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Published: 2 Mar 2021, 12:22 By: Editor-in-Chief, Solar Media Highview Power's CRYOBattery is one such long-duration energy storage technology to have emerged in recent years. Image: Highview Power. Energy market mechanisms must evolve in order to support long-duration energy storage, with the existing frameworks having “significant problems” incentivising those technologies, a panel of experts has concluded. Speaking on a panel debating the policy landscape for long-duration storage at the ongoing Energy Storage Summit 2021, organised by Energy-Storage.news publisher Solar ...

Published: 2 Mar 2021, 15:16 By: Image: Acciona. There exists a strong potential for energy storage to provide ancillary services in the Iberian Peninsula’s booming renewables market, but regulatory stability should be provided to encourage the sector’s growth. That was one of the takeaways from a panel discussion focussed on Spain and Portugal at the ongoing Energy Storage Summit 2021 virtual event. Berto Martins, director of electricity markets at utility company EDP Portugal, said ancillary services will be the “key driver” to maintain system security and provide the c...

Statkraft's Kilathmoy battery won contracts for the current DS3 framework. Image: Statkraft. With the current tariff framework for energy storage in Ireland set to come to an end in April 2023, there is scepticism over the support that will follow. Given the onerous number of checks needed to bring in a replacement framework, and lessons learnt from the current “Delivering a Secure, Sustainable Electricity System” (DS3) framework, it is unlikely to be ready in the next two years suggested Bernice Doyle, head of Grid Services at Statkraft Ireland. If a high level decision about the direct...

Published: 2 Mar 2021, 14:40 By: Andy Colthorpe Italy's transmission grid operator TERNA held its fast reserve grid services auction last year as a pilot. Image: TERNA via Twitter. The success of an auction for fast reserve grid services held by Italy’s transmission system operator (TSO) indicates a strong appetite for battery storage, but market rules and regulations need some revision to capture that opportunity. At a round table session today at the Energy Storage Summit 2021, the country’s storage market and its future prospects were discussed. Paolo Marino, director of ...

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