How battery storage helped the German grid amidst sabotage
While clearly a much bigger story than just battery energy storage systems (BESS) the double attack on the German grid highlighted the role the technology can play in helping maintain system stability during outages and worst-case-scenarios.
Germany’s huge BESS pipeline
Staying on Germany for this one. The country is often talked about as Europe’s hottest energy storage market, but that also means that, like elsewhere, there are far too many projects in its interconnection queue.
Strategy consultant Florian Mayr posted some numbers and analysis on it, see here.
How batteries in Australia are dampening price spreads
The most-discussed and reacted-to post in this week’s selection comes from Farah Z, head of AI & V2G/V2X intelligence at flexibility platform AmpVerve. In it, they look at how batteries are ‘becoming so effective at exploiting electricity price spreads that they are starting to compress the very spreads they were built to monetise’.
Record BESS dispatch in Texas
Staying on the theme of BESS and electricity markets, we recently saw a record dispatch by the BESS in the ERCOT, Texas market. 13.9GW was activated at 7.45pm local time on 23 August.
See a post from Aaron Zubaty, CEO of IPP Eolian, about it here.
BESS revenues across Europe
Consultancy’s Clean Horizon’s July Storage Index is out, showing benchmark revenues figures for large-scale BESS across Europe.
The firm’s LinkedIn post gave a detailed breakdown, see it here.
Sodium-ion’s rapid BESS ramp-up
Is sodium-ion gearing up to compete with LFP in BESS? That was asked by Benchmark Mineral Intelligence’s data manager Charles Lester, referencing a report in which the company digs into the manufacturing forecasts.
Five things to check during a factory visit
Arthur Claire, director of technology for BESS and PV quality assurance consultancy Sinovoltaics, discussed five things you should look out for, as a buyer, during a BESS factory visit.
Energy Dome’s tech ‘cheaper than lithium-ion for LDES’
Energy Dome’s CO2 Battery is more cost-effective than a comparable lithium-ion battery for LDES applications, the company said earlier this week, citing a report by the Electric Power Research Institute (EPRI) in the US.
Shell’s Sonnen sales process hurt its ability to keep up with the market – claim
Fabian Fürst, founder & CEO of German flexibility platform Flexa, said that Shell’s drawn-out sale of VPP battery platform Sonnen means the company has fallen behind. Shell finally sold it to a family office investment firm last month, more than three years after a sales process reportedly started.