VIDEO: Energy-Storage.news meets… FlexGen
Editor Andy Colthorpe speaks with Yann Brandt, chief commercial officer at FlexGen, a solar industry veteran who saw the rising potential of the energy storage industry and jumped on board.
Germany’s Uniper and NGEN to deploy 100MWh BESS at retiring coal plant
German state-owned legacy plant operator will install a 50MW/100MWh BESS at one of its coal facilities in partnership with NGEN, an energy storage operator and technology provider based in Slovenia.
Romania’s largest BESS operator: ‘showing a viable business with local technologies’
We hear from renewables independent power producer (IPP) and energy trading firm Monsson about a recent BESS project in Romania which reportedly used nearly 100% European technologies.
‘China selling below cost’: Serbian LFP gigafactory firm ElevenEs on state of the market and ramp-up
Some of the current market prices for lithium-ion batteries are below cost and will not last forever but Europe still needs to be more cost-competitive, the CEO of one of Europe’s first large-scale manufacturing facilities told Energy-Storage.news.
VIDEO: Energy-Storage.news meets… the Long Duration Energy Storage Council
Editor Andy Colthorpe speaks with Long Duration Energy Storage Council director of markets and technology Gabriel Murtagh.
US to fund Moldova BESS and grid upgrades to increase energy independence
The US will provide US$85 million in foreign aid to the Republic of Moldova for battery energy storage system (BESS) projects as well as high voltage transmission line upgrades, secretary of state Anthony Blinken said last week (29 May).
Poland’s 57% de-rating factor for BESS would be ‘lethal blow’ to market
The government of Poland has proposed a de-rating factor for battery energy storage systems (BESS) in the next capacity market auction of 57%, which one developer warned would be a ‘lethal blow’ for 2- and 4-hour projects.
Business model innovation ‘the critical piece’ for LDES sector
Business model innovation and considering how to integrate projects into the wider energy systems will be key for long-duration energy storage (LDES) companies, partners at VC firm RA Capital told Energy-Storage.news.
UK system operator reassessing ‘outdated’ Capacity Market de-rating factors for storage
UK electricity market operator National Grid ESO is reassessing how much energy storage gets paid in the Capacity Market, battery storage operators told Energy-Storage.news, with one calling the current system ‘outdated’.
InfraVia acquires Dutch/Belgian developer Giga Storage
Infrastructure investor InfraVia has bought a majority stake in Giga Storage, a Netherlands-headquartered BESS developer which is building a 2.4GWh project in Belgium.
