Solar Energy Storage and Battery News

350MW solar-plus-storage center wins government approval in the UK
The UK government has green lit what stands to be the nation's biggest solar ranch, a 350MW project by the south east shore.
May 29, 2020 // Plants, Large-Scale, Commercial, Markets & Finance News, Storage, UK, Europe, solar-plus-storage, hive energy, Giles Redpath, wirsol, Cleve Hill, colocation
UK's largest solar park Cleve Hill approved advancement authorization
Cleve Hill Solar Park, set to be the biggest in the UK, has actually been granted growth authorization by the power assistant.
May 28, 2020 // Large-Scale, Storage, UK, Europe, hive energy, Giles Redpath, BEIS, wirsol, Cleve Hill, Helen Whately
Solar energy ranches can offer second life for electric vehicle batteries
As electrical vehicles swiftly grow in popularity worldwide, there will certainly soon be a wave of used batteries whose performance is no more sufficient for vehicles that need reliable velocity and array. But a new research shows that these batteries could still have a beneficial and also rewarding second life as backup storage space for grid-scale solar photovoltaic or pv setups, where they might carry out for greater than a decade in this much less requiring function.
May 27, 2020 // Technology, Storage, USA, MIT, North America, EV batteries, Ian Mathews, Tonio Buonassisi
Total establishes electrical airplane refuelling vehicle
The French oil as well as gas firm will certainly create the lorry with design compatriot Gaussin. Meant for the Airbus commercial website in Toulouse, the lorry will certainly be geared up with a lithium-ion battery made by Total subsidiary Saft as well as will certainly have the ability to tow 2 30-ton gas storage tanks.
May 25, 2020 // Storage, France, Europe, Total, Saft
Czech federal government strategies retroactive cuts for PV rewards, once more
According to the Czech Solar Association, the relocation versus solar will likely cause defaults for hundreds of PV projects. The Czech federal government additionally prepares to construct even more nuclear reactor and also has actually pledged to prolong the life expectancy of its coal-fired plants.
May 25, 2020 // Technology, Storage, USA, MIT, North America, EV batteries, Ian Mathews
Investors wagered $27.5 million that Nanotech Energy's graphene battery advancement is the actual point
The start-up asserts to be "the globe's leading distributor of graphene" and also prepares to launch a non-flammable, eco-friendly lithium battery that can bill "18 times faster than anything that is presently readily available on the marketplace"-- within the following year.
May 25, 2020 // Markets & Finance News, Storage, USA, North America, Graphene, Nanotech Energy, Jack Kavanaugh
Northvolt reveals modular lithium-ion battery
The Swedish storage space system maker claimed its Voltpack Mobile System can be made use of in various market sectors, especially for weak or remote grids. The battery has a scalable storage space capability varying from 245 kWh to 1,225 kWh. Swedish utility Vattenfall is currently examining the system's abilities.
May 25, 2020 // Storage, NORTHVOLT, Sweden, Europe, lithium-ion battery, Voltpack Mobile Systems
Engie in Final Talks with Hawaiian Electric for Solar plus Storage Project
French international electrical utility Engie stated that its project has actually been chosen by the US-based Hawaiian Electric as one of the 16 in the last honor team for the stage 2 variable sustainable dispatchable generation and also power storage space projects.
May 25, 2020 // Storage, Battery Storage, Engie, solar plus storage, Carlalberto Guglielminotti, International, Solar Project, hawaiian electric, Engie EPS, Hawai
Greece to tender approximately 482 MW of PV in July, established storage space structure
The Greek power regulatory authority stated on Wednesday that it intends to tender approximately 482 MW of brand-new solar ability on July 27 for plants approximately 20 MW in dimension.
May 22, 2020 // Markets & Finance News, Storage, Greece, Europe, WESTERN EUROPE
Borehole thermal power storage space for solar
The town of Drammen, Norway, has actually begun checking a seasonal PV storage space project that makes use of boreholes in the ground. The drivers of the project are making use of power from PV components to generate warmth using a CO2 heatpump as well as exterior air. The warm is created by the CO2 pump throughout the springtime, autumn as well as summertime, along with warmth generated by solar thermal enthusiasts.
May 22, 2020 // Storage, Europe, Norway, Randi Kalskin Ramstad
TRIG elevates ₤ 120 million to pay RCF
The Renewables Infrastructure Group (TRIG) has actually increased ₤ 120 million, which is readied to go in the direction of its revolving credit center (RCF).
May 22, 2020 // Large-Scale, Markets & Finance News, Storage, UK, Europe, utility scale, TRIG, Helen Mahy, RCF
TC Energy shuts equity financial investment in hydro energy storage project
North American energy firm TC Energy has actually made an equity financial investment consequently Point Generation (TPG), a subsidiary of WindRiver Power.
May 21, 2020 // Markets & Finance News, Storage, tc energy, North American, Kipp Horton
PG&E Poised to Expand Energy Storage Capacity by 423 MW
PG&E has actually asked for authorization of 5 power storage space projects amounting to 423 MW, in a declaring with the California Public Utilities Commission (CPUC).
May 21, 2020 // Storage, California, USA, ENERGY STORAGE, BESS, North America, International, PG&E, Fong Wan
Vistra Energy to Expand its 300 MW BESS Facility in California
Vistra Energy has actually revealed that based on authorization by the CPUC, it will certainly broaden the dimension of the BESS at its Moss Landing website in Moss Landing, California.
May 21, 2020 // Storage, California, USA, ENERGY STORAGE, BESS, North America, Curt Morgan, PG&E, Vistra Energy
3 indicators that battery power storage space is traditional today
With the addition of battery power storage space right into brand-new building ordinance and also safety and security requirements, it's evident simply exactly how conventional storage space is today.
May 21, 2020 // Storage, Opinions, USA, North America, Paul Dailey