Solar Energy Storage and Battery News

SECI Signs PSA for 100 MW Solar Power With Storage With Chhattisgarh Discom
SECI has actually authorized a PSA worth 100 MW solar energy clubbed with 50 MW/100 MWh Energy from Battery Storage with the Chhattisgarh State Power Distribution Company
Feb 14, 2020 // Markets & Finance News, Storage, India, SECI, Asia, CSPDCL, Chhattisgarh, PSA
Ganfeng Lithium influenced by coronavirus however share cost goes on climbing
The board of the lithium miner and also refiner has actually disclosed exactly how the episode has actually struck its Chinese manufacturing after keeping in mind 'uncommon' share cost gains today.
Feb 13, 2020 // Markets & Finance News, Storage, China, Asia, Ganfeng Lithium
AKASOL indications EUR20 million e-mobility battery 'Gigafactories' take care of Manz
Manz AG, making tools distributor, has actually approved a EUR20 million (US$ 21.83 million) take care of "high performance" battery manufacturer AKASOL for prepared 'gigafactories' in Germany as well as in the United States.
Feb 12, 2020 // Manufacturing News, Markets & Finance News, Storage, USA, Germany, Europe, Manz AG, North America, lithium-ion battery, AKASOL
Coronavirus can set you back Chinese battery manufacturers 26 GWh of outcome
Since of the break out, WoodMac experts claim the quantity of brand-new battery production capability included in the country this year might drop by as much as 10%. With Tesla's Shanghai gigafactory influenced by the prolonged new-year-holiday closure, the expert warned of possible supply scarcities for Australia as well as the U.S. as well as U.K.
Feb 12, 2020 // Manufacturing News, Markets & Finance News, Storage, USA, LG CHEM, TESLA, South Korea, China, United Kingdom, Australia, Europe, Asia, woodmac, Oceania, North America
Scientist practically 'take a break' lithium battery for the very first time
A global group led by scientists at UCL has actually disclosed brand-new understandings right into the functions of a lithium battery by practically "unrolling" its coil of electrode layers utilizing a formula made for papyrus scrolls.
Feb 11, 2020 // Technology, Storage, UK, Europe, lithium battery, UCL
Israel's 300 MW solar-plus-storage tender apparently in danger
Monetary paper Globes has actually reported the tender, introduced just 3 weeks earlier, is being opposed by the nation's Land Authority, which asserts the project might disrupt sand-mining near Dimona.
Feb 11, 2020 // Markets & Finance News, Storage, tender, Asia, Israel, solar-plus-storage
Improving magnesium-based batteries with disorder
Scientists have actually discovered solid anodic task in disordered fragments of magnesium chromium oxide. Unlike traditional, gotten nanocrystals, the disordered fragments supposedly accomplished relatively easy to fix magnesium removal as well as insertion.
Feb 10, 2020 // Technology, Storage, UK, Europe, magnesium-based batteries, Jawwad Darr
Solar and also wind press wholesale power rates to record lows in Australia
The uptick of renewables in Australia has actually aided cause three-year lows for wholesale power costs on the nation's biggest power market.
Feb 10, 2020 // Plants, Large-Scale, Commercial, Markets & Finance News, Storage, Grids, Rooftop PV, ENERGY STORAGE, Australia, AEMO, Oceania, curtailment, national energy market, grid curtailment
The best battery for grid level power storage
A new paper released by researchers at China's Tianjin College analyzes the state-of-the-art in grid degree power storage, outlining the pros and cons of different battery innovations being released on grids around the globe, and staying obstacles that could be conquered if study is pushed in the right direction.
Feb 7, 2020 // Storage, China, Asia, lithium-ion
Mercedes-Benz partner with Hydro-Québec for solid-state battery development
The luxury car maker is banking on the timely advancement of market-ready solid-state batteries. Mercedes will work with the Canadian research institute to rapidly incorporate brand-new technology into field applications to cut development cycle times.
Feb 5, 2020 // Technology, Storage, USA, Canada, France, Texas, Europe, North America, Mercedes-Benz, Jochen Hermann
Yotta to set up SolarLEAF at CSU Dominguez Hills
Yotta, the designer of safe panel-level energy storage, has partnered with California State University, Dominguez Hills (CSUDH) to set up Yotta'' s exclusive technology for energy storage on school.
Feb 5, 2020 // Technology, Storage, Software, California, USA, North America, Yotta, SolarLEAF, Omeed Badkoobeh, Kenneth Seeton
Renault batteries find 'megawatt-scale' second life use in Belgium
An energy storage system made up of 'second life' batteries formerly used in Renault's electrical automobile (EV) has been deployed for Umicore, an international materials innovation company headquartered in Belgium.
Feb 4, 2020 // Storage, Engie, Europe, Belgium, EV, Renault, Mark Bailey, Connected Energy, Umicore, Cedric Osterrieth
SECI concludes world's biggest renewables-plus-storage tender at Rs4.04/ kWh
Pumped hydro and battery jobs, paired with renewables, offer the world's lowest peak tidy electrical energy tariff. The tender, which received bids for 1.62 GW of capacity against the 1.2 GW sought, saw Greenko protect 900 MW of pumped storage capability and Restore Power 300 MW of battery storage.
Feb 4, 2020 // Plants, Large-Scale, Commercial, Markets & Finance News, Storage, India, SECI, tender, Asia, Pranav R Mehta
An alumina lining for silicon in storage
Researchers at Rice University in the U.S. have actually carried out explores lithium-ion batteries utilizing silicon as an anode product and made an unexpected discovery relating to an aluminum oxide passivation layer at the cathode. The finding might open up a new path toward much better performing lithium-ion batteries.
Feb 3, 2020 // Technology, Storage, USA, silicon, North America, Rice University, Sibani Lisa Biswal, alumina
Nonflammable electrolyte for high-performance potassium batteries
Australian scientists have established a nonflammable electrolyte for potassium and potassium-ion batteries, for applications in next-generation energy-storage systems beyond lithium innovation.
Feb 3, 2020 // Technology, Storage, Australia, Oceania, electrolyte, Zaiping Guo