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...
Batteries at scale are changing a lot of assumptions.
The thing about batteries (and renewables, but REALLY about batteries) is the sheer volume of research (both in labs, company R&D and deployed) along with the pletora of research directions to choose from.
We are still at the bottom of the hill for battery and energy storage research.
Tom
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Neoen now operates 3.1 GWh of battery storage in Western Australia — Collie alone holds 2.24 GWh, one of the largest in the Southern Hemisphere. 🇦🇺⚡️Coal built WA’s past, but solar + storage will define its future. The sun’s winning, quietly but decisively. ☀️🔋 #EnergyTransition #BESS #Solar #Lithium
Neoen surpasses 3 GWh of stora...
Neoen now operates 3.1 GWh of battery storage in Western Australia — Collie alone holds 2.24 GWh, one of the largest in the Southern Hemisphere. 🇦🇺⚡️Coal built WA’s past, but solar + storage will define its future. The sun’s winning, quietly but decisively. ☀️🔋 #EnergyTransition #BESS #Solar #Lithium
Neoen surpasses 3 GWh of stora...
Tom
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BESS is entering hyper-growth — forecast to hit 323 GWh in 2025, surpassing the entire 2020 lithium-ion market. 50% YoY demand growth in ’24 & ’25, driven by record-low cell prices (~$58/kWh). The #lithium story just turned the page — Volume 2: Energy Storage at Scale. #BESS #LFP #EnergyTransition
BESS to reach 323GWh in 2025, ...
BESS is entering hyper-growth — forecast to hit 323 GWh in 2025, surpassing the entire 2020 lithium-ion market. 50% YoY demand growth in ’24 & ’25, driven by record-low cell prices (~$58/kWh). The #lithium story just turned the page — Volume 2: Energy Storage at Scale. #BESS #LFP #EnergyTransition
BESS to reach 323GWh in 2025, ...
Tom
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It's impressive how quickly grid storage is moving. 🔋☀️ Last Tuesday, batteries supplied over 20% of California’s total demand for 4 straight hours (6–10 PM) — soaking up solar by day and powering homes by night. The duck curve is flattening. Price signals are working. ⚡🇺🇸 #BESS #EnergyTransition
It's impressive how quickly grid storage is moving. 🔋☀️ Last Tuesday, batteries supplied over 20% of California’s total demand for 4 straight hours (6–10 PM) — soaking up solar by day and powering homes by night. The duck curve is flattening. Price signals are working. ⚡🇺🇸 #BESS #EnergyTransition
Bottom line, the cheapest and fastest way to reduce UK electricity prices is to go gangbusters on renewables, BESS and transmission lines.
More gas is the absolute worst option.
FYI, UK does seem to be going gangbusters on BESS at least (Not all these will happen but ~100GWh under construction or ready to start is pretty impressive).
(Source Article Feb 2025: https://www.energy-storage.news/uk-over-17gwh-of-bess-due-to-connect-to-grid-in-2025-9gwh-consented-so-far/ )
Tom
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Europe lit the spark, but China is bringing it home.⚡What began as a climate push in Europe has become inevitable with China’s scale—an entire economy rewired around electricity. This isn’t a cycle, it’s a structural shift. Fossils are on borrowed time. Watch this space! #EnergyTransition #EV #BESS
China's green energy boom coul...
Europe lit the spark, but China is bringing it home.⚡What began as a climate push in Europe has become inevitable with China’s scale—an entire economy rewired around electricity. This isn’t a cycle, it’s a structural shift. Fossils are on borrowed time. Watch this space! #EnergyTransition #EV #BESS
China's green energy boom coul...
China has reached 101.3 GW of new energy storage (excluding pumped hydro)
(Looks like the average depth being installed is about 2 hours)
Its very small but a good proof of concept:
Global South deployments of solar microgrids seems to be accelerating:
China battery exports were 144GWh in the first 5 months of 2025 (of which only 3.4 GWh were destined for the USA). So we are probably looking at exports of 350GWh in 2025.
Year on year growth was 436%. It won't take many of those before they are exporting 1TWh / year.
A steady price of < USD 40/kWh by 2030 is looking pretty plausible right now.
#Solar minigrid brings light and hope to a #Goma neighborhood, offering blueprint for rest of #Congohttps://apnews.com/article/congo-solar-energy-goma-drc-72700d7dd98824a8007b658ba39d281e
@jchyip
One of the great things about #solar and #bess in the global south is that they are cheap and scale from domestic right up to large grid scale installations. So they offer an practical ladder from households through mini grids, grids of grids, and on to national infrastructure in easy steps with power delivered to people at each step.