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UK should extend its power sector, as diesel and petrol cars ban will increase the number of electric cars
Britain must build new power plants, grid networks, and electric vehicle charging points to avoid local power shortages, supporting millions of more battery-powered vehicles over the next two decades. Replacement of banned diesel and petrol cars with electric is technically feasible, and if drivers can be persuaded to recharge them overnight - when spare power capacity is abundant - the huge infrastructure cost could be reduced.
read more... 01/09/2017
Amec Foster Wheeler will provide solar energy for US military base
British company Amec Foster Wheeler will provide a 750kW solar energy and battery storage system to the US Air Force Wake Island base, in a contract worth $26.6 million. The deal will include the upkeep and upgrade of the facility’s electrical distribution system, which consists of around eight miles of medium-voltage electrical equipment.
read more... 29/08/2017
DONG Energy will integrate batteries into UK offshore wind park
Danish state-run utility and wind power developer DONG Energy will install a battery system at its Burbo Bank Offshore wind park off the coast of Britain to help supply stable supplies to the grid, it declared on Wednesday.
read more... 08/06/2017
UK: E.ON solar panels with battery storage could cut electricity bills
German utility E.ON declared on Wednesday that it launched a combined solar panel and battery storage energy product for British clients that could half electricity bills.
read more... 20/04/2017
Mitsubishi Corporation joined the largest battery storage project in Germany
Mitsubishi Corporation (MC) announced that it will be working through Enspire ME, a 50:50 joint venture formed from MC and Eneco (Netherlands based company), to build a 48MW/50MWh battery in Schleswig-Holstein in northern Germany based on a large-scale battery energy storage system (BESS).
read more... 10/04/2017