Home battery can help solve power grid issues, says grid operator after test in Zeeland

Mega-polluter China believes it is a climate saviour

Which countries should shell out more to save the planet? Eight in ten of the world’s solar panels are made in China, according to the International Energy Agency, an intergovernmental body. Last year global spending on the deployment of clean-energy technologies came to $1.8trn, according to BloombergNEF, of which 38% occurred in China. But China’s clean-energy success is down to …

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2 weeks, 4 days ago

Climate-friendly electricity sees big battery projects soar again for 2024

The Independent

For free real time breaking news alerts sent straight to your inbox sign up to our breaking news emails Sign up to our free breaking news emails Sign up to our free breaking news emails SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. Batteries are “a really obvious solution” to reducing need …

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2 weeks, 4 days ago

Climate-friendly electricity sees big battery projects soar again for 2024

Associated Press

2024 was another banner year for a source of electricity that is better for people’s lungs, better for climate change and may be reaching your home when you turn on the lights or turn up the thermostat — large banks of batteries. Batteries are “a really obvious solution” to reducing need for peakers, says Daniel Chu, senior energy planner for …

Energy Climate Electricity Power Plants Batteries Battery Storage

3 weeks, 6 days ago

Noord-Holland may have lengthy power cuts in 2026 due to overload of the power grid

NL Times

There is a possibility of lengthy power cuts in 2026 in parts of Noord-Holland if no extra measures are taken against the overload of the power grid, grid operators TenneT and Liander warn. They also predict in a new forecast that in many places in the province, there will be waiting lists for large electricity consumers, such as data centers, …

Electricity Power Grid Noord

4 weeks ago

ACM warns of misleading home battery ads

NL Times

The Netherlands Authority for Consumers and Markets has issued a warning about misleading Interest in home batteries has been rising, particularly among homeowners with solar panels who see them as a way to avoid feed-in costs for surplus solar energy. However, ACM stresses that estimating the financial returns of a home battery is not straightforward. ACM also noted that the …

Battery Acm Home Batteries

4 weeks, 1 day ago

Govt to mandate battery storage for renewable power projects

Live Mint

New Delhi: The Union ministry of new and renewable energy may soon mandate battery storage capacity for upcoming solar and wind power plants, said Prashant Kumar Singh, secretary, Union ministry of new and renewable energy on Monday. Now, with falling battery prices, it makes a lot of sense to go ahead and henceforth not have any vanilla solar or vanilla …

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2 months, 1 week ago

Power Grid in Rotterdam and Surrounds at Max Capacity: City to Face Long Waitlists

NL Times

The electricity grid in Rotterdam and the surrounding area has reached its maximum capacity, causing long waiting lists for new connections and expansions. To relieve pressure, grid operator Stedin is investigating options such as peak-time rewards for large consumers and urging households and small businesses to avoid peak hours on the grid.

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2 months, 2 weeks ago

Solving the micro grid problem

ABC

Rachel Mealey: The regional city of Broken Hill in far western New South Wales has been cut off from the national power grid for nearly two weeks. A microgrid is a small self-contained network, like a small community, which has its own energy source and can keep running when it's cut off from the main grid. Luke Radford: The modern …

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5 months, 1 week ago

Australia's solar power surge is world-leading, but energy storage is lagging. Are cheaper household batteries inevitable?

ABC

On a suburban street in Perth, amid the pre-war homes and the peppermint trees, evidence of Australia's transforming energy system is all around. But in WA – home to the world's biggest isolated or "island" grid in the south western corner of the state – the uptake of solar also poses some thorny questions. Mr Wood said about 75 per …

Energy Household Australia Electricity Power Storage Solar

10 months, 2 weeks ago

Grid manager wants to turn off electric car charges between 16:00 and 21:00

NL Times

Stedin wants to turn off public charging stations for electric cars between 4:00 p.m. and 9:00 p.m. According to the grid operator, the power grid is so overtaxed during those peak hours that it is “bursting at the seams” and risking power outages, NOS reports. Grid operators are already experimenting with “smart” or “grid aware” charging in several places, where …

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1 year, 2 months ago

Citizens must do more to combat the strain on the electricity grid, experts say

NL Times

Not only companies but also consumers should do more to relieve the burden on the entire electricity grid and thus make the energy transition more successful, two energy professors told ANP. Energy economics professor Machiel Mulder from the University of Groningen and energy technology professor David Smeulders from TU Eindhoven see this as one of the solutions to the grid …

