Energy Storage

Energy Generation

Sustainable Porto Santo – Renault creates smart island project in Portugal

Using electric vehicles, vehicle-to-grid charging and recycled batteries, Renault and a Madeira utility are creating a smart island experiment in Porto Santo.

Energy Generation

Battery storage for grid flexibility – a view from Sweden

In a country with 35% electrification, battery storage has much to offer the grid for flexibility, reliability and security. Bo Normark of InnoEnergy explains more.

Energy Generation

The House with No Bills: an Australian smart home initiative

A smart home experiment seeks to find out whether it is possible to live without any gas or electricity bills.

Energy Generation

Europe’s new energy storage STORY – tackling integration for DSOs

The STORY project is researching new energy storage technologies and their benefits in European distribution systems.

Energy Generation

UK gas crisis – 5 lessons

A potential gas supply crunch in the UK provides lessons towards building resilience and decarbonising the gas grid.

Energy Generation

Smart microgrids and power reliability on Greek island of Tilos

A Greek smart microgrid project is testing a local battery storage system for multiple use cases including island grid stability.

Energy Generation

The big battery battle – Tesla vying for energy storage monopoly

As Tesla throws its name into the hat to deliver yet another major power storage project in Australia, the company continues to be a major market competitor.

Energy Generation

Life beyond lithium-ion: alternatives for electric vehicle batteries

Solid state batteries are emerging as the next power storage frontier for electric vehicles.

Energy Generation

TenneT tests the blockchain to unlock flexibility

Germany, the Netherlands and UK are at the epicentre of the development of blockchain platforms for securing grid flexibility.

Energy Generation

Bridging the gas-electricity DSO gap

The decentralised energy market with distributed resources is opening the way for new areas of cooperation between gas and electricity utilities.

Energy Generation

Integrating electric vehicles into the grid – three takeaways

E-mobility heads Federico Caleno at Enel X and Sven Jaspers at Nuon/Vattenfall discuss the grid integration of electric vehicles.