Energy storage

A database run by a US-based electricity sector research organisation reveals the countries with the worst records for utility scale, or industrial, energy storage-related fires

A battery energy storage system at The Emirates stadium helped Arsenal top a Premier League 'green' ranking - other football clubs could now replicate the North London side's approach to sustainability

The ample solar resources in the US west mean opportunities for solar arbitrage abound, with the result that storage investors can expect excellent returns on investment

Twelve months on from the introduction of the US Inflation Reduction Act, energy storage manufacturing is booming, but slow implementation of the law is delaying some projects

The UK National Grid is preferring to dispatch higher carbon assets rather than energy storage in the balancing mechanism, a strategy that is putting billions of potential UK storage investment at risk

The energy storage industry is at a crucial phase of its development, only those companies that effectively plan how to extend the lifetime of their technology will survive

The use of utility scale battery storage for price arbitrage is increasing dramatically, but this could be leading to faster battery degradation, reduced revenues and greater fire risk

Institutional investors have begun backing storage in a big way, but increased investment is bringing more scrutiny for which many energy storage businesses will be unprepared

US interconnection waiting times are on the increase, with 680GW of storage queued, what can be done to increase the prospects of securing grid connections?

Wind curtailment has cost the UK more than £1 billion in the last three years, highlighting the critical need for more energy storage

The nation's economy has been devastated by blackouts, now energy storage is being viewed as the solution to most of South Africa's electricity problems

The Netherlands is targeting 9GW of battery storage by 2030, but deployment is being jeopardised by transmission tariffs and a lack of understanding of battery revenue streams