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The horsepower driving the “decade of energy storage”
The future for energy storage is bright. Fighting global climate change has become an undisputed imperative of our time, and renewable energy and e-mobility are key elements in this battle. Energy storage is closely interlinked to both: The first pushing up its...
Vietnam’s solar success story and why its solar M&A landscape is about to heat up
Vietnam’s solar star is clearly on the rise. In 2016, the long awaited announcement of the first solar feed-in tariff (FiT) policy for solar project development (also further referred to as FiT phase 1) in Vietnam triggered a solar success story, unique in the ASEAN...
Buffered charging – how batteries can close the widening “charging gap”
The ‘charging gap’ is widening”, Volkswagen’s head of e-mobility Thomas Ulbrich warned last week as the number of new electric vehicles (EVs) on the streets is increasingly outpacing available charging points. Based on the forecasted 2.5 to 4 million EVs and plug-in...
What’s in it for large-scale energy storage in Germany (beyond control reserve)?
“Batteries are dead in continental Europe”, the CEO of Next Kraftwerke, a Germany-based virtual power plant (VPP) operator, was quoted as saying at a conference earlier this year. At the time, the primary control reserve (PCR) market – still the primary driver for...
Clouds, communities and virtual batteries: A look behind the curtain
Tesla’s plan to offer its own electricity tariffs moved forward in the UK at the end of October with the introduction of its “Tesla Energy Plan”. Participating homeowners with an installed solar system and a Powerwall storage unit are promised the lowest flat rate for...
Floating solar PV gains global momentum
This article explores the current state of floating solar PV, briefly highlighting several leading markets, and discussing benefits and advantages in detail alongside common applications and business model considerations. The outlook for FPV is positive and is set to...
Taking part in the growing corporate M&A sector for renewables: Key valuation approaches explained
In this article, we offer a panorama of the merger & acquisition (M&A) landscape in Europe and examine various valuation methodologies used in M&A for the renewable energy sector, an area of growing economic importance. We explain the key aspects that must...
Energy storage in a post-pandemic world: Taking stock and preparing for future success – Part Two
In the final part of this article, Florian Mayr completes his review of Covid-19’s longer-term impact on the third key driver of the energy storage market. He identifies the key mindset and behavioral shifts we expect to see in a post-pandemic world, and outlines how energy storage players can best adapt and respond.
Energy storage in a post-pandemic world: Taking stock and preparing for future success – Part One
What is the actual impact of Covid-19 on the energy storage market in the longer term? In the first of this two-part article, Florian Mayr provides the bigger picture of “energy storage vs the virus” by closely examining its effects on the first two of three key market drivers