Solar Energy Storage and Battery News

Sungrow to furnish 36-MW solar-plus-storage plant at Egyptian gold mine
China's Sungrow Power Supply Co Ltd (SHE:300274) revealed on Friday that it will supply tools for a 36-MW off-grid solar project at a gold mine in Egypt combined with a 7.5-MW battery.
Aug 30, 2021 // Plants, Large-Scale, Commercial, Storage, Sungrow, China, Asia, solar-plus-storage, Africa, Egypt, PV Power Plant
Electric gains in battery efficiency
A high-performance variation of the zinc-ion battery will enable stationary power storage space that assures to be less expensive, much safer and also a lot more environmentally friendly than lithium-ion batteries.
Aug 30, 2021 // Technology, Storage, Saudi Arabia, Asia, lithium-ion battery, KAUST, Yunpei Zhu, zinc-ion battery, battery efficiency
French 1 GW solar energy project to include batteries, hydrogen, agriculture
Engie, Neoen, RTE and the Saucats community system joined pressures to incorporate 1 GW in solar energy with 40 MW of storage, a hydrogen plant, a fruit and vegetable farm and a data center.
Aug 27, 2021 // Plants, Storage, Solar to Fuel, Engie, neoen, hydrogen, agrivoltaics, efficiency, rte
Q CELLS buys a portfolio of solar-plus-storage projects by Amped Solutions
Module manufacturer and also energy solutions company Q CELLS North America has actually bought a portfolio of solar-plus-storage projects created by Amped Solutions by means of a grid equity investment.
Aug 27, 2021 // Markets & Finance News, Storage, Q CELLS, solar-plus-storage, Shane Kim, Dan Martin
Gravity based Energy Storage Startup Energy Vault Reveals $100 Million Financing
Gravity storage space uses a high possible method to save energy, and also the backing for Energy Vault Suggests investors buy in. Gravitricity is an additional company that remains in the very same area
Aug 26, 2021 // Markets & Finance News, Storage, EnergyVault, Gravity Storage, prime movers lab, robert piconi, Series C fund raise, Zia haque
7 Battery Supplies to Acquire Adhering to Warren Buffett's Huge EV Bet
As onward thinking as Warren Buffett is, Berkshire Hathaway (NYSE: BRK.B)-- the multinational empire holding firm Buffett heads-- has never invested in Tesla (NASDAQ: TSLA). That has led some people to question whether he likes Tesla and even electrical automobiles. Yet look beyond the sound, as well as you'll find that the Oracle is rather bullish on EV battery supplies.
Aug 26, 2021 // Markets & Finance News, Storage, Toyota, Panasonic, BYD, QuantumScape, Lithium Americas, EnerSys, Energous
Globe's largest lithium battery bank expands even bigger with 400-MWh enhancement
The globe's largest lithium-based energy storage space facility has actually just gotten a little bit bigger. Building And Construction of Phase II of the Moss Landing Energy Storage Space Facility in California is currently total, including 100 MW/400 MWh to the site, which now reaches 400 MW/1,600 MWh in total amount.
Aug 20, 2021 // Storage, USA, North America, Curt Morgan
Researchers develop innovation for sustainable next-generation batteries
Researchers have established a new innovation which might allow lithium batteries to be changed with even more sustainable alternatives.
Aug 20, 2021 // Technology, Storage, UK, Europe, lithium-ion, Sodium-ion batteries, Magda Titirici, Zhen Xu
A photo-rechargeable lead-free perovskite lithium-ion battery that generates and stores energy
A team of scientists from the Hong Kong University of Science and Technology (HKUST) has created a cost-effective, light-weight, and safe (lead-free) photo-battery that has dual features in collecting solar power and keeping energy on a single gadget, making it possible to charge a battery imaginable, without having to connect the device into the wall surface.
Aug 20, 2021 // Technology, Storage, China, Asia, lithium-ion battery, Hong Kong University of Science and Technology, HKUST, Jonathan Eugene HALPERT
Tesla & Local Partners to Build Storage Facility in Japan
Tesla is partnering with Japanese business to build a power storage center utilizing its rechargeable battery in Hokkaido in northern Japan to aid stabilise the power system.
Aug 20, 2021 // Storage, Japan, TESLA, Asia, Enel Vision, Global Engineering
Vistra, LG Energy Expand Californian Battery Facility to 1.6 GWh
Vistra lately finished construction on the 100-megawatt Phase II of the plant, which brought the Moss Landing facility's total ability to 400 MW/1.6 GWh, making it the largest of its kind worldwide. Moss Landing is a flagship project in which Vistra established advanced energy storage space capability, for which LG Energy Solution supplied batteries utilizing its newest innovative Transportable Rack (TR1300).
Aug 20, 2021 // Storage, California, USA, North America, Curt Morgan, Monterey County, Vistra Corp, LG Energy, Youngjoon Shin
SSE acquires first battery storage project
Developer gets 50MW system in Wiltshire from Harmony Energy
Aug 18, 2021 // Storage, UK, Europe, England, SSE, Richard Cave-Bigley
United States Dispersed Power Major Nexamp Shuts $680 million Fund Raise
The fund raise by Nexamp will certainly supply the company sufficient development funding for the coming 2-3 years. With falling storage space costs, the potential in the dispersed solar as well as storage space market will certainly transform to truth quicker. Anywhere.
Aug 18, 2021 // Markets & Finance News, Storage, USA, North America, Nexamp, Zaid Ashai, Scott Jacobs
UK storage space start-up swoops on 160MW battery pipeline
Field is also in 'advanced discussions' for an additional 330MW of sites
Aug 17, 2021 // Storage, UK, Europe, Start-up, Taavet Hinrikus, Amit Gudka, Field
Valley Clean Energy celebrates groundbreaking of 3-MW solar + storage project in Winters, California
With the public unveiling last week of a 3-MW solar + storage project west of Winters, Valley Clean Energy (VCE) took an additional step toward its objective of supplying more regional sustainable power generation for its clients.
Aug 17, 2021 // Plants, Storage, USA, North America, PV Power Plant, Valley Clean Energy, Jesse Loren