Smart Energy International

MARCH 11, 2024

billion) for the development of 60GWh worth of British battery energy storage. In a release, NatPower Group CEO Fabrizio Zago said the announcement marks the largest programme for the development of battery energy storage systems in the UK. million) towards developing substations to help speed up connections to the power grid.

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GreenTechMedia

JULY 30, 2021

Apart from saying they were building a "metal air" battery, his team held the technology close to the vest. Full disclosure: Shayle led Energy Impact Partners’ investment in Form. The Interchange is brought to you by Hitachi ABB Power Grids. Looking for a battery energy storage system?

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Smart Energy International

OCTOBER 18, 2023

Octopus Australia has acquired the Queensland-based Blackstone battery development project with a 1GWh storage capacity, one of Australia’s largest battery systems, connected to the 275kV high voltage transmission network. The project partners are aiming for a final investment decision in the latter half of 2025.

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Smart Energy International

SEPTEMBER 28, 2023

bp has entered an agreement with Harmony Energy Income Trust to offer power trading and optimisation services for two battery storage systems, making use of a previously acquired AI-based platform to support the power grid during hours of peak demand.

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Smart Energy International

JANUARY 29, 2024

From interconnection to market structures, US power grid operators are grappling with an onslaught of battery storage development, which has boomed due to the critical need to shore up variable renewable energy. He said the rule is the product of rapid growth and an imperative to adapt to an evolving grid.

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Smart Energy International

DECEMBER 4, 2023

The announcement was made at the COP28 climate conference and includes support in the form of a project-level grant commitment of up to €35,000,000 ($38,000,000) from Breakthrough Energy Catalyst and €25,000,000 ($27 000,000) venture debt financing commitment from the European Investment Bank. Have you read? Remember, our world can’t wait.”

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The Environmental Blog

JULY 27, 2023

When those days happen, many people lose the full potential benefit of their residential solar systems , so they only get half of the potential benefit of a solar power system. Why are people only partly benefitting from their residential solar power units? Because they are not storing excess energy with a battery system.

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Smart Energy International

FEBRUARY 25, 2022

A new report from Guidehouse Insights explores the benefits of storage as a transmission asset (SATA) in power grid upgrades and provides an update on regulatory changes that are enabling SATA. A summary of the report, Utility-Scale Battery Storage Acting as a Virtual Transmission Asset , is available online. Have you read?

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GreenTechMedia

MAY 18, 2020

Swedish battery maker Northvolt and state-owned utility Vattenfall launched a new modular and fully mobile energy storage system on Friday, one they say will be able to patch up stressed grids during a period of rapid electrification. The biggest obstacle for those targets is the country’s power grid.

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GreenTechMedia

JULY 1, 2021

The Interchange is brought to you by Hitachi ABB Power Grids. Looking for a battery energy storage system? Thinking about how to integrate renewables to your grid? Hitachi ABB Power Grids is your choice. Finally, they look toward 2025 and ask: How might the valleys of death shift in the future?

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GreenTechMedia

JUNE 3, 2020

As that variable output surges, Europe has four options for balancing out its grid: pumped hydro, gas peakers, energy storage and interconnectors. Only the final three of the quartet are likely to be the focus of new investment. Most of that will come from front-of-the-meter battery systems.

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Smart Energy International

JANUARY 4, 2024

South Africa’s first public battery storage tender has awarded preferred bidder status to a consortium of CIP-owned Mulilo and renewables major EDF for three battery projects totalling 257MW/ 1,028MWh. Sign up to our newsletter and stay informed “This achievement is an important and significant milestone for Mulilo.

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GreenTechMedia

OCTOBER 8, 2021

Disclosure: Shayle just led Energy Impact Partners’ investment in the company). The Interchange is brought to you by Hitachi ABB Power Grids. Looking for a battery energy storage system? Thinking about how to integrate renewables to your grid? Hitachi ABB Power Grids is your choice.

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GreenTechMedia

DECEMBER 27, 2019

Yet many are still struggling to understand how to value energy storage as an investment. Global investments of $374 billion a year will be needed to upgrade the grid with enough flexibility to account for the variable power generation profiles of renewable technologies like solar and wind. alone by 2023.

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GreenTechMedia

OCTOBER 8, 2021

The fund invests in various climate technologies as a part of the company’s overall climate efforts. Investments in its portfolio cover carbon removal, carbon marketplace innovation and the circular economy, among others. The fund’s first investment was in Energy Impact Partners, where Shayle is a partner).

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GreenTechMedia

DECEMBER 11, 2020

Swell Energy has lined up $450 million in financing to give homeowners and business owners batteries and solar systems at no upfront cost, and earn the money back by turning them into virtual power plants serving utilities’ grid needs. Swell’s behind-the-meter battery-based VPP proposition.

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GreenTechMedia

APRIL 24, 2020

The Bay Area company finished development of its Boost Charger, which delivers fast charging (up to 120-kilowatt output) while minimizing stress on the local power grid with the help of a built-in 160-kilowatt-hour battery. FreeWire went to market with a car-charging battery on wheels called the Mobi.

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GreenTechMedia

OCTOBER 8, 2021

The fund invests in various climate technologies as a part of the company’s overall climate efforts. Investments in its portfolio cover carbon removal, carbon marketplace innovation and the circular economy, among others. The fund’s first investment was in Energy Impact Partners, where Shayle is a partner).

