV roll out
Funding boost gives company access to around £450m to accelerate deployment of energy storage and EV infrastructure
UK battery production 'centre of excellence' charges up in Coventry
The £130m UK Battery Industrialisation Centre (UKBIC) has been funded by the government and West Midlands councils
Energy storage: Global capacity predicted to surge by a third every year in 2020s
The consultancy predicts that US and China will drive global growth in cumulative energy storage capacity, which should top 740GWh by the end of the decade
'Truly revolutionary': Elon Musk hails Tesla battery breakthrough
Billionaire offers glimpse of EV firm's efforts to develop cheaper, more efficient battery cells at Tesla's AGM
Cornish mining firm finds 'globally significant' lithium grades beneath county
Cornish Lithium Ltd announces preliminary results of geothermal sampling as it announces plans for further fundraising round
Giant battery storage project secures site near Bristol
The facility will be built by French renewable energy firm Voltalia SA
Boosting flexibility: Kaluza integrates EV chargers with domestic batteries
Kaluza will provide smart flexible energy services combining vehicle-to-grid chargers with domestic energy storage batteries
Boost for British lithium as Cornish mining firm wins £500,000 backing
British Lithium Ltd secures backing from Innovate UK to help develop hard rock lithium extraction in the St Austell area of Cornwall
Heat wave brings end to latest coal-free power run
Latest coal-free power run falls short of record, as high temperatures impact gas output
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