battery storage

October 28, 2021

Autumn Budget: ‘real disconnect’ between climate change goals and financing

Companies and trade associations gave Current± their reactions to the Budget, particularly in light of the looming COP26 conference.

Barratt Development's site manager Eion Reynolds. Image: Barratt Developments.

October 26, 2021

Barratt Developments unveils flagship zero carbon home, 'Z House'

Barratt Developments has unveiled a flagship zero carbon home concepted dubbed the Z House, developed alongside partners including Eco2Solar, Lightsource Labs and Octopus Energy.

The 9.5km lagoon structure will include state-of-the-art underwater turbines generating 320MW of electricity. Image: Swansea Council.

October 26, 2021

New tidal lagoon plans unveiled for Swansea including floating solar and storage

A new proposal has been unveiled for a Swansea tidal lagoon, which could see the 320MW generator developed using private funding.

The new battery asset has been installed on Pivot Power's Kemsley site. Image: Pivot Power.

October 25, 2021

Pivot Power, Wärtsilä and EDF switch on 50MW/50MWh Kemsley battery

Pivot Power, Wärtsilä and EDF’s 50MW/50MWh Kemsley battery energy storage system has gone live.

The majority of RWE's current investments are into offshore wind. Image: RWE

October 21, 2021

RWE outlines £15bn by 2030 UK investment ambitions

RWE is expecting to invest around £15 billion in new UK green technologies and infrastructure by 2030, targeting wind, storage and hydrogen.

The 50MW/50MWh battery energy storage system went live in June. Image: Pivot Power.

October 15, 2021

Pivot Power 50MW battery the first tertiary connection to export to the grid

Pivot Power’s 50MW/50MWh lithium-ion battery storage site in Oxford is the first tertiary connection in the country to export to the grid.

October 7, 2021

GridBeyond selected by Greencoat to optimise first battery asset in Ireland

There is now more than 1GW of battery energy storage in the UK. Image: Zenobe.

September 23, 2021

ESN calls for greater investment in storage to exude ‘calming’ effect on volatile power market

The impact of high gas prices has emphasised the need to invest in storage technologies, the Electricity Storage Network (ESN) has said.

West Burton B was EDF's only remaining gas plant in the UK. Image: EDF.

September 1, 2021

EIG complete acquisition of 1400MW of EDF assets creating West Burton Energy

Institutional investor EIG has created a new electricity supplier through the acquisition of a 1381MW of assets from EDF Energy.

August 6, 2021

Arenko to optimise Foresight's 50MW Sandridge battery

Arenko has signed a new agreement with Foresight to optimise its 50MW Sandridge energy storage asset.

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