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1 year, 4 months ago

National Grid to pay households to cut their electricity usage at least 12 times this winter

The Telegraph

Jake Rigg, corporate affairs director at National Grid ESO, said: “The ESO will be reintroducing the Demand Flexibility Service for this winter and is keen for more consumers, both large and small, to get involved. “Across last winter the Demand Flexibility Service successfully demonstrated the interest of consumers and businesses in playing a more active role in balancing our electricity …

Grid

1 year, 4 months ago

Ofgem seeks views on how to encourage people to switch to off-peak power use

The Independent

For free real time breaking news alerts sent straight to your inbox sign up to our breaking news emails Sign up to our free breaking news emails Sign up to our free breaking news emails SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. Read our privacy policy Energy regulator Ofgem has started …

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1 year, 6 months ago

Grid operator Tennet wants more large battery facilities to store renewable energy

NL Times

The Netherlands needs more large battery facilities to store sustainably generated energy in order to guarantee power supply in the future, grid operator TenneT said in a report. TenneT expects to need 9 GW of battery capacity connected to the grid, effectively distributed across the country, by 2030. The energy system is changing, consisting increasingly of renewable electricity and less …

Energy Power Supply System Batteries Tennet

1 year, 10 months ago

NL residents to face flickering lights, power outages as grid fills up, Alliander warns

NL Times

The Netherlands’ power grid is so full that it has to be temporarily overloaded to provide energy to as many people as possible, Alliander, grid operator Liander’s parent company, warned when presenting its annual figures on Thursday. Customers with solar panels also won’t always be able to return their generated power to the grid. And pushing power back onto the …

Netherlands Power Grid Power Outages Residential Areas

1 year, 11 months ago

How vehicle-to-grid charging could make the power grid more reliable.

Slate

This story was originally published by Wired and has been republished here as part of the Climate Desk collaboration. “Yes, if everyone plugged in at the same time and charged a car at full power, that would not work on this antiquated model of charging,” says Jan Kleissl, director of the Center for Energy Research at the University of California, …

Energy Vehicles Battery Power California Grid Need

1 year, 11 months ago

Hey EV Owners: It’d Take a Fraction of You to Prop Up the Grid

Wired

At first glance, electric vehicles seem like rolling disasters for the power grid. Last year, the Natural Resources Defense Council estimated that if California exploited all of the 14 million EVs it’ll have by 2035, they could power every home in the state for three days. Xu’s modeling finds that by the year 2030, only 30 percent of the world’s …

Energy Power Grid Owners Batteries Ev Owners V2G

2 years, 1 month ago

Powering homes with solar when the electricity grid goes out

The Hindu

In areas where storms or extreme heat and cold have knocked out the power for days at a time, people are starting to ask whether investing in rooftop solar and battery storage systems can keep the lights on and the air conditioner running when the power grid can’t. For a new report, we modeled a generic power outage for every …

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2 years, 1 month ago

Europe’s biggest battery switches on in UK to combat energy shortages

The Independent

Europe’s largest battery facility has opened in East Yorkshire, offering backup power from renewable energy sources to up to 300,000 homes. The Pillswood battery energy storage system in Cottingham went online on Monday, a month ahead of schedule due to concerns about electricity shortages for UK households this winter. “Battery energy storage systems offer the ability to stabilise and balance …

Europe Battery Switches Harmony Energy

2 years, 3 months ago

Hurricane Ian brings a long-lasting power outage, how long can solar batteries power your home?

