Battery energy storage systems (BESS) are booming across the European Union, Great Britain, Asia, the Americas and Australia. They are easing grid feed-in bottlenecks, particularly for commercial and industrial (C&I) customers and grid-connected solar projects.
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Solar and battery storage supply chains are becoming harder to treat separately, as the two are increasingly combined within individual projects. The goal is to reduce duplicated effort for companies operating across both and to let each industry build on the other’s work rather than develop parallel standards.
Markets moving closer together
Battery electric vehicles are gaining market share across Europe, driving the electrification of the transport sector. Where grid connections offer limited power, high-capacity stationary storage systems are needed to enable fast charging.** In addition, bidirectional charging is becoming standard.
In this issue:
Solar and battery bodies team up to target supply chain duplication
Overstated battery availability puts investor returns at risk
AI turns storage into a multi-revenue asset for industry
LONGi bets on integration with new storage range
SMA powers up a factory built for 60 GW a year
CATL builds world's largest BESS test lab – open to competitors
August Battery Index: storage prices soften across residential and commercial
From experts for experts:
Gerard Scheper: Europe needs battery suppliers who stay after the sale
Alastair Mounsey: “Europe pushes us technologically”
Guluma Megersa from Sigenergy: innovative solutions for solar parks
Philipp Kunze from Nextpower: increased value creation for large-scale plants
Thomas Yuan from AlphaESS: from C&I to utilities – all on one platform
Oliver Glenz from HIS Renewables: innovations in the DC field
Franz-Josef Feilmeier from Fenecon: large-scale storage made in Europe
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