energy storage
Softbank makes first energy storage play with $110m investment in Energy Vault
Energy Vault claims its energy storage system will deliver baseload renewables at a lower cost than fossil fuels
Rush hour blackout sparks questions over UK energy system stability
Sudden shutdown of a gas plant and offshore wind plant has fired up an inevitable - and at times ill-informed - debate over how best to bolster grid security as the network decarbonises
UK risks losing out to Europe in home battery boom, report warns
Controversial tax hike could leave country lagging behind as continent powers ahead
BNEF: Energy storage to surge past 1,000GW worldwide by 2040 as costs halve
Expectations for stationary energy battery storage market continue to surge, as influential analyst house revises up deployment forecasts
RedT's flow battery set to become first to help balance UK grid
Flow batteries use chemicals suspended in water tanks to store power, and do not degrade as quickly as lithium ion alternatives
Is Brexit Britain still taking the lead in the fight against climate change?
The strength of UK innovation means it will continue to lead the world in climate action post-Brexit, argues Earth Capital's Jim Totty
Sir David Attenborough: We 'cannot be radical enough' in tackling climate crisis
Veteran broadcaster warns 'really major problems' are imminent if world does not address climate change threat
A day in the life of a future energy consumer
Trend forecaster Cate Trotter offered delegates at the Shell Powering Progress Together Summit a glimpse of what life could be like for energy consumers in 2040
Anesco completes latest battery storage project, boosting portfolio to 147MW
Project located near Manchester comprises sixteen 1.25MW lithium ion containers, providing a total storage capacity of 20MW
Statkraft and Statera announce flexible grid alliance
New partnership to boost Statkraft's UK Virtual Power Plant, expanding its capacity to 2GW
Five green silver bullets for tackling climate breakdown
The CEO of one of the UK's leading clean tech innovators offers some pointers for how to turbo-charge our response to climate crisis
Low carbon lift: Firms create battery system that 'cuts elevator energy use in half'
Renenerative graphene battery can halve the energy use of elevators, claim developers Skeleton Technologies and Epic Power
Honda powers up backing for Moixa as part of new £8.6m funding round
Auto giant leads fresh funding round to support UK-based smart battery specialist's international expansion plans
Green, clean, strong and secure: Why aren't more businesses embracing energy sustainability?
Centrica's Louis Burford explores recent research revealing how those businesses embracing sustainable energy strategies are standing out from the crowd commercially
Plans unveiled for £40m green energy hub to cut bills and CO2 in West Sussex
Integrated and innovative solar, battery, electric vehicle, heat pump, and CHP technologies to be deployed in West Sussex by green tech consortium
Spandau Battery: Vattenfall to test using salt to store clean power
Swedish energy giant teams up with SaltX for 10MWh 'salt battery' pilot as part of its plans to renovate Berlin thermal coal facility
'Inflection point': Global energy storage market set to expand 13-fold by 2024
Strong growth is predicted by energy consultancy Wood Mackenzie Power & Renewables, reinforcing a similar forecast by BNEF last year.
On capacity and procedures
Andrew Warren reflects on the EU's challenge to the UK's capacity market and asks if this really is all about the 'procedural matters' Ministers have claimed
Demand response: Shell to acquire Limejump as pursuit of 'cleaner energy solutions' accelerates
Oil giant continues clean tech investment push with deal to acquire leading demand response specialist for an undisclosed sum
UK battery storage firm Zenobe secures £25m Japanese investment
The £25m injection from Tepco and Jera comes with option for a further £10m to help scale up company's power storage ambitions
What else will batteries unlock?
Low-cost, high-energy lithium batteries are already disrupting power as we know it — but there's even more in store
Green energy boost: Mitsubishi snaps up 20 per cent stake in OVO
UK-based energy firm says investment will help drive international expansion and support EV and energy storage plans
Storage at Scale: Government charges up new £20m long-term storage competition
BEIS launches new funding competition to support innovative long-duration energy storage technologies
Cornish mining firm banks £1m investment for lithium hunt
Latest funding round will help bankroll Cornish Lithium's exploration activities
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