Firstpost

When the grid goes down, most solar systems that lack a battery will also shut down. In many disaster- and outage-prone areas, people are starting to ask whether investing in rooftop solar and battery storage systems can keep the lights on and the air conditioner running when the power grid can’t. For a new report, we modelled a generic power …

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2 years, 4 months ago

Op-Ed: California’s giant new batteries kept the lights on during the heat wave

LA Times

Cubes at the Kearny Energy Storage battery project in San Diego help to smooth the spikes and dips of supply and demand in California’s electric grid. For the record: An earlier version of this article incorrectly stated that batteries contributed 50 megawatts on average to California’s grid during two peak hours of an August 2020 heat wave. During a critical …

Energy Electricity Heat Power Solar California Grid

2 years, 5 months ago

Dutch power grid overloaded in more places; No new connections possible

NL Times

The electricity grid has reached its maximum capacity for supplying power to large consumers in even more places, grid operator Liander announced. “They are already noticing it if, for example, you cannot return electricity with solar panels,” said the spokesperson. It can also happen that lamps flicker or that you can’t charge your car, for example.” According to Liander, the …

Grid

2 years, 6 months ago

Dutch power grid can't handle influx of electric car charging points

NL Times

By 2025, there will be some 3,000 neighborhoods in the Netherlands where no new electric car charging points can be installed, knowledge center ElaadNL said to BNR. The growing demand for electric vehicles and accompanying charging stations is quickly overloading the power grid, grid operators confirmed to the broadcaster. According to Rutger Croon of ElaanNL, the power grid in some …

Grid Charging Smart Charging

2 years, 8 months ago

Energy shift creates opening for ‘world’s largest batteries’

Associated Press

LUDINGTON, Mich. — Sprawled like a gigantic swimming pool atop a bluff overlooking Lake Michigan is an asphalt-and-clay pond holding enough water to produce electricity for 1.6 million households. “Unless we get some help from the state or federal government, I don’t see it happening any time soon.” STUCK IN NEUTRAL The company’s decision illustrates the challenges facing pumped storage …

Energy Water Location Power Storage Project Pumped Storage

2 years, 11 months ago

National Grid scheme to ration households' power use at peak times

The Telegraph

Households will be paid to ration their power usage at peak times as the National Grid scrambles to reduce pressure on Britain's energy infrastructure. The results of the trial will help the National Grid Electricity System Operator, which manages Britain’s electricity supply and demand, work out how best to design and run the system as the UK shifts away from …

Electricity Demand Britain National Grid Households

3 years, 3 months ago

The Grid Isn’t Ready for the Renewable Revolution

Wired

You can almost hear the electrical grid creaking and groaning under the weight of the future, as two forces converge to push it—often literally—to its breaking point. One force is climate change, which can exacerbate disasters that take down parts of the grid, as Hurricane Ida did this summer, knocking New Orleans offline just as a heat wave settled in. …

Power Utilities Demand Grid

3 years, 5 months ago

‘Risk of power blackouts’ unless capacity expanded for electric cars

The Independent

Increasing demand for power as more people charge electric cars could result in "blackouts" in parts of the country unless suppliers create extra capacity, MPs have warned. Drivers of electric vehicles should be incentivised to recharge batteries "little but often", otherwise demand for electricity could outstrip supply, the Commons Transport Committee said on Wednesday. Tory MP Huw Merriman who chairs …

Demand Committee Grid Electric National Grid Charging

3 years, 7 months ago

Yackandandah's community battery may not be 'big' but it's enough to 'petrify' energy providers

ABC

They may not boast the impressive size of "big batteries" but a growing trend in the energy storage space is being hailed as a game changer for communities and "petrifying" for power companies. "We're confident our community battery project will transform the way solar energy is stored, reduce resident's hip pocket costs, reduce peak demand and support the use of …

Community Energy Market Electricity Renewable Energy Power Solar

3 years, 7 months ago

Matt put a solar power battery on his bike shop. He won't put one on his home and policy is to blame

ABC

Matt King reckons "batteries are the way of the future". Key points: Just 4.4 per cent of the Australian homes with solar have household batteries too Regulators say excess solar is becoming a problem Disincentives could see more homes install batteries His reason for not installing one on his home highlights how much energy policy, subsidies and basic household economics …

Energy Market Renewable Energy Power Solar Panels Territory Darwin

3 years, 10 months ago

When the Grid Goes Down, Can a Fleet of Batteries Replace It?

