The World Bank has predicted that conflict in the Middle East could lead to a dramatic spike in oil prices, which is linked to increases in food prices - however it's argued that the forecasts do not take into account the ability of energy storage to meet demand
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US offshore wind is beset by economic challenges, but this shouldn’t blind the sector to the potential for incorporating green hydrogen production into project plans
Attendees at 'Financing Wind Offshore' in Boston last week were quietly optimistic, even though the Biden administration's target of 30GW installed offshore wind by 2030 now looks out of reach. That positivity will be needed in the year ahead.
The cost of living crisis means more people are considering going off-grid, and a new study shows that energy storage could enable two million family homes in Europe to do just that
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The sector’s eyes were on Scotland at 10am local time as the Crown Estate Scotland shared the winners of the ScotWind seabed tender.
Which energy storage companies are set to make waves in the coming year? Here, Energy Storage Report reveals its ‘Ten Energy Storage Companies To Watch In 2022’.
The new year chimes had barely finished ringing when Germany and Austria hit out at European Union plans to label nuclear and natural gas as ‘green’.
Bringing a new type of energy storage technology to market can be immensely challenging. Just ask Curtis VanWalleghem. The CEO of Toronto-headquartered energy storage developer Hydrostor – a company that was founded 11 years ago – has had to surmount some significant obstacles to get the business to where it is today.
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It’s the moment of truth! Back in January, in the first Energy Storage Report (ESR) briefing of the year, we shared ten predictions for the global storage industry for 2021. Were the predictions accurate? Here, in the last ESR briefing of 2021, we’ll check out how we did and award a ranking out of ten. Here goes…
Brian Walsh has a dream. In that dream, energy storage systems are an integral part of every new building, every renewable energy project, and every electric car charger. As head of WIND Ventures, the San Francisco-based venture capital arm of energy investment company Copec, Walsh is working to help make this dream a reality.
Let’s celebrate the true spirit of Christmas: accountability.
It is three weeks since Danish turbine giant Vestas revealed it had fallen victim to a major cyberattack. While the company said it was able to get most of its IT systems back up within a fortnight, the revelations have kept coming.
Do you have a sufficient amount of storage in your renewables portfolio? If not, you are probably not getting the most out of your assets. Upping investment in energy storage is becoming an increasingly urgent priority for wind and solar operators and investors.
“The opportunity to be at the beginning of an industry in my home country Ireland was too great a chance to miss.”
Energy storage finance is starting to gain significant momentum. This is particularly the case in North America and Europe, and the last month saw a number of notable storage financing deals concluded that demonstrated the range of financing-types available to businesses in the sector.