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Renewable Energy World

APRIL 26, 2021

This week, Clime Capital, a Singapore-based investment management company that manages funds from SEACEF, announced that it has invested in an innovative floating solar and storage project in Dong Nai Province, Vietnam, currently under development by Blueleaf Energy.

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GreenTechMedia

OCTOBER 8, 2021

Disclosure: Shayle just led Energy Impact Partners’ investment in the company). The Interchange is brought to you by Hitachi ABB Power Grids. Looking for a battery energy storage system? Thinking about how to integrate renewables to your grid? Hitachi ABB Power Grids is your choice.

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GreenTechMedia

AUGUST 2, 2021

They cover the MSRPs of popular EVs, the cheapest PPA in the world, carbon prices, carbon capture investments, industrial materials and more. The Interchange is brought to you by Hitachi ABB Power Grids. Looking for a battery energy storage system? Thinking about how to integrate renewables to your grid?

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Smart Energy International

APRIL 23, 2024

Energy technology supplier Enphase Energy and Octopus Energy have announced a strategic partnership to integrate their platforms, allowing UK retail customers to access low-cost residential energy rates, Octopus Energy clients to create VPPs, and support battery management to ease congestion on the power grid.

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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 signing between the Climate Investment Fund, ReNew and KLP is a great example of this. “It ReNew has won three transmission projects in Karnataka to date. billion).

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Business Green

JANUARY 18, 2024

Schroders Capital Semi-Liquid Energy Transition fund expected to invest in diverse range of global projects including renewables, clean hydrogen, battery storage, district heating, charging infrastructure, power grids and carbon capture and storage

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GreenTechMedia

OCTOBER 8, 2021

Shayle has been brewing up an investment thesis around how decarbonization will create stratification in traditional commodity sectors, like chemicals and materials. The Interchange is brought to you by Hitachi ABB Power Grids. Looking for a battery energy storage system? Hitachi ABB Power Grids is your choice.

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Smart Energy International

MAY 1, 2024

Although the electrification of road transportation represents a significant challenge to our energy systems, adding pressure on power grids at the national and local levels, V2G provides immense potential as a source of flexibility to support the energy system of tomorrow, explains Francesco Nobili of Charles River Associate (CRA) Energy.

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Smart Energy International

JANUARY 30, 2023

Form Energy is partnering up with a US utility Xcel Energy for commercial deployment of its iron-air battery storage system. The 1GWh multi-day storage system will be used to integrate renewables and maintain grid reliability as retiring coal plants in two US states are shut down. Learn more at: [link].

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Smart Energy International

MAY 20, 2022

The solar and energy storage developer will be purchasing 2.4GWh of EnerVenue’s nickel hydrogen BESS and 4.5GWh of Urban Electric’s zinc alkaline battery systems. The deals were signed within days of each other, signalling Pine Gate Renewables’ attempts to look into and invest in lithium-ion alternatives for their battery storage systems.

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GreenTechMedia

OCTOBER 8, 2021

How much investment are we talking about, really? The Interchange is brought to you by Hitachi ABB Power Grids. Looking for a battery energy storage system? Thinking about how to integrate renewables to your grid? Hitachi ABB Power Grids is your choice. Where is it coming from, and who is it going to?

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Business Green

APRIL 7, 2021

Zenobe claims Battery will be largest grid-connected battery in Europe and first to absorb reactive power directly from a transmission network.

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GreenTechMedia

OCTOBER 8, 2021

Shayle has been brewing up an investment thesis around how decarbonization will create stratification in traditional commodity sectors, like chemicals and materials. The Interchange is brought to you by Hitachi ABB Power Grids. Looking for a battery energy storage system? Hitachi ABB Power Grids is your choice.

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Smart Energy International

APRIL 16, 2024

On the back of approving €805 million in clean energy financing, the European Investment Bank (EIB) is lending €400 million ($425.2 million) to municipal energy supplier Thüringer Energie AG (TEAG) to upgrade and digitise the electricity grid in Thuringia, Germany. million). The financing forms part of a larger, €4.3 billion ($4.6

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Smart Energy International

DECEMBER 6, 2023

US asset manager Blackstone announced that private equity funds affiliated with it have closed the acquisition of Power Grid Components, an electric grid components manufacturer. “The acquisition of Power Grid Components fits squarely within one of our favorite investment themes – the U.S.

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Smart Energy International

JANUARY 24, 2022

Since then, the data centre has contributed several megawatts of capacity to Fingrid’s fast frequency reserve (FFR) market as part of the Fortum Spring’s virtual battery. The Fortum Spring virtual battery is a growing platform comprised of the flexibility assets of thousands of customers, business and residential, across the Nordic countries.

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Charged

DECEMBER 14, 2023

Together with Göteborg Energi, the local electric utility in Volvo’s Swedish hometown of Gothenburg, the automaker is now launching a pilot program that aims to test V2G technologies on the local energy grid and in a home environment with real customers, using a low-cost AC wallbox.

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Smart Energy International

SEPTEMBER 29, 2023

This week’s Smart Energy Finances looks at an investment round for Neara, an Australian company that has developed a platform that uses AI to help utilities design networks, enhance wildfire and vegetation management programmes and bring renewable projects online faster. million) for Shanghai Electric Energy Storage Technology.

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Smart Energy International

NOVEMBER 14, 2022

In addition to the obvious investments such as putting $7.5 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.

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