Solar Energy Storage and Battery News

Researchers at the University of California, Irvine as well as four nationwide laboratories have developed a way to make lithium-ion battery cathodes without making use of cobalt, a mineral plagued by price volatility and also geopolitical problems.

Solar maker and developer Canadian Solar Inc (NASDAQ: CSIQ) is launching an exclusive battery storage product for utility-scale applications, called the SolBank, and plans to broaden its battery manufacturing capacity to 10 GWh by the end of 2023 from the existing 2.5 GWh.

LG Electronics has actually moved its focus in the solar industry entirely to its energy storage system, now that panel production has actually discontinued. The new Home 8 residential ESS was introduced this week at RE+.

LG Energy Solution (formerly LG Chem) has announced plans to introduce a new home battery in the very first quarter of 2023. The new prepared enhancement to the item lineup of home batteries will certainly provide a capacity of 10.6 to 35.4 kWh, depending on the variety of battery modules installed.

Trina Storage will show the new Elementa battery system during the RE+ program this week. For almost a decade, the company has been establishing, refining, as well as specifying its internal battery modern technology particularly maximized for grid-scale applications. The business has currently boosted its battery lifetime to over 12,000 cycles.

Energy storage space business Mango Power, which utilizes CATL lithium-iron phosphorous battery cells, will certainly showcase its Mango Power E and Mango Power M series systems at the RE+ show.

US independent renewable resource supplier Terra-Gen LLC stated today it has actually shut a USD-959-million (EUR 963.4 m) financing for the 2nd phase of its Edwards Sanborn Solar Storage facility in California.

Qcells will certainly present its next-generation domestic power storage space system, Q.HOME CORE, to the united state market following week at the RE+ show.

Investment in EPC Power Corp positions company to 'expand and also deliver against rapid growth' in power storage

They will certainly establish integrated solar and flow battery solutions largely for the North American commercial and also industrial. The risk-free zinc bromine chemistry in their option has no risk of thermal runaway, making the service much better to release in city and country atmospheres where safety and security is a paramount factor to consider.

Installations reached 2608MWh having been boosted by a series of implementations in Texas, claims WoodMac

SolBank is a lithium iron phosphate (LiFePO4) chemistry-based battery enclosure with approximately 2,800 KWh of usable energy capacity, specifically engineered to be a risk-free and reputable system for utility-scale applications. CSI Energy Storage will certainly additionally broaden its battery production capacity from the existing 2.5 GWh to 10 GWh by the end of 2023.

France's Neoen SA (EPA: NEOEN) is seeking planning authorization for the installment of a 1-GW/4-GWh battery energy storage system (BESS) in Western Australia, official documents showed on Tuesday.

In reaction to growing passion for intelligent power administration at home, BayWa r.e. revealed it is collaborating with Google Nest to distribute smart thermostats to installers via its solar and also energy storage distribution arm in the united state.