The Need for Flexibility and Innovation in the Storage Industry

The strong expansion of variable renewables, which are projected to make up more than half of global capacity additions to 2040 in the IEA’s New Policies Scenario (NPS), has major implications for electricity, first among them is the need for increased flexibility in the storage industry. Globally, electricity demand is projected to grow by over
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Liquid Air Energy Storage Explained by a Developer

Here follow 5 questions Green Dealflow asked phelas, an innovative company focusing on a particular energy storage technology to foster the energy transition: liquid air energy storage. What problem does phelas solve? Phelas was founded to turn a very simple vision into reality: We want 100% renewable power to be a no-brainer everywhere on this
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The Future of Energy Storage

In May 2022 the Massachusetts Institute of Technology published the report “The Future of Energy Storage”, founded by The Alfred P. Sloan Foundation and The Heising-Simons Foundation.Energy storage enables cost-effective deep decarbonization of electric power systems with high wind and solar penetration. Deep decarbonization will require massive investments in multiple energy storage technologies, as well
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Italy’s “Energy Decree” – Innovations and Observations Regarding Renewables

You can find the original article from Watson Farley & Williams about the Italian energy decree here. We present an overview of the main amendments introduced by the Energy Decree, focussing on the photovoltaic (“PV”) and wind power sectors. I. SIMPLIFICATIONS FOR THE INSTALLATION OF RENEWABLE POWER PLANTS Extension of the simplified authorisation procedure (PAS) – Legislative
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The Importance Of Grid Codes In Renewables Scenarios

An increasing number of countries aim to replace polluting conventional generators with clean renewables. It is expected that this would lead to solar and wind production covering almost 80% of the total generation. The change in the electric system going from dispatchable conventional generators to renewables production will require investments and support from TSOs, market
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Chart: What will a net-zero grid energy mix actually look like?

Massive amounts of new wind and solar will be a make-or-break ingredient of a net-zero grid. Solar power generated less than 4 percent of the world’s electricity in 2021; by 2050, solar’s share needs to jump to 33 percent. Wind power produced less than 7 percent of electricity globally last year; by 2050, that needs to grow to 35 percent. So said the International Energy Agency last year when it laid
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Italian solar sector defines standards for agrivoltaics

Italian renewable energy associations ANIE Rinnovabili, Italia Solare, and Elettricità Futura have released a joint position paper defining a series of standards for agrivoltaics projects. A document compiled by three Italian renewables associations identifies with extreme precision the area that is allowed to be used for power generation in the two most common agrivoltaics configurations — solar arrays with elevated
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Italian Fer Observatory On Renewables 2021

Renewables on the rise: + 70% compared to 2020 with 1,397 MW. It is essential to accelerate to reach the 2030 goals.  According to the RES Observatory created by ANIE Rinnovabili, an association of ANIE Federation, based on the data from Terna of 2021 there is a cumulative total of 1,376 MW of renewables divided
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Green Electricity For Companies Through Power Purchase Agreements

Companies should now develop strategies on how to switch to renewable energies through Power Purchase Agreements. Key facts If you want to operate sustainably, you should deal intensively with how the future energy supply can be secured. To this end, companies should start in good time to set up an appropriate procurement strategy that takes
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The Italian Energy Prices Have Never Been Higher

The cost of electricity in Italy has never been higher. This is what emerges from the data published by Arera, the Regulatory Authority for Energy, Networks, and the Environment. In the first weeks of 2022, the Italian energy prices per MWh had an average of 216,35 €.   According to the same authority, the price is composed of 80.8% of energy, 8.4% of transportation and meter, and 10,8% taxes, while the system fees have been deducted from the government for the last quarter of 2021 and the first quarter of 2022.    The main driver of such a huge increase is found in the cost of energy: in the last period, from the third to the fourth quarter of 2021, the price went from
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