ABB invention brings the high voltage DC grid closer to reality
While we try to keep bang up to minute, there are some reports that are so important we will include them, even if they are a bit dated. One story that slipped through our net the first time around is...
View ArticleSecuring Europe’s energy independence
An industry with an annual turnover of over €291 billion has this week called on European decision makers to accelerate the delivery of the infrastructure to achieve the transition to a pan-European...
View ArticleEurope’s low-carbon grid at risk
Speaking at Supergrid 2013 this week, Friends of the Supergrid chairman Marcello del Brenna called on European Union (EU) policy makers to deliver a single market in electricity this decade. Putting in...
View ArticleFriends of Supergrid tables debate
With supergrid developments forming an interesting backdrop to the development of energy storage in Europe, you might like to make space in your diary for a Friends of the Supergrid panel debate at the...
View ArticleEnergy storage and the Ukrainian gas affair
Storage’s role in securing energy supplies looks likely to come more to the fore following events in Ukraine this week. On Monday the territorial dispute between Ukraine and Russia took an...
View ArticleEurope’s controversial election to help storage?
Energy storage fans may have cause for optimism if last week’s European Commission (EC) presidential election leads to more joined-up thinking on energy policy. The UK Prime Minister David Cameron was...
View ArticleCould grids negate the need for energy storage?
By Jason Deign The potential for interconnections to minimise the need for storage across Europe looks vanishingly thin in the face of recent research. Five future interconnection scenarios published...
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