May 17, 2018: For Europe, battery production is a strategic imperative for clean energy transition and the competitiveness of its automotive sector. Moreover, the Commission's ‘New Industrial Policy Strategy’ goal is to make the EU the world leader in innovation, digitisation and decarbonisation.
April 26, 2018: In the context of the much-discussed energy transition, the use of large-scale storage systems is taking on an ever-greater role in commerce and industry, as well as for utilities.
April 26, 2018: Since 2017, PV self-consumption systems in France have been supported with an investment bonus. At the same time, the electricity price has risen by about 20% in the past five years.
April 13, 2018: Kraftwerksbatterie Heilbronn, a joint venture between German firms Bosch and utility EnBW, announced it had commissioned a 5MW/5MWh lithium ion energy storage system for primary control reserve at EnBW’s coal-fired power plant in Heilbronn, Germany.
April 2018: Keeping the global temperature rise below 2 degrees Celsius (°C) is technically feasible. It would also be more economically, socially and environmentally beneficial than the path resulting from current plans and policies, known in the IRENA (International Renewable Energy Agency) report…
