Solar Energy Storage and Battery News

New Zealand's First Big Battery Project of 200MWh & Solar Farm in Offing From TotalEnergies
Saft was contending against Tesla and Fluence for the 100MW as well as 200MWh Ruakākā battery contract, which is worth $NZ186 million. In an additional major development for the energy market of the country, the project will certainly additionally be adhered to by a farm of 130 MW. This will be New Zealand's greatest solar farm.
Jan 19, 2023 // Plants, Storage, TESLA, Fluence, Saft, TotalEnergies, grid-connected battery, Meridian, Neal Barclay, New Zealand's biggest solar farm, New Zealand's first big battery, renewable generation
SolarEdge currently manufacturing NMC battery cells for energy storage market
SolarEdge announced that its Energy Storage division has started shipping new battery cells developed for stationary Energy Storage applications.
Jan 18, 2023 // Manufacturing News, Storage, SolarEdge, nmc, nickel manganese cobalt
Statkraft agrees battery 'forward trade' with Statera
Agreeing sale or purchase of power ahead of delivery aids BESS owners eliminate price risks
Jan 18, 2023 // Storage, UK, Europe, Statera, Statkraft
Pune's Arenq Collaborates with Kerala Automobiles Ltd for EV Distribution, Batteries
Kerala's Minister for Industries, P. Rajeeve, has actually additionally launched KAL-made E-carts which have been powered by Arenq batteries. The firm has currently handed over the order for 100 E-carts recently. This is the first-ever partnership by ARENQ directed towards supplying optimum batteries and also bolstering the distribution of KAL's E-vehicles.
Jan 18, 2023 // Storage, e-vehicles, Arenq, e-carts, KAL, Kerala Automobiles Limited, optimum batteries, P. Rajeeve, P.V Saseendran, storage batteries, V G Anil
EVLO preps to build solar-plus-battery hybrid in British Columbia
EVLO Energy Storage Inc, a unit of Canadian utility Hydro-Quebec, has actually assigned contractors that will work to understand its utility-scale range solar project with an exclusive battery in the District of Summerland, British Columbia.
Jan 16, 2023 // Markets & Finance News, Storage, EVLO Energy Storage, British Columbia
Hanwha, LGES plan to invest in battery manufacturing facilities in US
Hanwha Group and lithium-ion battery maker LG Energy Solution Ltd (KRX:373220), or LGES, will make joint investment in energy storage system(ESS) battery manufacturing facilities in the US, both South Korean business stated today in separate announcements.
Jan 16, 2023 // Markets & Finance News, Storage, USA, North America, hanwha group, LGES
Researchers produce smaller, more affordable flow batteries for clean power
Clean energy is the leading option for climate change. But solar and wind power are irregular at producing adequate power for a trusted power grid. Alternatively, lithium-ion batteries can save power yet are a restricted resource.
Jan 16, 2023 // Storage, Georgia Institute of Technology, flow battery, Nian Liu
FREYR Battery to Supply Upto 14 GWh LFP Cells to Impact Clean Power Technology
FREYR means to provide clean battery solutions based on the same battery cell architecture as the ESS products that will certainly be generated at its Giga Arctic battery production center in Mo i Rana, Norway. The framework agreement is non-binding and the orders will certainly be carried out in accordance with the demands of Impact.
Jan 16, 2023 // Markets & Finance News, Storage, Battery Cell, Freyr battery, Freyr, Tom Einar Jensen, Bartlomiej Kras, conditional offtake agreement, ESS products, Giga Arctic battery facility, Impact Clean Power Technology, LFP cells
South Korea's Battery Majors LG Energy & Hanwha Explore Partnership for BESS
Especially, the US storage market has actually been on the path of development and is anticipated to advance its path of growth complying with the Inflation Reduction Act (IRA), which has provided a considerable press release in addition to manufacturing of energy storage space.
Jan 16, 2023 // Storage, BESS, Hanwha, LG Energy Solution, ESS, Inflation Reduction Act, manufacturing facilities
Clearway finishes 2nd solar + storage project on Kamehameha Schools land in O'ahu
Clearway Energy Group's 36-MW solar farm with 144 MWh of battery storage on Kamehameha Schools' lands in Waiawa in Central O'ahu just recently achieved commercial procedures after passing every one of its necessary commissioning tests.
Jan 13, 2023 // Plants, Large-Scale, Commercial, Storage, PV Power Plant, clearway, Craig Cornelius, Shelee Kimura
Hive to plans 2GW solar-storage in Turkey
Developer has looked for co-located projects with capacities ranging from 11MW to 230MW in scale
Jan 13, 2023 // Plants, Markets & Finance News, Storage, Asia, Turkey, hive energy
Metal-free batteries raise hope for even more sustainable and also economical grids
Rechargeable batteries that utilize ammonium cations as charge carriers could provide ecofriendly and sustainable substitutes to metal-ion-based batteries, researchers at KAUST show.
Jan 13, 2023 // Technology, Storage, KAUST, Husam Alshareef, Zhiming Zhao
Intersect Power commissions 224-MW solar park with storage space in California
Clean energy company Intersect Power LLC on Wednesday revealed the begin of commercial procedures at its 224-MW/310-MWp Athos III solar park in California's Riverside County.
Jan 12, 2023 // Plants, Storage, USA, North America, Intersect Power, Solar Park
Sunnova dealers now offering the SolarEdge Home Battery
SolarEdge Technologies as well as Sunnova Energy International revealed the expansion of their long-standing partnership with the enhancement of the SolarEdge Home Battery to the Sunnova EaaS portfolio.
Jan 12, 2023 // Storage, Sunnova, SolarEdge
U.S.A.'s Leeward RE Raises $260 Mn For Chaparral Springs Solar + Storage Project in California
Wells Fargo, MUFG as well as Silicon Valley Bank to supply $260 million in Green Loan building and construction funding; J.P. Morgan Chase to give $143 million tax obligation equity financial investment. Leeward expands footprint in California with 174-megawatt (MW) solar facility as well as 88-MW storage facility.
Jan 12, 2023 // Storage, Wells Fargo, Kern County, MUFG, leeward renewable energy, leeward, jp morgan, California solar plus BESS, Chaparral Springs Solar + BESS Facility, Chris Loehr, Green Loan Principles, Rabbitbrush solar and storage project, silicon valley bank, solar plus storage in USA