There are many promising LDES solutions reaching production deployment stage ATM. Here is another.
I missed this. It's good news. I have great hopes for Peak Energy and the impact it will have on #BESS technologies.
Michael Graaf
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South Australia just met all demand with wind — and exported battery power into Victoria. This is a window into our global future, just around the corner. A live grid on renewables + storage. While others debate ‘feasibility,’ SA is already operating the future.⚡ #Solar #Wind #BESS #EnergyTransition
South Australia just met all demand with wind — and exported battery power into Victoria. This is a window into our global future, just around the corner. A live grid on renewables + storage. While others debate ‘feasibility,’ SA is already operating the future.⚡ #Solar #Wind #BESS #EnergyTransition
Ross Gayler
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Chip Butty
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China just switched on the world’s largest offshore solar farm: 1 GW open-sea PV off Shandong. 🌊☀️ Output ~1.78 TWh/yr — enough to power ~2.6–2.7 million homes/people. This isn’t a demo. It’s clean energy built at infrastructure scale. Firmed by grid storage. #BESS #Solar #Renewables
World's largest offshore solar...
China just switched on the world’s largest offshore solar farm: 1 GW open-sea PV off Shandong. 🌊☀️ Output ~1.78 TWh/yr — enough to power ~2.6–2.7 million homes/people. This isn’t a demo. It’s clean energy built at infrastructure scale. Firmed by grid storage. #BESS #Solar #Renewables
World's largest offshore solar...
"From groundbreaking to grid connection, all three projects were completed in just over five months."
7.4 GWh in 5 months!
One thing people seem to forget when assessing Na-ion Vs Li-ion is operating temperatures. While LFP may still be cheaper (due to existing scale) BESS applications using Na-ion can run with passive cooling.
This significantly reduces balance-of-system costs and massively reduces opex over the system's life.
So I expect to see Na-ion make big inroads into BESS starting in 2026/27.
https://www.ess-news.com/2025/12/15/australia-commits-extra-3-3-billion-to-home-battery-subsidy/
Good news from Australia. The programme is now triple the original size and is getting tweaked to (I think) avoid it being gobbled up by big players.
https://ember-energy.org/latest-insights/how-cheap-is-battery-storage/
Exciting times, especially in the sunbelt.
BESS Project capex: $125/kWh (outside China and US).
LCOS: $65/MWh
Dispatchable solar: $76 /MWh (Dayshifting, not 95%+ CF)
Remarkable growth in "rest of World" of 242% YoY.
@mihamarkic @billiglarper @JohanEmpa
Yes, sooner would be so much better.
OTOH, Lithium BESS has gone from ~100MWh deployed in 2017 to ~92GWh in 2025. so around 1000x in 8 years (and thats not counting domestic behind the meter).
China deployed a 100MWh Sodium BESS in 2024 so by 2032...
Peak energy have some great tech and a great vision of BESS as cheap, super safe, silent, "install and forget" technology.
Turns out batteries are quite useful.
Andres
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The fact we’re now offering free electricity for 3 hours a day in Australia, shows just how far renewables have come. We’ve gone from managing scarcity to managing abundance. ☀️⚡Energy isn’t the problem anymore — storage & timing are. The future grid is solar-soaked. #Renewables #EV #BESS #Solar
Australian households to get f...
The fact we’re now offering free electricity for 3 hours a day in Australia, shows just how far renewables have come. We’ve gone from managing scarcity to managing abundance. ☀️⚡Energy isn’t the problem anymore — storage & timing are. The future grid is solar-soaked. #Renewables #EV #BESS #Solar
Australian households to get f...