Welcome to the latest news from The LDES Council and its members
A global commission launched recommendations today focused on speeding up planning and approvals for the massive deployment of renewables and green hydrogen needed to address climate change and achieve energy security.
A global multi-stakeholder coalition highlights the urgency of action on the energy transition required from world leaders as they gather in New York with just 73 days to go until COP28
The LDES Council collaborated with Future Cleantech Architects to show a non-exhaustive list of LDES technologies grouped according to their approximate discharge duration and deployment readiness. Please note, this image focuses on LDES technologies that can be used to supply electricity.
The Long Duration Energy Storage Council (“LDES Council”), the leading authority on long duration energy storage (LDES), has tripled in size, with almost 70 members representing the full global energy value chain – disruptive technology companies, innovative renewable energy companies, and forward-looking equipment providers, utilities, investors, and end-users.
Increased Focus on Policy, Partnerships, Markets, and Technology Will Help Drive Long Duration Energy Storage Market Growth and Accelerate Global Decarbonization
LDES Council Continues to Drive Progress Toward 24/7 Carbon-Free Future with Long Duration Energy Storage as Key Component
The world’s leading renewable energy voices have joined with the COP28 Presidency and European Commission to ensure an ambitious 2030 global renewable target is at the top of the agenda at the COP 28 Conference in Dubai this December.
The European Parliament has today expressed its desire to see minimal reform of the Electricity Market Design deal.
FERC has finalized two rules to help improve reliability of bulk power systems against threats of extreme weather, which is another reminder that system reliability has become a crucial and urgent issue across US energy systems. The US is facing a major challenge due to its fragmented grid, which does not have sufficient connection points or capacity to enable the increase in renewable energy sources required to meet our climate targets – with FERC stating this ‘may cause unacceptable risk to life and economic harm’.
The International Renewable Energy Agency and Global Renewables Alliance signed an MoU today to work together towards a rapid, sustainable, affordable and inclusive energy transition. The world needs renewables now and policymakers must have a clear-eyed focus on delivering them – this partnership will help ensure that happens. IRENA’s target of 1 TW of new renewable capacity annually to 2030 will guide ambition for this work.
The LDES Council launched in November 2021 and has tripled in size since its launch, with over 60 diverse companies in regions across the world representing the full energy value chain – including technology innovators, equipment providers, renewable energy companies, utilities, investors, and end-users.
The Department for Energy Security and Net Zero announced a £30 million government boost to capture and store more renewable energy.
Meeting with Members and Strategic Partners, LDES Council Outlines Priorities in Australia to Accelerate the LDES Market
Global organization gathers momentum as long duration energy storage enters spotlight
Department of Energy Announces Partnership to Accelerate Commercialization of Long-Duration Energy Storage
LDES Market Growing, LDES Council Membership Triples in One Year
Renewable organisations join forces to ensure an accelerated energy transition
Following the successful launch of our latest research report, Long Duration Energy Storage (LDES) Council Executive Director Julia Souder is speaking during the official "Energy Day" agenda on November 15, 2022 at 14:00 EET from Sharm El-Sheikh.
New research report reviews how heat and power can work in tandem to accelerate decarbonization through long duration energy storage technologies
Energy and Sustainability Leaders Will Guide Council in Developing Operations, Member Relations, and Educational Programs to Support Long Duration Energy Storage Technologies
Council Adds Global Members to Collaborate on Acceleration of LDES Projects and Support for Industry
Council Adds 29 Members In First Half of 2022
New research report reviews policy options to help society overcome obstacles to widespread deployment of LDES
Operators should switch to new power purchase agreements (PPAs) which match green energy production with their consumption 24 hours a day, according to an energy storage body.
Energy Storage Communications Leader Will Help Steer Council Efforts Toward Accelerating Deployment of Long Duration Energy Storage Technologies
The US government Department of Energy (DoE) has issued a Request for Information (RFI) as it prepares to rollout a package worth more than half a billion dollars to support the development and commercialisation of long-duration energy storage (LDES).
24/7 clean Power Purchase Agreements (PPAs) can reduce the need for fossil fuels and improve risk management for electricity purchasers by providing a form of time-matched clean power supply
Around the world, tens of gigawatts of renewable energy generation capacity is being contracted each year by big business as a key plank of corporate decarbonisation strategies, often aiming for the headline-grabbing target of 100% renewables.
The (“The Council”) announced today that energy and environmental veteran Julia Souder was selected to be the organization’s first Executive Director. Souder will lead the Council’s strategy and vision to enable the advancement of long duration energy storage to the center stage of the energy transition worldwide.
Global organization driving rapid decarbonization through accelerated deployment of Long Duration Energy Storage technologies
The German word Dunkelflaute means “dark doldrums.” It chills the hearts of renewable-energy engineers, who use it to refer to the lulls when solar panels and wind turbines are thwarted by clouds, night, or still air. On a bright, cloudless day, a solar farm can generate prodigious amounts of electricity; when it’s gusty, wind turbines whoosh neighborhoods to life. But at night solar cells do little, and in calm air turbines sit useless. These renewable energy sources stop renewing until the weather, or the planet, turns.
The Long Duration Energy Storage (LDES) Council, a global CEO-led organisation focused on replacing the use of fossil fuels.
The importance of LDES in reaching net-zero by 2050 is emphasised in a tweet from Breakthrough Energy founder Bill Gates.
Read the full article at the Financial Times
Signing ceremony at COP26 sees CEOs and Senior Executives confirm the foundation of the Long Duration Energy Storage Council with aim to achieve grid net-zero by 2040 through the deployment of 85-140TWh of 8 hour+ storage technologies.
The Long Duration Energy Storage Council is being formed by 24 technology companies, users and investors to achieve grid net-zero by 2040. This will see ~10% of all energy being stored in 8 hour+ storage technologies, requiring 85-140TWh of deployed capacity
The Long Duration Energy Storage Council is being formed by 24 technology companies, users and investors to achieve grid net-zero by 2040. This will see ~10% of all energy being stored in 8 hour+ storage technologies, requiring 85-140TWh of deployed capacity
On November 23 2021 the LDES Council will publish its first annual report on the need for long duration energy storage to reach Net Zero carbon emissions.
Creates First Publicly Traded U.S. Long-duration Storage Company; Begins Trading Today on the NYSE Under the Ticker “GWH”
Ambri Inc. has announced that it has secured a $144 million financing to commercialize and grow its daily cycling, long-duration system technology, and to build a domestic manufacturing facility
Steve Reynish, chief executive officer and president, will present virtually at the Energy Storage Canada’s conference
The energy and fibre-optic group Andel has decided to place a new energy storage facility at Rødby, an ideal location when it comes to removing the barriers to the green transition.
Announces Series D with Leading Strategic Partner, Accelerating Pathway to Commercialization of First Energy Storage Product