Published: 17 Feb 2021, 14:30
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A 20MW / 18MWh containerised battery energy storage solution in Switzerland, which went online late last year. IHS Markit predicts that while the US will dominate this year and the Asia-Pacific region will rapidly grow market share in the coming years, Europe will see a growth in installations year-on-year of about 70% in 2021. Image: MW Storage AG.
Analysis and research firm IHS Markit has predicted that over 10GW of new energy storage will be deployed during this year, with around half of those additions in the US market.
The company said in a new report that this would be more than double the 4.5GW of global capacity additions in 2020. Meanwhile the US’ strong lead will continue with the market gaining in share until 2023, when IHS Markit senior analyst for clean technology George Hilton said the pipeline in the country reduces.
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Andy Colthorpe
New York has some of the most aggressive clean energy policy goals in the world via its Climate Leadership and Community Protection Act, targeting decarbonisation of its electricity sector by 2040. Energy storage is expected to play a vital role, with the Act introduced by Governor Andrew Cuomo including a target of 3GW of storage deployment by 2030 to support the transition away from reliance on fossil fuels.
New York Power Authority (NYPA), a public power organisation which serves around a quarter of the US state’s electric load, said on the release of its strategic plan VISION2030 in December that it wants to lead by example with a commitment to cost-effective clean energy that could see NYPA reach emissions-free electricity by 2035.
Published: 16 Feb 2021, 13:30
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Molly Lempriere
SMS managing director John Hall (left) and head of supply chain Phil Norrish (right) at the company s 50MW site in Cambridgeshire, east England. Image: SMS.
Smart energy infrastructure company SMS has begun construction on its first battery energy storage project in the UK.
The 50MW battery storage development in Burwell, Cambridgeshire will be followed later this month by construction of a 40MW storage site in Barnsley, South Yorkshire. Burwell is expected to be completed in the final quarter of 2021, with Barnsley finished not long after, and both are expected to play into a range of balancing and ancillary services.
Published: 16 Feb 2021, 08:03
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Andy Colthorpe
Redflow ZBM2 energy storage unit in left foreground. Australian government minister Paul Fletcher (centre) visited the company s offices earlier this month with Cameron Penfold, regional sales director for Optus (left) and Redflow manging director Tim Harris (right). Image: Redflow.
Dozens of zinc-bromine flow battery units will be deployed at 56 remote telecommunications stations in Australia, supplied by manufacturer Redflow.
They are being installed as part of an Australian Federal government initiative to improve the resilience of communications networks in bushfire and other disaster prone areas of the country. Strengthening Telecommunications Against Natural Disasters (STAND) is a multi-faceted programme worth AU$37.1 million (US$28.85 million) in total.
Published: 15 Feb 2021, 11:43
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Edith Hancock
Electricity distribution group Ausgrid has unveiled its first community battery project in Beacon Hill, a northern suburb of Sydney. Image: Ausgrid
Electricity distributor Ausgrid has launched its first community battery project in Sydney
The new battery energy storage system, which is located in Beacon Hill, a suburb of Sydney, enables residents of Australia’s east coast to store and share excess solar power.
It has been built as part of a two-year trial Ausgrid is carrying out to test the efficacy of community batteries fed by solar energy. The Beacon Hill system is one of three being installed across Sydney. Ausgrid customers who register to participate in the battery storage scheme can virtually store up to 10kWh of excess solar energy per day, which will then be credited against their daily electricity use.