Solar Energy Storage and Battery News

Study reveals plunge in lithium-ion battery prices
The price of the rechargeable lithium-ion batteries utilized for phones, laptops, and also cars has actually fallen drastically over the last 3 decades, and has been a significant vehicle driver of the fast growth of those innovations. Yet attempting to measure that price decrease has created uncertain and contradictory outcomes that have hindered attempts to project the innovation's future or develop beneficial plans and research study top priorities.
Mar 24, 2021 // Technology, Storage, Lithium-ion batteries, Jessika Trancik, MIT, lithium-ion, Micah Ziegler
Pacific Green enters into arrangement to develop 1.1 GW of UK battery storage
International cleantech company Pacific Green has actually signed an exclusivity contract to develop as much as 1.1 GW of battery energy storage space systems (BESS) in the UK sourced by TUPA Energy.
Mar 23, 2021 // Storage, UK, Europe, BESS, Pacific Green, Tupa Energy, Chris Atherton, Scott Poulter
European storage market 'set to double in 2021'
Grid secondary services in markets including the UK, Italy as well as Nordics are driving growth, states report from EASE
Mar 23, 2021 // Storage, Sweden, UK, Italy, Europe, Norway, EASE, Jon Ferris
DOE Introduces $24.5 Million for Production Flow Batteries and Resilient Electric Grids
The USA Department of Energy (DOE) has actually introduced USD 24.5 million to sustain production of resilient, modern-day electricity framework, flow battery systems, and to attend to the climate emergency.
Mar 22, 2021 // Markets & Finance News, Storage, Grids, USA, North America, US DOE, Flow battery system, resilient electricity, Diana DeGette
Building and construction begins on Australia's 'largest' hybrid solar and battery energy storage space system
Building and construction has begun on what asserts to be Australia's largest crossbreed solar as well as battery energy storage facility.
Mar 22, 2021 // Plants, Large-Scale, Commercial, Storage, UTILITY-SCALE SOLAR, Australia, solar-plus-storage, Oceania, new south wales, UPC Renewables, elecnor, australia solar, ayala, solar hybrid
Is it worth purchasing solar PV with batteries in your home?
Solar energy is a tidy, renewable source of power that could potentially play a significant component in fulfilling the globe's energy demands, however there are still some challenges to totally capitalizing on this capacity. Researchers checked out some of the problems that interfere with the uptake of solar energy and also proposed different policies to encourage the use of this modern technology.
Mar 22, 2021 // Storage, Europe, Austria, Behnam Zakeri
Sunlight Financial protects 2B in solar funding through increased collaboration with Tech CU
Sunlight Financial has actually revealed that Tech CU, a Silicon Valley-based lending institution, has dedicated to money an additional virtually $2.5 billion in property solar and storage space systems sold and also installed by Sunlight partners over the following three years, broadening upon a long-lasting collaboration in between Sunlight and Tech CU that started in 2015.
Mar 22, 2021 // Residential, Markets & Finance News, Storage, USA, New York, North America, Tech CU, Matt Potere, Sunlight Financial, Todd Harris
Gresham House's 30MW/30MWh Byers Brae battery storage system energised on schedule
Gresham House's 30MW/30MWh Byers Brae battery storage space project has been energised by Greek firm MYTILINEOS.
Mar 18, 2021 // Storage, UK, Europe, Gresham House
Noon Energy's Breakthrough Renewable Energy Storage Space Modern Technology Lands $3M Seed Investment
Noon Energy Inc., designer of an advanced ultra-low-cost battery technology for long-duration energy storage, shut a $3 million Seed phase investment. Prime Impact Fund led the round as well as was joined by At One Ventures, Collaborative Fund, as well as Xplorer Capital.
Mar 17, 2021 // Markets & Finance News, Storage, SunPower, Renewable Energy, Collaborative Fund, Dick Swanson, Noon Energy, storage technology, Xplorer Capital
Wärtsilä to supply energy storage space for two projects in Texas, United States
Wärtsilä has safeguarded an order from Able Grid Energy Solutions to provide as well as preserve energy storage space systems for 2 projects in southerly Texas, US.
Mar 17, 2021 // Plants, Large-Scale, Storage, USA, North America, Wärtsilä, Risto Paldanius, Sharon Greenberg, Able Grid Energy Solutions
Europe To Come to be Globe's Secondly Largest Li-ion Battery Producer By 2025
Europe is good to go to come to be the world's second-largest maker of lithium-ion battery cell by 2025, claimed a European Commission (EC) vice-president, although some crucial obstacles need to be dealt with.
Mar 16, 2021 // Markets & Finance News, Storage, Europe, EC Vice President, Energy Storage Europe, European Comission, Li-ion Battery Manufacture, Maroš Šefčovič
UNITED STATE Battery updates AGM deep-cycle line of batteries
U.S. Battery Production has actually launched its new and enhanced line of AGM Deep-Cycle batteries especially created to give raised deep-cycling efficiency.
Mar 16, 2021 // Storage, USA, North America, AGM Deep-Cycle batteries, Zachary Cox, Don Wallace
WEC Energy Group subsidiaries recommend 325-MW solar + storage project in Wisconsin
We Energies and Wisconsin Public Service (WPS), subsidiaries of WEC Energy Group, are advancing prepare for a new 325-MW solar as well as battery storage project. The Darien Solar Energy Center is the company's second suggested large-scale solar and battery project announced this year.
Mar 16, 2021 // Plants, Large-Scale, Commercial, Storage, USA, Wisconsin, WEC Energy Group, North America, solar + storage project, Tom Metcalfe
Dynapower energy storage space systems included in Energy Toolbase's Developer modeling system
Energy Toolbase's Acumen EMS controls software program is now integrated with Dynapower's energy storage space solutions.
Mar 16, 2021 // Storage, Software, Dynapower, Energy Toolbase, Scott D’Ambrosio, Chris Larsen
LG Energy Solution will invest $4.5 billion to enhance American battery production
LG Energy Solution (formerly LG Chem) plans to invest more than $4.5 billion over the next four years on battery production ability in the USA. This new investment will allow for 10,000 more American jobs and 70 GWh of additional battery manufacturing capacity. The batteries will mainly be provided to the electrical lorry market and some energy storage space system companies.
Mar 15, 2021 // Markets & Finance News, Storage, USA, LG CHEM, North America, Jong Hyun Kim