Solar Media, the publisher of sites including Energy-Storage.News and PV Tech, has just launched the latest edition of the annual Global Energy Storage Opportunity report for this year – available now as a free download.

You can get it from the ‘Resources’ page on the Energy-Storage.News site or from the section hosting 'White papers' here on PV Tech, where you’ll be asked to fill in a few simple details. This year, the report covers regions, technologies, projects and energy storage applications all over the world, with an emphasis on solutions delivered at scale, on a commercially viable basis.

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From Virgin Hyperloop One’s efforts to create high speed sustainable transport in the Middle East, policy and regulatory frameworks pushing the sector forward in leading North American regions New York, Ontario and California, a look at Japan’s de-regulated energy sector, how lithium is taking hold in Africa’s off-grid solar sector, initiatives across the European Union, solar-plus-storage in India, analysis of the UK’s fast-growing market and much, much more, there is something for everyone in our 42-page special report.

The Global Energy Storage Opportunity 2018 comes from the editorial team at Solar Media, with contributions from experts and industry players including the China Energy Storage Alliance (CNESA), California Energy Storage Alliance (CESA), Strategen Consulting, Delta EE, Virgin Hyperloop One, Offgrid Electric, Powerhive and the European Association for the Storage of Energy (EASE). We’d like to thank all our contributors and sponsors and we hope you will both enjoy the report and find it informative.

Get your FREE copy of the Global Energy Storage Opportunity 2018 from the 'White papers' section of this site, here.

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