Smart Energy International

FEBRUARY 22, 2024

Clean energy enterprise TagEnergy has reached financial close on the 49.9MW/99.8MWh Pitkevy facility in Fife, Scotland, its sixth battery energy storage system (BESS) project in the UK. Flexitricity partners as route to market and battery optimiser, while independent renewable energy company RES has been appointed as asset manager.

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Smart Energy International

FEBRUARY 4, 2024

French industry association Think Smartgrids makes the case to lead the national industrial scale deployment of flexibility, focusing initially on demand side consumption, in a new report.

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Solar Industry

OCTOBER 12, 2023

Origis Energy and the Tennessee Valley Authority (TVA) say construction has begun on the first of three projects in Mississippi with a total capacity of 550 MW plus 150 MW of battery storage. This is the largest battery storage portfolio announced in Mississippi and the largest solar portfolio under construction in the state.

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GreenTechMedia

MAY 21, 2020

Fueled by improved economics, increased demand for resilience, and the ever-increasing integration of intermittent renewable generation, energy storage installations hit an all-time high of 522 megawatts/1,113 megawatt-hours last year. By any measure, 2019 was a breakout year for energy storage in the U.S.

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GreenTechMedia

OCTOBER 23, 2020

billion Self-Generation Incentive Program budget to help low-income communities install about 100 megawatts of stalled behind-the-meter battery projects. CPUC’s decision to earmark more than half of SGIP’s budget for equity-resiliency customers has been controversial. California Sen.

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AutoGrid

MARCH 30, 2022

How VPPs Reduce Both Costs and Emission in Meeting Peak Demands. Traditional peaking plants have been relied upon for decades to prop up regional power systems during spikes in demand throughout the U.S. The greater diversity of DER assets incorporated into VPPs, the more resilient and cost competitive these VPPs become over time.

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GreenTechMedia

SEPTEMBER 17, 2020

California regulators plan to address pleas from stakeholders in the energy storage industry to free up money for the state’s behind-the-meter battery incentive program, directing an additional $108.5 billion available through 2024 to cover part of the costs of installing batteries at homes and businesses.

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Smart Energy International

MAY 17, 2024

Falling prices, increased demand and concentration of supply characterise the critical minerals panorama as energy transitions advance, the IEA has reported. Mostly driven by a strong increase in global supply, outpacing the growing demand, this has resulted in a lowering of prices, for example by around 14% for batteries.

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CleanTech San Diego

DECEMBER 20, 2023

UNIGRID Battery , a UC San Diego spin-off startup company and member of Cleantech San Diego’s Southern California Energy Innovation Network (SCEIN), announces that it has received its first commercial MWh-scale purchase orders for their advanced sodium ion batteries. Shirley Meng , prominent figures in the battery field.

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Smart Energy International

JANUARY 4, 2024

Energy policy around the world has recently had to adapt to a massive geopolitical shift, with many countries taking steps to shore up their energy security and ensure their infrastructure and systems are built for resiliency. And, it looks likely that things will remain uncertain, with no real end in sight. or simply just do not want to?

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CleanTech San Diego

SEPTEMBER 23, 2022

Cleantech San Diego member Baker Electric Home Energy, a leading solar, battery, and home energy solution provider, has announced the launch of its ChargeOn Battery Rewards Program in partnership with sonnen, a global market leader in smart energy storage and virtual power plant (VPP) technology. Photo courtesy of sonnen.

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Smart Energy International

NOVEMBER 17, 2023

Also on the radar are the closing of Gridmatics’ storage fund, Siemens’ financial safety net and the sale of a 410MW battery storage pipeline. The fund is earmarked to oversee the management of up to 500MW of battery capacity in the ERCOT (Electric Reliability Council of Texas) and CAISO (California Independent System Operator) markets.

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Smart Energy International

NOVEMBER 28, 2023

With 2023 coming to a close, the impact of climate change and rapidly increasing electricity demand have illustrated the crucial importance of grid investment to ensure the grid is fit for purpose. People want this ability – more connections from batteries to be the most independent in their consumption.” With plans to spend €35.8

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Smart Energy International

NOVEMBER 4, 2022

Sunrun said it will aggregate the solar and battery storage systems of more than 7,000 customers to form the 17MW VPP. The company is aiming to dispatch the VPP in 2024. ” Resiliency became a main focus in Puerto Rico in recent years as devastating storms have crippled the island’s electric grid.

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Smart Energy International

NOVEMBER 10, 2023

The cloud-based VPP calculates the collective capacity of connected batteries and initiates charging or discharging based on grid demand and battery longevity optimisation. The owner plugs in their vehicle and the VPP and smart charging tech opimises battery use for their transport needs while supporting the grid.

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GreenTechMedia

JUNE 18, 2020

EV infrastructure, battery storage, and grid-interactive water heaters sales growth will drive spending to a new peak in 2025.  However, NERC’s assessment of demand response needs is based on a traditional approach resource planning.   Hundreds of gigawatts of DER capacity in the balance.

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Smart Energy International

DECEMBER 16, 2023

Laboy Rivera, executive director of the Puerto Rico government’s Central Office of Recovery, Reconstruction and Resilience (COR3). These are issues that residents of Puerto Rico have historically demanded and that, consequently, are being addressed through this project that is being developed after a substantial allocation of funds from FEMA.”

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Envirotec Magazine

NOVEMBER 9, 2023

In this Q&A, Andrew Welsh, discusses the sector’s readiness, and how the company is gearing-up for a rapid increase in demand. Implementation underpins the sustainability and demand reduction efforts of the UK water sector and is critical to securing our water future. How is Xylem managing the increase in demand?

