Solar Energy Storage and Battery News

Power-to-gas center in Canada could repay in simply under 3 years
The facility's size and functional pattern could be optimized using a mixed-integer linear programming-based model. By offering hydrogen, supplying grid supplementary solutions as well as selling byproduct oxygen, power-to-gas business economics could be considerably boosted.
Aug 11, 2020 // Technology, Storage, Canada, hydrogen, North America, Nicholas Preston
Indian researchers develop low-priced, resilient stimulant for hydrogen manufacturing
Researchers from India's Centre for Nano and also Soft Matter Sciences (CeNS) have actually established a sychronisation polymer based driver for hydrogen manufacturing that exhibited incredibly high sturdiness for 70 hrs at a high present thickness of − 300 mA/ cm2.
Aug 11, 2020 // Technology, Storage, India, Asia, hydrogen, CeNS, Ashutosh Sharma
Q CELLS positions US solar-storage market in its crosshairs with Geli acquisition
Q CELLS has actually signalled its intent to target the United States solar and also storage market by acquiring San Francisco-based storage services carrier Growing Energy Labs Inc (Geli).
Aug 7, 2020 // Markets & Finance News, Storage, USA, Q CELLS, North America, revenue stacking, Distributed Energy, solar-storage, geli, Hee Cheul Kim
Texas authorizes 12 GW of solar projects in seven months, yet 9 GW of battery projects suffer
The Texas grid driver has greater than tripled its pace of completing utility-scale solar interconnection studies because 2019. Yet the battery stockpile remains to expand.
Aug 7, 2020 // Storage, USA, Texas, North America, ERCOT
Anesco hands off subsidy-free Clayhill to GRIDSERVE in 'multi-million' extra pound bargain
Anesco has sold on its subsidy-free Clayhill solar farm to GRIDSERVE in a "significant step" towards ending up being a provider over asset owner.
Aug 7, 2020 // Large-Scale, Storage, UK, Europe, Anesco, Mark Futyan, Jeremy Cross
Tesla might end up being power company in Germany
The high-profile electrical car maker is performing a study of German clients to assess their passion in a Tesla electrical power toll.
Aug 6, 2020 // Residential, Markets & Finance News, Storage, TESLA, Germany, UK, Europe
Portugal's 700 MW solar auction 10 times oversubscribed
Minister of the environment and climate action, João Pedro Matos Fernandes, revealed the development and exposed nine of the 10 lots tendered include power storage space.
Aug 6, 2020 // Large-Scale, Markets & Finance News, Storage, Portugal, Europe, auction, João Pedro Matos Fernandes
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
GE Joins 500 MW Pumped Hydro Storage Project in Australia
GE Renewable Energy and also Walcha Energy will jointly create the 500 MW Dungowan pumped hydro storage space project in the New England REZ in NSW, Australia.
Aug 5, 2020 // Storage, Australia, Oceania, GE Renewable Energy, Simon Currie, Pascal Radue
Wanting to phosphorous for next-gen batteries
Scientists in the United States have produced a working lithium-ion battery making use of a phosphorous-based anode The batteries show dramatically greater ability than today's lithium-ion tech, and can function as a standard for future layout of high-performance anodes for Li-ion batteries.
Aug 5, 2020 // Technology, Storage, USA, Li-ion batteries, North America, Gui-Liang Xu
English councils tender for solar car parks and storage space
2 regional authorities on the English southern coastline hurt for as much as 250 kW of solar generation capacity as well as at least 300 kWh of energy storage space under a setup which should not cost the cash-strapped councils a cent.
Aug 4, 2020 // Markets & Finance News, Storage, Transport, UK, tender, Europe, solar car park
SolarEdge up 12% after hrs on second-quarter income and also strong profits-- despite Covid-19
The inverter and also energy storage company was able to preserve its streak of rewarding quarters in what was expected to be a difficult period for solar and also the Israeli business said it sees "indicators of recovery in the U.S."
Aug 4, 2020 // Markets & Finance News, Storage, Inverters, Germany, Italy, Australia, Europe, Asia, SolarEdge, Israel, Oceania, Netherlands, North America, covid-19, United States, Zivi Lando
Green hydrogen economic situation evaluation for United States, Europe
A brand-new report by the International Council on Clean Transportation offers forecasts for eco-friendly hydrogen costs by 2050. The group claims to have consisted of system expenses that have been neglected in eco-friendly hydrogen economic situation evaluations thus far. Typical eco-friendly hydrogen costs, however, will certainly almost be cut in half in the United States and Europe.
Aug 4, 2020 // Technology, Storage, Market Research, USA, Europe, IRENA, hydrogen, North America
Australian political election pledge includes interest-free car loans for roof solar and battery storage
The Australian Capital Territory (ACT) branch of the nation's Labor Party will certainly offer zero-interest financings for rooftop photovoltaic panels, family battery storage and also hot water heatpump if re-elected in an upcoming political election.
Aug 3, 2020 // Plants, Markets & Finance News, Storage, Rooftop PV, Battery Storage, Australia, solar-plus-storage, Oceania, home solar, canberra, australian capital territory, Andrew Barr, Amanda McKenzie
South African utility Eskom releases tender for 80 MW/320 MWh of storage
The South African national power business is preparing to release big range energy storage ability at the Skaapvlei substation. The center will help manage the periodic energy created by a 100 MW Eskom wind ranch.
Aug 3, 2020 // Markets & Finance News, Storage, pv power plants, tender, Africa, eskom, South Africa