Storage

Wärtsilä announces Engine+ Hybrid Energy solution

Wednesday, 17 April 2019 Robin Whitlock The technology group Wärtsilä has launched Engine+ Hybrid Energy. The solution pairs engines with energy storage to form a fully integrated, automated system, and provides a reliable and environmentally ...

Vattenfall to Launch Salt-as-Storage Pilot Project in Berlin

Monday, 15 April 2019 Dan McCue Vattenfall, together with the Swedish company SaltX Technology, will test how renewable wind and solar power can be stored in salt. In experiments, SaltX's patented technology has proven to be able to ...

Volkswagen forms European Battery Union with Northvolt

Thursday, 21 March 2019 Robin Whitlock The Volkswagen Group and various European partners are joining forces to form the European Battery Union (EBU) with a view to forging ahead with battery research throughout Europe, led by Volkswagen and ...

Highview Power and TSK Enter Joint Venture to Develop Cryogenic Energy Storage Projects

Tuesday, 19 March 2019 Dan McCue Loondon-based Highview Power, and TSK, headquartered in Spain, have entered into an agreement to co-develop gigawatt-hour scale, long-duration energy storage systems using Highview Power’s proprietary cryogenic ...

CellCube Announces 100 MW Energy Storage Project In US

Thursday, 14 March 2019 REM Canadian energy storage company, CellCube, has signed an agreement with an unnamed, US-based, energy asset development company to develop up to 100 MW of energy storage systems for deployment throughout ...

Germany

Bredenoord receives Gridstor test conformity statement from DNV GL

Wednesday, 13 March 2019 Robin Whitlock

Mobile energy specialist Bredenoord has received the first ever Gridstor test conformity statement from certification body DNV GL for its containerised battery energy storage system Big Battery Box.

Dubai

Ingeteam Supplies Storage Power Station for Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum Solar Park

Monday, 11 March 2019 REM Amplex-Emirates LLC was awarded a pilot project by Dubai’s Electricity & Water Authority to install a battery energy storage system at the Mohammed Bin Rashid Al Maktoum Solar Park in Dubai; the ...

NEC Expands Footprint in Chile with 2 MW Project in Arica

Friday, 08 March 2019 REM In cooperation with NEC Chile, NEC Energy Solutions has commissioned a 2 MW, 2 MWh lithium ion battery energy storage system for ENGIE Energía Chile. This project is the first energy storage system ...

Limejump welcomes its acquisition by Shell

Monday, 04 March 2019 Robin Whitlock

Shell has agreed to acquire UK technology company Limejump Ltd in order to support the UK’s transition to a lower carbon future.

MCS announces development of a storage certification scheme

Thursday, 28 February 2019 Robin Whitlock UK national certification body Microgeneration Certification Scheme (MCS) has announced its development of a certification scheme for battery energy storage systems in a move set to complement their certification ...