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Smart Energy International

FEBRUARY 12, 2024

In the UK, Vodafone communicated its final phase in January , EE is aiming to have closed its 3G services by the end of March 2024 and Three is targeting the end of 2024. As they do, they should consider how secure, resilient and flexible they can make their installations.

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Smart Energy International

JUNE 22, 2022

Have you read: US energy storage installations break Q1 record – report Why the grid needs long-duration energy storage DEWA doubles down on storage with patent for redox flow battery stack. This news comes in as energy storage proves to be a key topic of concern when it comes to grid management and resilience.

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Smart Energy International

FEBRUARY 16, 2024

The systems involve electric-powered vehicles communicating with the power grid to sell demand response services, usually overseen by a third party, such as energy retailers or aggregators. Two weeks following Nuvve’s project win with EOC, Nissan announced the launch of a new service – Nissan Energy Share – in Japan, coming March 1, 2024.

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Greentown Labs

DECEMBER 19, 2023

Greentown Labs’ 200+ startups are developing, deploying, and commercializing climatetech solutions to decarbonize the key greenhouse-gas-emitting sectors—agriculture, buildings, electricity, manufacturing, and transportation—and build resilient communities. American Battery Technology Company received two contracts from the U.S.

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Smart Energy International

OCTOBER 19, 2023

Government and grid operators in the Netherlands are taking new, urgent measures to ensure sufficient space on the Dutch power grid as demand continues to surge in the compact country. However, the expansion of the electricity grid has not been able to keep up with the rapidly increasing demand for space on the grid.

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GreenTechMedia

DECEMBER 27, 2019

Wood Mackenzie's latest Global Energy Storage Outlook projects that deployments will grow 13-fold over the next six years, from a 12 gigawatt-hour market in 2018 to a 158 gigawatt-hour market in 2024. Cost competitive and resilient, too. Thus it will help with predictability, reliability and resilience. alone by 2023.

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Smart Energy International

JANUARY 6, 2023

To coordinate grid resilience and reliability during power outages, Energy Vault and PG&E are partnering up to develop a utility-scale battery plus green hydrogen long duration energy storage system (LDES).

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Renewable Energy World

DECEMBER 30, 2021

EPRI also informed consumers through a new, interactive Electric Vehicle Consumer Guide, providing a searchable database for battery-electric and plug-in hybrid vehicles by make, model, electric range, and MSRP. Industrial clusters are geographic regions comprised of co-located energy supply and demand companies.

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Climate Tech VC

JANUARY 5, 2024

But with the recent pullback in the overall venture market, we've expanded our scope to understand the dynamics and resilience in climate tech. 2024 is looking to be a critical year as climate tech continues its journey from the lab to large scale deployment.  Government funding catalyzed major private rounds.

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Business Green

MARCH 3, 2021

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. However, gas power remained the biggest winner in the auction, securing 154MW of Capacity Market agreements, followed by DSR with 129MW of contracts, and battery storage with 87MW.

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Batteries Carbon Demand Investment 69

Smart Energy International

MAY 9, 2024

V2G tech company Nuvve and battery specialist Guangzhou Great Power Energy and Technology Corporation have announced a strategic partnership to accelerate the deployment of stationary storage batteries and their integration with the power grid. V2G technology and grid services like demand response increase those savings.”

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Smart Energy International

OCTOBER 13, 2022

With this GM is the latest vehicle manufacturer to broaden the potential of its EV development to create new business opportunities, particularly around storage, for which the demand is growing as more and more homes and businesses turn to solar PV and other clean energy technologies.

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Climate Tech VC

OCTOBER 30, 2023

  In deals, ~$400M for electric scooters and 3 mega $100M+ rounds for geothermal, solid flow batteries, and rural minigrids.  While oil demand seems to be nearing its peak , there’s no question that the need for critical metals is on the rise.   Thanks for reading! Not a subscriber yet?

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Business Green

NOVEMBER 16, 2022

The US Inflation Reduction Act's (IRA's) EV measures are especially commendable, in particular the new EV tax credit that is conditional upon battery mineral extraction, component manufacturing and assembly supporting domestic production. Today, EVs make up 14 per cent of the new car market.

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Automotive Electric vehicle Policy Nuclear Power 36

Climate Tech VC

SEPTEMBER 1, 2023

It's the "engine," due to demand-pull measures that provide the security for these technologies to reach market maturity. Consumer Electronics Battery Recycling, Reprocessing, and Battery Collection Funding.   Explore open FOAs HERE and subscribe to the newsletter HERE. For more information, go HERE.

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Smart Energy International

NOVEMBER 14, 2022

billion toward building new renewable energy capacity over the next two decades, investing in transmission, and adding 800MW of battery storage in Missouri by 2038, the company explained how it is working to build EV charging infrastructure and reduce voltage. In addition to the obvious investments such as putting $7.5 The Integrated Grid.

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Business Green

AUGUST 1, 2022

BusinessGreen sits down with CEO of the International Council of Mining and Minerals to discuss the battery gold rush and the potential for a European sustainable mining boom. The World Economic Forum estimates that production of certain minerals could increase by 500 per cent by 2050 to meet demand for clean energy technologies.

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GreenTechMedia

JULY 30, 2020

Last fall, community choice aggregators serving three Northern California counties announced plans to deploy thousands of solar-battery systems to provide backup power to residents facing the threat of fire-prevention blackouts. rooftop solar installer and behind-the-meter battery aggregator, to get it done.

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Elemental Excelerator

OCTOBER 6, 2023

It’s the “engine,” due to demand-pull measures that provide the security for these technologies to reach market maturity. Eligible projects include the technologies that improve the economics of recycling consumer electronics batteries, and those that support and incentivize collection. For more information, go HERE.

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