Analysis & Features

Daimler ditches home storage to concentrate on utility scale ESS market 420 236 Energy Storage Journal

Daimler ditches home storage to concentrate on utility scale ESS market

  Mercedes-Benz Energy, a 100% subsidiary of Daimler, announced the launch of a 9MW/10MWh project on June 20 that will operate on the German energy markets — a month after…

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Industry insight: Feeding the machine, AI as the next energy storage disruptor 500 358 Energy Storage Journal

Industry insight: Feeding the machine, AI as the next energy storage disruptor

  For some, such as Elon Musk and the late physicist Stephen Hawkins, the risk to mankind in the development of AI is a pronounced and real possibility. But in…

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Europe must strengthen battery value chain to compete with RoW 640 436 Energy Storage Journal

Europe must strengthen battery value chain to compete with RoW

  Europe must create an innovative, sustainable battery-making infrastructure if it is to realise its goal of becoming a global leader in energy storage and e-mobility, the vice-president for the…

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Nissan to use second-life EV batteries in VPPs to power plant 750 500 Energy Storage Journal

Nissan to use second-life EV batteries in VPPs to power plant

Japanese firms Benex Corp and Sumitomo announced on April 17 they had launched a project using second-life lithium ion electric vehicle batteries to power Benex’s plant in Isahaya, Japan. The…

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German JV commissions 5MW lithium ion for frequency regulation 768 437 Energy Storage Journal

German JV commissions 5MW lithium ion for frequency regulation

Kraftwerksbatterie Heilbronn, the joint venture between German firms Bosch and utility EnBw, announced on April 13 it had commissioned a 5MW/5MWh lithium ion energy storage system for primary control reserve…

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Siemens Gamesa to build 34MWh wind farm connected ESS in Australia 768 432 Energy Storage Journal

Siemens Gamesa to build 34MWh wind farm connected ESS in Australia

Wind power company Siemens Gamesa Renewable Energy — created last April from a merger between Gamesa Corporación Tecnológica and Siemens Wind Power — has been commissioned to build a wind…

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WA switches on the country’s biggest industrial battery system 200 160 Energy Storage Journal

WA switches on the country’s biggest industrial battery system

Australian utility Alinta Energy announced on April 12 it had switched on the country’s biggest industrial application lithium ion battery at its Newman Power Station in the Pilbara region of…

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Fluence begins operation with aggressive business plan Energy Storage Journal

Fluence begins operation with aggressive business plan

  January 25, 2018: Fluence, the energy storage joint venture between Siemens and The AES Corporation, announced the launch of business operations on January 11 with confirmation that it is…

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