National grid bans energy storage

Why is National Grid unable to use batteries?

Roula Khalaf, Editor of the FT, selects her favourite stories in this weekly newsletter. Ageing computer systems and an outdated electricity network means National Grid is often unable to use batteries designed to deliver cheap green power, it has admitted.

Will grid battery storage double this year?

Scenes like that are growing more common around the US, where grid battery storage is poised to double this year to more than 18 gigawatts, according to the US Energy Information Agency. As the industry has grown, so have local concerns about where exactly the truck-sized, 40-ton battery containers are being placed.

Is national grid making the country's power costlier & dirtier?

Dyke’s comments came in response to a letter from four leading battery storage groups which said National Grid’s “electricity system operator” or ESO division was making the country’s power costlier and dirtier by failing to use their technology properly.

Why did National Grid divest?

The divestment is part of National Grid’s strategy to focus on networks and streamline the business, the company said. For Brookfield, however, the investment signals the company’s confident outlook toward renewable energy in the U.S., despite any political uncertainty looming the country.

Are New York and California planning a solar grid backed up by batteries?

Paying no attention whatsoever to my warnings, and not troubling themselves to do any simple arithmetic of their own, the states of New York and California have chosen to forge ahead with plans for predominantly wind/solar grids backed up by batteries.

Did Brookfield Asset Management Buy National Grid?

Brookfield Asset Management agreed to purchase National Grid’s renewable energy business, including its utility-scale solar, onshore wind and battery-storage U.S. assets. National Grid will sell its U.S. onshore renewables business to Brookfield Asset Management for nearly $1.74 billion.