Wired

Last week, as millions of his fellow Texans were plunged into unrelenting darkness and cold, Nicholas Littlejohn considered himself lucky. How many cars like Littlejohn’s would it take to replace the energy that was missing last week from the Texas power grid? Assuming the grid lost 1 terawatt-hour of energy overall, and also assuming a bigger car battery, such as …

Energy Power Texas California Grid Littlejohn

4 years ago

The batteries that could make fossil fuels obsolete

BBC

The batteries that could make fossil fuels obsolete InterGen An artist's impression of what is set to become the UK's largest battery storage facility, with 320 megawatt capacity The advent of "big battery" technology addresses a key challenge for green energy – the intermittency of wind and solar. "We're almost entirely piggybacking on the growth of lithium-ion battery technology, which …

Energy Europe Credit Renewable Energy Battery Power Storage

4 years, 3 months ago

ACT Labor promise Canberra-wide network of renewable energy batteries if elected

ABC

A network of 'big batteries' with a combined capacity far larger than the massive Tesla battery in South Australia would be built across Canberra, under a new plan from ACT Labor. Key points: ACT Labor is promising a city-wide network of renewable energy batteries if it wins the election The $100 million investment would provide 250MW of storage capacity in …

Energy Labor Renewable Energy Battery Power Network Canberra

4 years, 7 months ago

Shared community battery may be trialled in solar-powered Canberra suburb to stabilise energy supply

ABC

Australia is home to the planet's biggest battery. Key points: The ACT Government is considering a community battery for the suburb of Jacka, to be shared among households Research suggests shared, mid-sized batteries are a cheaper, more effective way for homes to store solar energy The network operator is looking for ways to stop households flooding the grid with excess …

Community Energy Household Battery Power Solar Grid

4 years, 10 months ago

WA Parliament microgrid report fails to address how to fix our solar power network

ABC

In the debate about creating the renewable electricity system, actions as well as words are often driven by what feels right, or even what feels good. People like renewable energy, for the most part, and images of wind turbines and sun-kissed solar panels play well to the public. The report outlines the need for better planning to ensure the proliferation …

Energy Electricity Renewable Energy Power Solar Solar Power Report

5 years, 1 month ago

Authorities look to control household rooftop solar power systems to stabilise the grid

ABC

The body that runs WA's main electricity market wants the ability to remotely dump excess solar power from households — cutting the bill rebates people receive — to safeguard the grid from surging levels of renewable energy and avoid rolling power cuts. Key points: Too much solar power in WA is threatening the stability of the electricity grid The market …

Energy Household Renewable Energy Control Power Solar Solar Power

5 years, 4 months ago

Canberra will be home to one of Australia's biggest batteries as ACT weans off fossil fuels

ABC

The ACT will gain one of the nation's biggest batteries, capable of powering 25,000 homes for two hours, as it moves to end its reliance on fossil fuels. Key points: The new battery will be built in Canberra and supplied by a large solar or wind farm It will store about one-third as much power as the world's biggest battery …

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5 years, 5 months ago

Microgrids

BBC

Microgrids Small, easy-to-install grids might be an answer to energy shortages in the developing world, boosting economies hit by power cuts. “Societal pressure and emissions policies are speeding up innovation in the world of energy,” writes Mike Hughes of Schneider Electric, which is among the big players in the microgrid market. Established economies need more resilient power grids to protect …

Grids Microgrids

6 years ago

Dutch power grid struggling under influx of solar panels: report

NL Times

In some areas in the Netherlands the power grid is struggling to cope with the large number of new solar panels installed over the past few years, various Dutch newspapers report. In parts of Groningen, Drenthe and Overijssel, network operators Enexis and Tennet have to say "no" to the initiators of new large-scale projects, the Volkskrant and Financieele Dagblad report. …

Solar Panels

6 years, 2 months ago

Home battery scheme to shore up power supply ahead of summer

ABC

South Australia's Energy Minister has warned there is still a 10 per cent chance of load-shedding blackouts this summer, ahead of warmer temperatures in the state this week. Key points: The SA Government says it is working to combat the blackout risk ahead of summer Very hot weather is expected in parts of SA and Victoria later this week A …

Summer Battery Power South Scheme Victoria South Australia

6 years, 3 months ago

Electricity distributors warn excess solar power in network could cause blackouts, damage infrastructure

ABC

With almost 1.8 million Australian homes and businesses relying on power from rooftop solar panels, there is a fight brewing over the impact of solar energy on the national electricity grid. Key points: Andrew Dillon of Energy Networks Australia says the way customers are charged has to change Economist Bruce Mountain says solar power is threatening power distribution models ENA …

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Home battery can help solve power grid issues, says grid operator after test in Zeeland

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