Solar Energy Storage and Battery News

TRIG to take risk in 100-MW Akuo-developed French renewables portfolio
The Renewables Infrastructure Group Ltd (LON: TRIG) is readied to purchase a firm that has around 100 MW of onshore wind, solar and battery storage space assets in France as well as territorial islands.
Dec 23, 2020 // Plants, Markets & Finance News, Storage, UK, Europe, TRIG
Belectric targets 3GW for O&M business
Solar and also storage space project programmer Belectric is intending to bring a collective 3GW of capacity worldwide into its operations as well as administration (O&M) arm.
Dec 22, 2020 // Plants, Markets & Finance News, Storage, UTILITY-SCALE SOLAR, O&M, Belectric, Ingo Alphéus, Maintenance, Barry Bennet
SunPower to install US$ 56 million solar-plus-storage system at JFK Airport
Work is to start on a parking area canopy with photovoltaic panels and also a battery storage system at John F. Kennedy Airport in New York setting you back US$ 56 million.
Dec 22, 2020 // Plants, Residential, Storage, USA, SunPower, solar-plus-storage, North America, jfk airport, solar canopy, Rick Cotton
New class of cobalt-free cathodes can improve power thickness of next-gen lithium-ion batteries
Oak Ridge National Laboratory researchers have created a brand-new family members of cathodes with the prospective to change the pricey cobalt-based cathodes generally located in today's lithium-ion batteries that power electrical lorries and customer electronics.
Dec 21, 2020 // Technology, Storage, USA, North America, lithium-ion battery, Oak Ridge National Laboratory, Ilias Belharouak, NFA
Thrive Renewables enters battery storage market with 5MW purchase
Thrive Renewables is to obtain a 5MW/7.5 MWh battery storage space facility from Eclipse Power Generation.
Dec 21, 2020 // Storage, UK, Europe, Thrive Renewables, Monika Paplaczyk, Steven Gay
TRIG lands ₤ 500m debt facility to go after brand-new investments
The Renewables Infrastructure Group (TRIG) has actually safeguarded a ₤ 500 million ESG-linked SONIA credit score facility to sustain its new financial investments.
Dec 18, 2020 // Large-Scale, Markets & Finance News, Storage, UK, Europe, TRIG, Helen Mahy CBE
Ormat Acquires Shovel-Ready Texas Energy Storage Project
Ormat Technologies Inc. has finished the acquisition of a shovel-ready power storage property in Upton County, Texas.
Dec 18, 2020 // Storage, USA, Ormat Technologies, North America, Doron Blachar
Solar project in Northwest Arctic towns set to begin next spring
Building and construction is set to begin next spring on a solar battery project in the Northwest Arctic villages of Shungnak as well as Kobuk. It's the most recent renewable project for a region regularly struck by high energy prices.
Dec 17, 2020 // Plants, Large-Scale, Commercial, Storage, Edwin Bifelt, Alaska Native Renewable Industries, Northwest Arctic
Lumcloon energises 100MW Irish battery in Hanwha collaboration
A 100MW battery storage facility in Co. Offaly in Ireland has this week been energised, having actually been developed as part of a collaboration in between regional designer Lumcloon Energy and South Korea's Hanwha Group.
Dec 17, 2020 // Storage, Ireland, Europe, Hanwha, Lumcloon
EDF sends planning consent for initial 50MW UK solar farm
EDF Renewables' 49.9 MW Sutton Bridge solar farm has actually taken another step forward as its planning application precedes South Holland District Council.
Dec 16, 2020 // Plants, Large-Scale, Commercial, Storage, UK, Europe, EDF Renewables, solar farm, Stephen Walls
100-MW battery project to be set up in Queens for Con Edison
74 Power Global as well as Con Edison have authorized a seven-year send off legal rights contract for the advancement of a 100-MW power storage project, the East River Energy Storage System in Astoria, Queens.
Dec 16, 2020 // Storage, USA, North America, Henry Yun, Storage Project, Tim Cawley, Gil C. Quinones
Solar Power Globe's most-read stories of 2020
During a year unlike any other, Solar Power World proceeded working hard to bring solar installers, designers and also manufacturers the functions and also information they needed to do their jobs much better. Without meetings to participate in for chances to learn more about the latest items as well as fads in the sector, SPW editors recognized it was more crucial than ever before to maintain viewers up-to-date with prompt posts.
Dec 16, 2020 // Technology, Residential, Markets & Finance News, Storage, Inverters, USA, solar cells, JinkoSolar, inverter, perovskite, SMA, North America
Arizona energy concerns RFPs for renewables, battery storage space retrofits
Arizona Public Service (APS) has actually provided an ask for propositions (RFP) for 300-400MW of renewables capability and also for energy storage to be retrofitted at its solar plants.
Dec 16, 2020 // Plants, Storage, USA, UTILITY-SCALE SOLAR, Arizona, Arizona Public Service, APS, Invenergy, North America, us utility, storage retrofit, Utility-Scale Storage
Researchers debut whole new type of solar energy storage
A team of researchers from Lancaster University in the UK have developed an entire brand-new method to save power from the Sun for numerous months at a time, with the alternative of releasing it as needed in the form of warmth.
Dec 15, 2020 // Technology, Storage, UK, Europe, Lancaster University, John Griffin
Vena Energy Picks Doosan to Supply Queensland's Largest Grid-Scale Energy Storage System
Vena Energy has actually called Doosan GridTech as its EPC partner to build Queensland's largest energy storage space system.
Dec 15, 2020 // Storage, Australia, Oceania, BESS, Vena Doosan Energy Storage, Anil Nangia, Adrian Marziano