Energy storage

Octopus licenses Kraken to manage Masdar battery portfolio

SSE folds solar and battery team into renewables arm

SSE is folding its 100-strong solar and battery team, which up until now has been incubated in the group’s Enterprise division, into SSE Renewables. The company said the move will help the solar and battery business to grow in scale, whilst also enabling SSE Renewables to benefit from the team's expertise.

Long-duration energy storage demos awarded £30m

Greencoat and Innova partner to build 5GW of solar and storage

Orsted announces liquid air storage partnership

Orsted has teamed up with Highview Power to investigate how liquid air energy storage can deliver a stronger investment case for future offshore wind projects. The two companies will carry out detailed technical analysis and an economic assessment during 2023 that will investigate the benefits of combining wind technology with liquid air energy storage.

Penso Power wins planning permission for 250MWh battery

SSE pumps £100m into Coire Glas hydro storage scheme

ESO balancing reserve proposals rejected by Ofgem

Ofgem seeks to create world’s first distributed energy supermarket

Masdar to invest £1bn in UK battery storage

Masdar has announced its intention to invest £1 billion in the UK battery storage market. It comes after the UAE government-owned firm acquired UK-based battery developer Arlington Energy

Collapsed Britishvolt bought by Australian firm

UK battery developer Britishvolt has been acquired by Australian startup Recharge Industries. The sale revives plans to build a £3.8 billion gigafactory in Cambois, Northumberland. If built it will be the UK’s first gigafactory.

Record capacity auction to cost consumers £5.7bn

T-4 capacity auction clears at record high price

Capacity Market secures record year-ahead power

Gridlock: Connecting the country to a net zero future