energy storage system

Vanadium producer Bushveld Minerals has formed a company with Invinity Energy Systems to rent vanadium electrolyte to energy storage system end users. 

The new company is part of Bushveld Minerals' strategy of supplying material, electrolyte and electrolyte rental products to vanadium redox flow battery companies, which it announced last November. 

A hybrid energy storage system has been completed in the Netherlands utilising lithium-ion batteries from Leclanché and flywheel technology from S4 Energy. 

Swiss company Leclanché partnered with Netherlands firm S4 Energy on the project in Almelo for energy management provider S4 Ancillary Services.

The State of Qatar has begun a pilot project to store grid-scale power using a 1MW/4MWh lithium-ion energy storage system— a first for the state that relies completely on power from gas and oil. 

The Qatar General Electricity and Water Corporation (KAHRAMAA) launched the QR 10 million ($2.8 million) project in cooperation with Al Attiyah Group and Tesla.

Second-life battery developer Connected Energy is set to install an energy storage system in the UK using 24 used Renault Kangoo electric vehicle battery packs.

The £20 million ($25 million) 300kW/360kWh E-STOR system will help optimise energy use and peak loads across a system including PV, EV chargers and heating, ventilation, and air conditioning (HVAC).

Lithium-ion energy storage system provider NEC Energy Solutions— the US subsidiary of Japan’s NEC Corp— is set to wind down operations.

The Massachusetts-based company is set to ‘orderly wind down’ by not seeking new business, but will finish projects under development, according to reports by media company Bloomberg. 

NEC had not replied to BEST's questions at the time of publication.