Originally published on RenewEconomy. Elon Musk has created one of the world’s most valuable motor companies by doubling the price of electric vehicles and wowing consumers with a high-performance, luxury electric vehicle. Now he wants to use that cachet to enter the mass market – in home energy systems with … [continued]
Originally published on Energy Post. By Jason Deign A group of experts is expected to finalise details this week of a road map to install 160 Gigawatts (GW) of battery storage worldwide in 2030, reports Jason Deign of Energy Storage Report. The plan, being developed by the International Renewable Energy … [continued]
Originally published on RenewEconomy. By Sophie Vorrath The trial of Australia’s first grid-integrated ‘network’ battery is underway in Victoria, with the launch last month of AusNet Services 1MW Grid Energy Storage System (GESS), to test the ability of storage to help meet peak power demand. The two-year trial – in … [continued]
Originally published on RenewEconomy. Investment bank says wide deployment of battery storage will hasten the demise of fossil fuels and utilities that remain focused on centralised generation. It tips rapid fall in costs and a $400bn storage market by 2030. Investment bank Citigroup predicts that the wide deployment of battery … [continued]
Originally published on Planetsave. Prices for German solar power storage systems have reportedly fallen 25% since the spring. The data come from the German Solar Industry Association (BSW-Solar). Also according to BSW-Solar, approximately 15,000 German households now use battery storage combined with solar power, and that number has been growing faster and … [continued]
Originally published on RenewEconomy. The head of one of Australia’s biggest electricity networks says he sees no long-term future for large, centralised electricity generators, nor for big electricity retailers. Rob Stobbe, the CEO of SA Power Networks, says both business models will be made redundant – the generators by the … [continued]
Originally published on RenewEconomy. David Mills, one of Australia’s greatest solar pioneers, is among the first recipients of a Tesla Model S vehicle in Australia, and says he will combine the electric vehicle with solar and storage to get a taste of the future energy systems. Mills, a world leader … [continued]
Originally published on RenewEconomy. A new report by a Western Australia academic has underlined the importance of grid-scale battery storage, particularly as the penetration of rooftop solar rises to the point where baseload generation will no longer be needed during the daytime. That scenario could arrive soon. The report by Bill … [continued]
RenewEconomy. Energy storage is already making financial sense in the Australian market, and it won’t be long until battery storage solutions become a compelling investment for households as well as business customers and network operators. Andrew Simpson, the head of Brisbane-based consultancy Verdant Vision, and a former battery engineer at … [continued]
A few years ago, Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory and CalCEF joined forces to launch CalCharge, the first-ever, public-private consortium designed to be a “center of gravity” for the California energy storage cluster. And this week, after growing to include more labs and labor support, CalCharge announced its new corporate members at the Department of Energy’s … [continued]
