Alpiq has acquired a 103.5 MW/238 MWh battery energy storage system in Bollingstedt, northern Germany, marking the Swiss utility’s entry into the country’s operational large scale battery storage market as competition for flexible power assets intensifies.
Toyota’s electrification strategy is increasingly moving beyond the question of whether battery electric vehicles will dominate the market and toward a more differentiated approach in which hybrids, plug in hybrids, battery electric vehicles and hydrogen fuel cells are deployed according to vehicle segment, infrastructure availability and regional energy systems.
Masdar has begun commercial operations at its 35 MW/70 MWh Royle Barn Road battery in Rochdale, northern England, adding another grid scale storage asset to the UK’s rapidly expanding battery market as the country accelerates investment in flexibility to support a more renewable power system.
The UK is putting public money behind technologies designed to store electricity for at least 100 hours, reflecting a growing recognition that a power system increasingly dependent on wind and solar cannot rely solely on short duration batteries to manage prolonged periods of low renewable generation.
