Storage

Sunnier Days for Octopus’ Renewable Energy Portfolio

Octopus Renewables Infrastructure Trust has snapped up two ‘ready-to-build’ solar and battery storage projects

Solar Power Panel

US Startup Launches Mobile Renewable Nanogrid

The modular nanogrid, essentially containerised technology, is comprised of retractable solar PV, green hydrogen production and storage, fuel cells and battery …

Nuclear waste

Sellafield Waste Removal Follows ‘Decades of Preparation'

The first batch of nuclear waste has been safely removed from one of the most hazardous buildings on the Sellafield site, the Magnox Swarf Storage Silo.

Germany To Provide 15 Billion-Euro Credit Line To Fill Gas Storage

Germany will provide an additional 15 billion euros in credit lines for the purchase of gas to replenish storage facilities.

EU

Europe Needs 14GW/Year of Energy Storage – Ease

The European Association for Storage of Energy (EASE) assesses Europe’s storage needs around 200GW by 2030 and 600GW by 2050.

Energy Storage Battery

Skyscrapers—a Gravity Energy Storage Boon

Elevators and electric trucks provide opportunity for widespread, mechanical, grid-scale batteries.

Net Zero Emission

Airports Need to Get Hydrogen Ready Now to Land Net Zero Targets

Airport owners and operators need to plan for the delivery and storage of hydrogen now if they are to be ready to fuel hydrogen-powered aircraft by 2035.

CCS

Shell to Build Ships to Carry More CO2 Over Longer Distances for CCS Hubs

Shell is building larger vessels that can carry more carbon dioxide over longer distances as part of the company's plans to expand its carbon capture storage (C…

Solar Power Panel

First Hybrid Solar and Storage Powered Town in India

Modhera in Gujarat state in northwest India is the country’s first town to be supplied with 24/7 solar energy.

Energy Storage Battery

Increase in Battery Storage Use Could Push Australian Electricity Prices Even Higher

Data collated by Cornwall Insight Australia, looking at battery storage operations from June 2021 to May 2022, has shown a link between the increase in the amou…

Hybrid Power Plant

GE Renewable Energy to Ramp New ‘Renewable Hybrid’ Factory in India to 9GW

US conglomerate General Electric (GE) is looking to triple its solar and battery energy storage manufacturing capacity at its newly launched Renewable Hybrids f…

HYBRIT: A Unique, Underground, Fossil-Free Hydrogen Gas Storage Facility Is Being Inaugurated in Luleå

SSAB, LKAB and Vattenfall are inaugurating HYBRIT’s pilot facility for fossil-free hydrogen gas storage at Svartöberget in Luleå, Sweden.

CCS

DOE Injects $39M R&D Funding Into ‘Buildings as Carbon Storage’ Projects

The US Department of Energy (DOE) has announced $39 million in awards for 18 projects seeking to develop technologies that can transform buildings into net carb…

CCS

Three Companies Seek Permits for Carbon Storage off Norway

CapeOmega, TotalEnergies and Wintershall Dea submitted bids to store carbon dioxide on the Norwegian continental shelf

CCS

UK Launches First CO2 Storage Licensing Round, Bidding to Be ‘Global Leader'

The UK on June 14 launched its first CO2 storage licensing round aimed at supplementing existing licenses and becoming a "global leader" in the field, with as m…