The UK government must take rapid action on long-duration energy storage or risk security of supply and net-zero goals, the House of Lords Science and Technology Select Committee said in a report March 13. In January, the government had proposed cap and floor regulation for long-duration ...
The deets:Highview boss Richard Butland told MECUK last week that it plans to build four 2.5-gigawatt-hour power plants in the U.K. by 2030. He says they’ll help deliver 10 percent of the country’s long-duration energy storage (LDES) tar...
Long-duration energy storage can mitigate renewable variability, and virtual power purchase agreements with hydrogen or wind plants can offer low-carbon power 24/7.Meanwhile, the UK economy, facing supply disruption from other factors, is experiencing shortages in key personnel, materia...
Sungrow and Constantine Energy Storage Agree UK’s Longest Duration BESS Projects London, United Kingdom, March 13, 2023 -- Sungrow today announced a mega deal to supply Constantine Energy Storage (CES), a grid-scale battery energy storage platform, with its st ... Scan to Rea...
The UK government, through the Department of Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy (DBEIS), published its long-awaited hydrogen strategy on 17 August 2021. The strategy, presented by DBEIS Secretary Kwasi Kwarteng, builds on Prime Minister Boris Johnson’s “Ten Point Plan for a Green Industr...
Short-, Medium-, andLong-Duration Energy Storage in a100% Renewable Electricity Grid:A UK Case Study. Energies 2021, 14,8524. https://doi.org/10.3390/en14248524Academic Editor: Branislav HredzakReceived: 17 November 2021Accepted: 13 December 2021Published: 17 December 2021Publisher’s Note: ...
The investment will enable the construction of one of the world’s largest long duration energy storage (LDES) facilities in Carrington, Manchester, using Highview Power’s proprietary LAES technology. Once complete, it will have a storage ca...
THE UK HYDROPOWER INDUSTRY is waiting on government action to implement a suitably supportive investment mechanism for the deployment of large scale, long duration storage projects, such as pumped storage. And in the interim, industry representatives are becoming increasingly vocal about the need to ad...
renewable energy capacity, such as offshore wind and solar installations. Earlier this year, Ofgem and the UK government set out a plan for reforming grid connections and regulatory policy. While promising, these are long-term projects, and businesses can’t afford to wait. So, what...
When Highview Power long-duration energy storage is deployed at scale, it will save UK consumers up to £1.13bn per year. Until then, with many UK households expecting “to choose between heating and eating this winter,” both Conservative candidates as well as Labour are offering very differ...