The global residential storage market has been picking up momentum recently, with installation growth rates soaring in many geographies such as Australia, the USA — and particularly Germany.
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pv magazine Deutschland: March 26, 2018
pv magazine Deutschland published an abridged version in German of the article from Partner Florian Mayr and Senior Consultant Stephanie Adam Cobalt crunch? Dealing with the battery industry’s looming supply challenges for cobalt.
Cobalt crunch? Dealing with the battery industry’s looming supply challenges for cobalt
The global battery market is booming. Car makers all over the world are pledging to electrify their fleets completely or to a large extent in the coming years. Battery-powered consumer electronics – laptops, tablets and smart phones – are more popular and affordable...
Energy Storage World Forum: News Blog, March 2018
Apricum Partner Florian Mayr wrote an article titled Cobalt crunch? Dealing with the battery industry’s looming supply challenges for cobalt for the Energy Storage World Forum news blog, which was published in March 2018. Read the article here.
pv magazine Energy Storage special: February 2018
pv magazine in conjunction with Energy Storage Europe has published a 30 page special interviewing a range of industry experts with the aim of exploring a variety of upstream storage topics that are often overlooked, such as battery chemistries, recycling concerns,...
Energy Storage World Forum: News Blog, January 2018
Apricum Partner Florian Mayr wrote an article titled Strong Tailwinds Ahead – The Case for Wind Plus Energy Storage for the Energy Storage World Forum news blog, which was published in January 2018. Read the article here.
Strong Tailwinds Ahead – the Case for Wind Plus Energy Storage
When people think about combining energy storage with renewable energy, they typically think of adding batteries to PV systems, be it roof-top panels on a home in Germany or multi‑GW utility‑scale installations in the deserts of the MENA region. However, we are...
Energy Storage News, Dec 20, 2017: Best of the Guest Blogs, Part 1
Apricum Partner Florian Mayr's article The Five Ingredients for Success in the Future Stationary Energy Storage Market was selected as one of the best guest blogs of 2017 on Energy Storage News – read the full list here.
Energy Storage News, Nov 28, 2017: Swiss investor SUSI puts US$95 million into Canada’s C&I energy storage market
Apricum Partner Florian Mayr was quoted in this article on Energy Storage News regarding SUSI Partners investment into C&I projects from NRStor. Apricum advised on an earlier energy storage investment by SUSI Partners in November 2016 into a portfolio of energy...
The MENA region – the next hot market for energy storage?
Oct 12, 2017: Article updated to include a reference to CSP with storage The global market for stationary battery energy storage is set to experience tremendous growth by 2025 of about 30 times its current size. This is expected to come mainly from the “usual...
Webinar: Is MENA the next hot market for energy storage?
Apricum Partner Florian Mayr and head of Apricum's energy storage practice presented a webinar for Intersolar Middle East on Wednesday September 13, 2017 entitled "Is MENA the next hot market for energy storage?" The webinar discussed key questions such as: What is...
The German Secondary Control Reserve market: Will recent regulatory updates finally pave the way for energy storage?
Germany’s Secondary Control Reserve (SCR) market has attracted significant interest from many energy storage players in the past. Requiring minimum energy capacities of at least four hours and energy delivery for even longer periods, the SCR market particularly...