Solar Energy Storage and Battery News

Israel prepares 800 MW of pumped hydro storage space
Renewables firm Ellomay Capital has actually been forced to reduce the range of its prepared 340 MW Manara Cliff project, in the north of the nation, because 2 competing schemes have actually currently demolished a huge percentage of the capability allocation presently used by the federal government.
Jun 24, 2020 // Markets & Finance News, Storage, Spain, Italy, Europe, Asia, Israel, Ellomay Capital
Adding smart storage can improve solar project revenues by 50%, Stem claims
Adding power storage can improve solar PV project incomes by as long as 50% in the US state of Massachusetts, US programmer Stem Inc has actually declared.
Jun 24, 2020 // Markets & Finance News, Storage, USA, North America, colocation, Stem Inc, revenues, revenue stacking, peak shifting, solarplusstorage, Charlie Baker
EV battery passport to drive stationary storage space 2nd life in the UK
Electric vehicle producer Electra has subscribed to make use of a system which checks use throughout a gadget's in-vehicle lifetime to evaluate the potential for more usage in stationary applications.
Jun 24, 2020 // Storage, UK, Europe, EV, Electra
Axpo to market grid balancing services offered by largest Nordic grid battery to date
The Swiss energy will certainly offer the ancillary services provided to power network driver Fingrid by the 30 MW/30 MWh lithium-ion Yllikkälä Power Reserve One battery given by French renewables company Neoen.
Jun 24, 2020 // Markets & Finance News, Storage, Axpo, Europe, neoen, Finland, Marco Nideröst
India can come to be electrical vehicle manufacturing center within 5 years: Nitin Gadkari
The sector requires to reduce a dependence on electric vehicle battery imports from China, according to the roadway transport preacher, who stated the government is wanting to support research study into alternatives to lithium-ion innovation.
Jun 23, 2020 // Storage, India, Asia, EV, covid-19, Nitin Gadkari
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
Including 50MW/64.5 MWh to Tesla's large battery in Australia
The Essential Services Commission of South Australia has authorized strategies to expand the Tesla huge battery from 100 MW to 150 MW.
Jun 23, 2020 // Storage, TESLA, Australia, neoen, Oceania
New chemistry guarantees much better lithium sulfur batteries
Researchers in the U.S. have established a brand-new cathode chemistry for lithium-sulfur batteries, which they say pledges to conquer performance problems originating from sulfur's reduced conductivity and also tendency to react with lithium.
Jun 22, 2020 // Technology, Storage, USA, North America, lithium-sulfur batteries, Chao Luo
Azelio, CITRUS Ink MoU for Energy Storage Supply to C&I Customers in Mexico, America
Swedish business Azelio has become part of a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with Mexican, CITRUS JMK S.A DE C.V (CITRUS) to analyze power storage space for agricultural, mining, food as well as drink, tourism and also the oil & gas industry in Mexico, North as well as Central America.
Jun 22, 2020 // Storage, ENERGY STORAGE, Mexico, North America, Renewable Energy, azelio, International, Jonas Eklind, CITRUS JMK S.A DE C.V, Katia Bernal, Central America
Graphene doping a progression for sodium batteries
Scientists at Switzerland's École Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne (EPFL) have established an anode from graphene doped with sodium, which they state could possibly overcome a few of the essential concerns in raising storage ability and the life time of sodium-ion batteries.
Jun 19, 2020 // Technology, Storage, Europe, Switzerland, EPFL, Graphene, Ferenc Simon
'Revolutionary' new CRYObattery center takes step forwards with ₤ 10m BEIS grant
The world's largest liquid air storage website has taken an action forwards today, with the announcement of a ₤ 10 million grant from the UK federal government.
Jun 19, 2020 // Storage, storage, UK, Battery Storage, Europe, CRYOBattery, Highview Power, BEIS, Liquid Air Energy Storage, Carlton Power, Ccgt, Keith Clarke, Kwasi Kwarteng
Scientists make next-generation, high-toughness battery component
A team of Brown University researchers has actually discovered a method to double the durability of a ceramic product used to make solid-state lithium ion batteries. The approach, explained in the journal Matter, could be beneficial in bringing solid-state batteries to the mass market.
Jun 19, 2020 // Technology, Storage, USA, North America, Nitin Padture, Christos Athanasiou, Brian Sheldon
Designers develop new fuel cells with two times the operating voltage as hydrogen
Electrification of the transport sector - among the largest customers of energy worldwide - is vital to future energy and also environmental durability. Electrification of this market will certainly require high-power fuel cells (either stand alone or combined with batteries) to promote the transition to electric cars, from automobiles and trucks to watercrafts and aircrafts.
Jun 19, 2020 // Technology, Storage, Solar to Fuel, USA, hydrogen, North America, fuel cells, St. Louis, Vijay Ramani, Shrihari Sankarasubramanian
Kstar launches all-in-one residential battery inverter solution
Its brand-new line of residential crossbreed storage space systems integrates Kstar inverter technology with the lithium-ion storage modern technology of Chinese battery professional CATL.
Jun 19, 2020 // Residential, Storage, Inverters, China, Asia, Kstar
Greenbacker Acquires Energy Storage System Portfolio From Stem
Greenbacker Renewable Energy has actually acquired the civil liberties to a 7.9 MW/ 16.5 MWh profile of 16 operating as well as to-be-constructed power storage systems from Stem
Jun 18, 2020 // Markets & Finance News, Storage, California, USA, ENERGY STORAGE, Charles Wheeler, Greenbacker Renewable Energy, North America, Stem Inc, John Carrington