Solar Energy Storage and Battery News

NREL's storage projections for 2050
The National Renewable Energy Laboratory's (NREL) last report on the future of storage provides "key learnings" from a series of six extensive research studies.
Apr 19, 2022 // Storage, Market Research, USA, NREL, North America, lithium-ion battery
Energy Dome wins BNEF Pioneers 2022 for CO2 battery long-duration energy storage space technology
Energy Dome's emission-free energy storage space technique utilizes carbon dioxide in a closed loop charge/discharge cycle that can store and also dispatch renewable resource onto the grid over durations from four to 1 day.
Apr 18, 2022 // Storage, BNEF, Italy, Europe, Claudio Spadacini, Energy Dome
Statkraft gains planning permission for 50MW Stargoose solar farm
Statkraft has acquired planning permission for its 50MW Stargoose solar farm from South Cambridgeshire Planning Committee.
Apr 14, 2022 // Plants, Large-Scale, Commercial, Storage, Statkraft, solar farm, Gareth Hawkins
Neoen inks 70MW Australian offtake agreement
The French designer authorized a deal with AGL Energy to offload power from its 100MW Capital Battery
Apr 14, 2022 // Markets & Finance News, Storage, Australia, neoen, Oceania
Tesvolt's battery storage orders up 195% among energy crisis and Ukraine invasion
Energy storage system (ESS) company Tesvolt says that it saw 195% year-on-year growth in orders during March, as services seek to reduce their dependency on fossil fuels especially because of the Russian invasion of Ukraine.
Apr 13, 2022 // Storage, Germany, Ukraine, Europe, EV, Tesvolt, ESS, energy storage system
EnergyAustralia to take 180MWh of battery storage right into the NEM for Edify Energy
Energy generator as well as store EnergyAustralia will manage and also run 2 large-scale battery energy storage systems (BESS) in a portfolio in growth by Edify Energy.
Apr 13, 2022 // Storage, TESLA, Australia, NEM, Oceania, new south wales, Optimisation, national electricity market, EnergyAustralia, arbitrage, fcas, trading
European Commission 'ought to recognise' energy storage role
Renewables groups require scaling-up in Europe in order to safeguard power supplies
Apr 13, 2022 // Storage, Europe, EASE, Giles Dickson
Zinc-air battery with enhanced efficiency thanks to solar power
Zinc-air batteries, which generate electricity with a chemical reaction in between oxygen in the atmosphere as well as zinc, are considered to be next-generation prospects to meet the explosive demand for electric vehicles as opposed to lithium-ion batteries.
Apr 12, 2022 // Technology, Storage, KIST, Zinc-air battery, The Korea Institute of Science and Technology, Joong Kee Lee
South Africa opens 6th bidding window of REIPPPP
The 6th bidding round of South Africa's Renewable Energy Independent Power Producers Procurement Programme (REIPPPP) has actually opened for interested events.
Apr 12, 2022 // Plants, Storage, UTILITY-SCALE SOLAR, auctions, Africa, South Africa, tenders, mena, REIPPPP
State Grid of China, Singapore Power pull out of hybrid renewables and long-duration storage space project in Australia
An energy infrastructure group co-owned by State Grid Corporation of China and also Singapore Power has determined not to buy a hybrid nuclear power plant project in South Australia.
Apr 11, 2022 // Plants, Large-Scale, Commercial, Markets & Finance News, Storage, South Australia, hybrid power plant, State Grid of China, Singapore Power, Matt Squire
'UK storage pipeline doubles in 12 months'
R-UK states there are now 32.1 GW of projects operational, unfinished, consented or being planned
Apr 11, 2022 // Storage, UK, Europe
Invenergy gets approval for 300MW solar, 165MW battery storage project in Wisconsin
Wisconsin's Public Service Commission (PSC) has authorized the building of Invenergy's 300MW utility-scale solar farm, which is to be coupled with a 165MW battery energy storage space system (BESS), in Dane County.
Apr 11, 2022 // Plants, Large-Scale, Commercial, Storage, USA, Wisconsin, Invenergy, North America, PV Power Plant, Storage Project
The mobility rEVolution: Nissan moves on with in-house all-solid-state battery manufacturing
In other information, GM and Honda are jointly establishing budget-friendly EVs, the Biden administration holds an EV industry meeting, and also Mercedes-Benz Energy accepts provide EV batteries to BatteryLoop for its scalable, circular energy storage space products.
Apr 11, 2022 // Storage, USA, Elon Musk, North America, honda, EV, Nissan, Mercedes-Benz, all-solid-state battery
Zinc battery player Eos completed 2021 with US$ 150m backlog and US$ 124m net loss
Zinc battery energy storage space system carrier Eos Energy Enterprises ended up 2021 with an order backlog of US$ 148.7 million as well as a net loss for the year of US$ 124.2 million.
Apr 8, 2022 // Markets & Finance News, Storage, Eos, Zinc Battery
Mitsui takes 49% stake in 1,300 MW round-the-clock renewable project in India
Japanese conglomerate Mitsui & Co. has actually bought a 1,300 MW wind-plus-solar-plus-storage project development in India.
Apr 8, 2022 // Plants, Large-Scale, Commercial, Storage, India, Asia, mitsui, wind-plus-solar-plus-storage project