Bobby Smith, president of the representative group Energy Storage Ireland, sits down at Energy Storage Summit 2024 to discuss the past, present and future of energy storage for the country.
Speaking at this year’s Energy Storage Summit EU, Semih Oztreves, director of network infrastructure at battery energy storage system (BESS) developer-operator Zenobē identified that the “sweet spot” for a UK BESS project lays “somewhere probably between 200-500MW.”
Harmony Energy successfully bid six battery energy storage system projects in the latest T-1 Capacity Market auction for delivery years 2024/25, increasing its revenue for this period to £3.2 million.
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.
Norwegian state-owned power company Statkraft has been granted planning permission for its fifth Greener Grid Park, located adjacent to the Coylton substation.