Solar Energy Storage and Battery News

Longroad Energy has been picked by the Hawaiian Electric Company to begin establishing two utility-scale solar as well as battery storage space jobs in Hawaii

The German-headquartered project designer has actually authorized a handle Pacific Power's subsidiary Agreement Power to construct a crossbreed renewable resource task that will power the community of Esperance.

The UK government has green lit what stands to be the nation's biggest solar ranch, a 350MW project by the south east shore.

Cleve Hill Solar Park, set to be the biggest in the UK, has actually been granted growth authorization by the power assistant.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

The Renewables Infrastructure Group (TRIG) has actually increased ₤ 120 million, which is readied to go in the direction of its revolving credit center (RCF).

North American energy firm TC Energy has actually made an equity financial investment consequently Point Generation (TPG), a subsidiary of WindRiver Power.

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).