According to incomplete statistics of EnergyTrend energy storage, overseas markets issued a total of about 3.59GW of bids in the first quarter of 2020, covering solar power generation, battery energy storage systems and pumped power storage energy storage projects.
Among them, according to industry agency data, in the first quarter of 2018, the installed capacity of newly added electrochemical energy storage projects worldwide was 94MW, a year-on-year decrease of 37%.
In terms of geographical distribution, the newly installed projects in the UK have the largest installed capacity of 54.5MW, followed by the US. Projects in the United Kingdom and the United States are mainly used in ancillary services, which account for 99% and 60% of commissioned projects in the United Kingdom and the United States, respectively.
From the perspective of application distribution, the installed capacity in the auxiliary service field is the largest at 73.8MW, accounting for 79%, an increase of 228% year-on-year. 14% and 7%.
From the technical distribution point of view, the largest installed capacity of lithium-ion batteries is 93.7MW, accounting for 99.7%. It is distributed in various application fields, and its proportion in auxiliary services is the largest, 79. %.
