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Sumitomo Electric brings 51MWh flow battery online in northern Japan
Among the globe's biggest vanadium redox flow battery (VRFB) power storage systems has actually come online on the north Japanese island of Hokkaido in the last few days.
Apr 6, 2022 // Storage, Japan, Asia, grid congestion, Sumitomo Electric, Vanadium, flow battery, hokkaido
Akuo Launches Crowdfunding for France 18.4-MW Agrivoltaics
Akuo launches crowdfunding for an 18.4-MWp agrivoltaic solar farm in France—boosting community buy-in and “social license” while preserving farm output under elevated panels.
Apr 30, 2026 // Plants, Large-Scale, Commercial, Markets & Finance News, France, Europe, akuo, agrivoltaics, crowdfunding
Largest solar thermal power stations (CSP) list
Largest operational solar thermal power stations list. Commercial concentrating solar power (CSP) plants, also called "solar thermal power stations". See
Oct 14, 2024
US Supreme Court's EPA ruling will slow renewables release, solar supporters state
The US Supreme Court has restricted the federal government's authority to regulate greenhouse gas emissions from power plants in a ruling that doubters have advised will hit renewables implementation as well as hobble the Biden administration's climate agenda.
Jul 4, 2022 // Policy, SEIA, Environmental Protection Agency, ACORE, 8minute Solar Energy, net zero, Emissions, biden
UK firm Granted ₤ 912,000 to utilize Gravity to Store Energy at Brownfield site
The UK government's Department for Business, Energy & Industrial Strategy (BEIS) has granted around ₤ 912,000 in funding to London-based Gravitricity, whose trademarked technology utilizes gravity to save energy, to make it possible for the firm to set up an energy storage space project in Northern England.
Feb 28, 2022 // Markets & Finance News, Storage, UK, Europe, Electricity, GRAVITRICITY, Brownfield, energy storage projects, Store Energy
Gore Street makes 50MW procurement adhering to ₤ 2.9 m JXTG investment
Gore Street Energy Storage Fund has actually secured the bargain to obtain a 100% rate of interest in a 50MW energy storage system in Scotland.
Jun 23, 2020 // Markets & Finance News, Storage, UK, Europe, Gore Street, Alex O’Cinneide, JXTG
Affordable catalysts for hydrogen production
Researchers in Singapore have actually taken a deep dive into spinel oxides-- a course of products known to work as a driver in the manufacturing of hydrogen with water electrolysis. Much better understanding of how the materials function made it possible for the scientists to establish a maker discovering design to predict their effectiveness.
Aug 5, 2020 // Technology, Storage, Asia, hydrogen, Singapore, WORLD, NTU, Jason Xu Zhichuan
Three steps to fast-charging potassium batteries
Scientists led by Moscow’s Skolkovo Institute of Technology have drawn upon several of their recent battery material innovations to create a potassium-ion device. The institute says its development will pave the way for ultrafast and durable, high capacity metal-ion batteries, to supply rising demand for energy storage innovations.
Nov 14, 2019 // Technology, Manufacturing News, Storage, Lithium-ion batteries, Pavel Troshin, Skoltech, Europe, Asia, Russia, Moscow, Roman Kapaev, Philipp Obrezkov
Lithium Costs Are Rising, Stimulating More Offers for Key Battery Metal
Lithium carbonate costs in China skyrocket to videotape high: BNEF Chinese firms look to purchase even more lithium properties, Scotiabank claims
Oct 7, 2021 // Markets & Finance News, Storage, China, Asia, lithium
Foresight Backs Mirai Power in German Storage Push
Foresight backs Mirai Power’s German battery platform, betting on multi-revenue storage—frequency response, reserves, congestion relief, and shifting—powered by standardized design, smart aggregation, and disciplined dispatch.
Mar 30, 2026 // Markets & Finance News, Storage, Germany, Battery Storage, Europe, Foresight, Mirai Power
Dutch government seeks to privatize Tennet
Tennet needs more than €4.75 billion to invest in cross-border grid infrastructure between Germany and the Netherlands, as rising volumes of solar and wind are complicating network operations, said Dutch Finance Minister Wopke Hoekstra in a recent letter to the Dutch parliament, adding that the government may need to privatize the state-owned transmission system operator or sell off a stake in it.
Sep 16, 2019 // Markets & Finance News, Germany, Europe, Netherlands, Tennet, Wopke Hoekstra
Vast Renewables Enters Voluntary Administration Amid CSP Woes
Vast Renewables enters voluntary administration, halting trading and clouding its VS1 and Solar Methanol 1 projects, as administrators weigh recapitalisation, asset sales, and jobs hang in the balance.
Nov 14, 2025 // Plants, Large-Scale, Commercial, Australia, Oceania, Vast Renewables
Tandem PV Launches 40-MW Perovskite-Silicon Plant in California
Tandem PV launches a Fremont perovskite-silicon tandem panel factory, scaling 40MW annually to validate high-efficiency cells and set up commercial sales in 2026.
Apr 21, 2026 // Manufacturing News, California, USA, solar panel, perovskite, North America
Double-Sided Solar Panels Follow the Sun for Cost-Effective Energy
Researchers combined bifacial photovoltaic panels as well as single-axis tracking to improve energy generation by 35 percent.
Aug 31, 2020 // Technology, Manufacturing News, Asia, Singapore, bifacial solar panels, Carlos Rodríguez-Gallegos
United States utility-scale solar enhancements to drop this year as a result of unstable prices, supply chain issues
US solar deployment got to a record high in 2021, but with unpredictable product prices and also supply chain uncertainty leading to project delays and also cancellations, utility-scale enhancements are set to get this year.
Mar 10, 2022 // Residential, Markets & Finance News, USA, SEIA, ITC, Wood Mackenzie, North America, policy, Community Solar, commercial and industrial, deployment statistics, pricing