Octopus Australia secures AUD$250m boost

Octopus Australia has received an investment from Rest, a major superannuation fund, as part of its successful second fundraising round for the Octopus Australia Sustainable Investments Fund

GridBeyond pulls behind-the-meter storage into aggregated unit

In a market first, GridBeyond executes on its strategy of bringing distributed energy storage assets together as one resource to access to National Grid Electricity System Operator’s (ESO) new suite of dynamic services

Jaguar Land Rover’s old car batteries to power UK grid

The used electric vehicle batteries will be repurposed to store excess power during off peak times and release it back into the grid when needed

Diesel-to-battery conversion activates 100MWh of clean energy storage

Pulse Clean Energy and Habitat Energy have transformed four UK diesel sites into grid-scale battery storage

Centrica to build largest battery storage project in Scotland

Centrica Business Solutions is set to construct its largest battery storage project, a 65MW two-hour battery storage plant in Perthshire, Scotland

UK wind farms forced to power down, resulting in millions lost

The First Minister has written a letter to Prime Minister Rishi Sunak, urging for increased support for long duration energy storage technologies

UK battery storage company bags £3.8m

The company’s technology records customers’ energy usage; storing cheaper off-peak electricity to use during peak hours

East Midlands to host 600MW renewable park

Subject to approval, the Beacon Fen Energy Park would produce solar energy and provide storage for the region

UK Infrastructure Bank goes big on green with £200m battery investment

The UK Infrastructure Bank is set to invest up to £200 million across two investment funds

‘Europe’s biggest’ battery in East Yorkshire opens

The project has the capacity to store enough energy to power around 300,000 homes in Yorkshire for two hours