Energy Storage - Weekly insights

At present a day never goes by without lots of talk, and lots of articles on energy storage. It's an area we know well, over 60% of our business is already in this sector, and day in day out, we're speaking to the movers, shakers and industry leaders, from LG Chem to start ups like Powervault.  Here are some of our insights from the week.

Volkswagen In Talks With SMA Solar About Energy Storage Business Collaboration.?
Of course this could be a great collaboration. SMA whilst back on track, and by some measures still the leading solar inverter manufacturer in the world, face stiff and growing competition from Chinese giants Huawei and Sungrow in their core solar...?Read more.?

More certainty needed to realise ‘great appetite’ for commercial battery storage, report finds.?
The glacial pace of regulatory/government lead discussions is the main obstacle holding back storage in the UK... It will be a given that the equipment suppliers will make commercial/utility storage happen from a cost point of view... Why? Put...?Read more.?

UTSA, NRG Energy and Microsoft announce new flow battery research initiative.?
It's now common to hear discussion about the disruptive influences that large commercial/industrial and grid level storage is having on carbon intensive energy producers and on the increased penetration of renewables. We must also not discount the...?Read more.?

Government needs to ‘plug the gap’ in energy policy, says former Treasury head.?
Some real sense being spoken here in terms of UK energy policy and the need to decarbonise our infrastructure. Current policy has deterred investors and risks hitting our own carbon targets. A clear low carbon energy policy has been lacking from...?Read more.?

The Developing World Leapfrogs Western Technology.?
An interesting article that in many ways states the obvious. I think though the obvious needs continuously restating. Especially when lunacy like Hinkley Point is still not entirely dead as an option. The future of energy, like telecommunications,...?Read more.?

Holy Grail of energy policy in sight as battery technology smashes the old order.?

I gasped, like many this morning to read this in The Telegraph!!  If it had of been the Daily Mail I would have died (but died happy). But joking aside this is significant in the progress of renewables and energy storage into the mainstream. Clean...?Read more.?

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