Andy Colthorpe

The Energy Storage Summit EU 2024 heard praise for the UK BESS industry’s approach to “perhaps the most complex energy asset to optimise” from a market perspective.

Wärtsilä is set to deploy its new Quantum High Energy battery energy storage system (BESS) solution for a 300MW/600MWh project in Scotland.

Electricity Supply Board (ESB) officially opened its 75MW/150MWh BESS in Dublin, making it the largest project of its kind in Ireland.

Gresham House Energy Storage Fund has stated that the UK market is suffering from a “weak revenue environment” due to assets not being able to participate in balancing the GB grid or replacing gas-fired generation to their fullest capability.

Government has launched its consultation on its proposals for kickstarting investment into long-duration energy storage (LDES), which includes a cap-and-floor mechanism and excluding lithium-ion from being eligible.

ABB and Gravitricity have signed an agreement to explore how ABB can utilise its expertise with hoisting equipment for gravity storage.

Harmony Energy Income Trust has energised two grid-scale BESS assets, including one of the same size as flagship ‘largest project in Europe’.

Quinbrook Infrastructure Partners has raised £620 million for a UK-focused renewables fund, with solar, storage and flexibility assets a key focus.

Public consultation has opened on a large-scale solar PV project in Buckinghamshire which is at the early stages of development, by co-owners EDF Renewables UK and PS Renewables.

Vertically integrated PV company Canadian Solar will supply 550MWh of battery storage equipment for developer Pulse Clean Energy’s UK projects.