A BESS installation at Vena Energy’s adjacent Tailem Bend 2 hybrid solar-plus-storage facility. Image: Vena Energy Singapore-headquartered clean energy developer...
VDA calls for ‘staged approach’ to implement EU Battery Passport
The new regulation requires carbon footprint labelling, recycled-content quotas, and other measures that will be phased in gradually, while the...
Europe is ‘walking into new dependencies’ in global battery supply chain
This separation of upstream and downstream components is important, as von Dalwigk noted that Europe is currently reliant on overseas...
Challenges remain for inertia in Germany, but value to BESS ‘will only go up’
Other panellists also pointed out the fact that inertia, for all its potential, is a relatively new phenomenon, and a...
Expert counterparties and tolling structures key to minimising uncertainty in German BESS market
‘When getting debt money and debt financing, we need risk mitigation measures,’ said Dr. Stefan Englberger, second right. Image: Solar...
German BESS market has moved beyond peak hype
‘The wave of the tsunami has already reached the top of its hype and this year has shown the reality,’...
‘Critical’ for Germany’s capacity market design to enable battery storage participation
‘If you want to have a capacity market and security of supply in the future, you should not model it...
Policy clarity on FCAs, grid fees needed to realise the potential of German BESS
Even with more recent developments that have been greeted positively by the industry, such as the locking-in of grid fee...
‘More complex trading strategies’ necessary for BESS to be profitable in the UK
“It’s a global issue, but it’s been very predominant in Europe, in countries like Germany, Italy and the UK; we’ve...
Construction begins on OX2’s 300MWh Muswellbrook solar-plus-BESS in NSW, Australia
OX2 secured approval for the project under Australia’s EPBC Act last August. Image: NSW Independent Planning Commission. Swedish independent power producer...