What is the actual impact of Covid-19 on the energy storage market in the longer term? In the first of this two-part article, Florian Mayr provides the bigger picture of “energy storage vs the virus” by closely examining its effects on the first two of three key market drivers
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Our view on the latest developments in energy storage.
Storage at 20 USD/MWh? Breaking down the low-cost solar-plus-storage PPAs in the USA
This article explores the competitiveness of energy storage and new market opportunities that are emerging via storage-plus-renewables projects by examining with some simple “reverse engineering” how recent low solar-plus-storage PPAs in the USA were achieved.
Energy Storage News: Apricum’s V2G article reference, March 18, 2020
Apricum's article on vehicle-to-grid was referenced and quoted in this piece appearing on Energy Storage News on March 18, 2020, reporting on news that US V2G charging system maker Fermata Energy became the first to receive UL certification. You can read the full...
pv magazine: Storage Highlights Ceremony Webinar, March 11, 2020
In this webinar from March 11, 2020, you can join the presentation and discussion of pv magazine's energy storage highlights awards. Each of the five winners discuss their entries and the jury members, including Apricum Partner Florian Mayr, give their comments and...
pv magazine: “2020 Energy Storage Highlights” special edition, February 2020
Apricum Partner Florian Mayr was one of the six industry expert jury members evaluating the many submissions for the “2020 Energy Storage Highlights”, a special edition produced in association with the Energy Storage Europe conference. You can read about the top 5...
pv magazine: Gearing up for Power on Wheels, May 2019
Apricum Partner Florian Mayr, Project Manager Stephanie Adam and Consultant Jesselyn Malimata explore the true impact of e-mobility on stationary energy storage markets and applications. Read the full article here.
What will e-mobility’s impact on stationary energy storage be?
Exploring the impact of e-mobility on stationary energy storage: Part 3 focuses on second-life batteries, repurposing EV batteries for sustainable stationary storage.
Gearing up for power on wheels: battery buffered charging stations
Adding a battery to an electric vehicle charging station can help to “buffer” the power required from the grid, thus avoiding peaks and related grid constraints or costly charges. Consequently, additional demand for stationary storage is triggered – but what needs to be considered to successfully seize this new market opportunity?
Gearing up for power on wheels: what will be the true impact of e-mobility on stationary energy storage? Part 1: Vehicle-to-grid
The emergence of electric vehicles is not only shaking up the automotive industry. Through the increased electrification of the transport sector, a growing interlink to the power market is being established, leading to both new opportunities and challenges for stationary energy storage players.
pv magazine: Podcast “Die drei wichtigsten Trends auf dem internationalen Batteriespeichermarkt”, March 26, 2019
Apricum Partner Florian Mayr was interviewed for pv magazine’s podcast on the three most important trends on the international battery storage markets. You can access the podcast here (only available in German).
inspiratia: Germany leads the global residential storage market, but for how long? – March 20, 2019
Apricum Partner Florian Mayr was interviewed by market intelligence firm inspiratia for one of their market insights, titled “Germany leads the global residential storage market, but for how long?”. You can read the full article here.
pv magazine: January 18, 2019
Apricum won "Financial Advisor/Consultant of the Year" at the MESIA Solar Awards held in Abu Dhabi, UAE earlier this month. pv magazine has published an article outlining the event and the winners. Read the full article here.