Solar Energy Storage and Battery News

SolarEdge navigates Vietnam manufacturing facility shutdown to post record solar earnings in Q3 2021
Inverter manufacturer SolarEdge posted record revenues from its solar department in Q3 2021 in spite of a COVID-related closure at its production facility in Vietnam influencing its capacity to meet need.
Nov 3, 2021 // Manufacturing News, Markets & Finance News, Storage, Inverters, Asia, SolarEdge, Vietnam
Broad Reach's 200MW Battery Storage Plants Currently Online in Texas
Broad Reach's very first two transmission-level projects, North Fork as well as Bat Cave, are on the internet and positioned in service with Electric Reliability Council of Texas (ERCOT). Each project is a 100-megawatt (MW)/ 100-megawatt-hour (MWh) greenfield battery storage resource situated in Central Texas.
Nov 3, 2021 // Storage, USA, Texas, North America, Houston, Electric Reliability Council of Texas, ERCOT, Broad Reach Power, Bat Cave, North Fork
3 Factors for Optimism About Climate Change
Technological technology and also market forces show up positioned to speed the change away from fossil fuels even if the Glasgow summit falls short of its most enthusiastic goals.
Nov 3, 2021 // Technology, Plants, Storage, SCOTLAND
Construction starts on 100-MW California solar + storage project
Construction has actually started on the Rabbitbrush Solar project situated in Kern County, California. Leeward Renewable Energy is developing the project and also authorized 2 15-year power purchase agreements with Central Coast Community Energy (CCCE) and Silicon Valley Clean Energy (SVCE).
Nov 2, 2021 // Plants, Storage, USA, North America, Tom Habashi, Girish Balachandran, solar + storage project, leeward renewable energy, Jason Allen
Scottish designer offers 50MW battery
Field has gotten the Auchteraw project near Fort Augustus from ILI Group
Nov 2, 2021 // Markets & Finance News, Storage, UK, Europe, ILI Group, Mark Wilson, Amit Gudka
Beginner designer introduces 1.3 GW UK solar pipe
Queequeg is 'about to submit' initial PV projects into preparation and also intends to file applications for 2GWh storage space
Nov 2, 2021 // Plants, Storage, UK, Europe, QUEEQUEG
EIA Cites New Battery Storage Space Applications as Usage Rises in The US
The capability of utility-scale batteries to attract energy from the grid throughout specific durations and also discharge it to the grid at various other durations develops opportunities for electrical power send off optimization approaches based upon system or financial conditions.
Nov 2, 2021 // Storage, USA, North America, EIA, Annual Electric Generator Report, Frequency regulation, U.S. Energy Information Administration
US solar ITC extension would certainly lift installs by 44% this decade however fall short of Biden target
A recommended extension of the United States solar investment tax credit (ITC) might boost PV implementation by more than 40% over the following decade, analysis by Wood Mackenzie has actually found.
Nov 2, 2021 // Markets & Finance News, Storage, Grids, Policy, USA, ITC, North America, Joe Biden
NSW seeks renewables, energy storage rate of interest for most recent Renewable Energy Zone
The Government of New South Wales (NSW), Australia, has actually opened an on-line enrollment of interest process as it seeks prospective buyers for the nation's most current Renewable Energy Zone (REZ) to get in the planning phase.
Nov 1, 2021 // Plants, Large-Scale, Commercial, Markets & Finance News, Storage, Policy, Australia, Oceania, new south wales, rez, grids, renewable energy zone
South Australia thumbs-ups 225MW battery
Construction of Maoneng's Gould Creek project anticipated to start late next year
Nov 1, 2021 // Storage, Australia, Oceania, Morris Zhou, Stephen Patterson
Poland to support hybrid projects in upcoming round of solar auctions
Poland is set to hold a series of renewables auctions before completion of the year, including the country's very first that will certainly support hybrid projects.
Nov 1, 2021 // Plants, Large-Scale, Markets & Finance News, Storage, Poland, Battery Storage, Europe, auction, tenders, hybrid projects, lss cee
Aberdeen City Council companions bp for solar-powered green hydrogen hub
Energy large bp has formed a joint venture with Aberdeen City Council, to operate a solar energy and green hydrogen hub.
Oct 29, 2021 // Large-Scale, Storage, Solar to Fuel, UK, Europe, green hydrogen, bp, Aberdeen City Council, Jenny Laing
Argonne materials scientists go after a new generation of batteries
Progress in used research at Argonne National Laboratory increases hopes that solid-state batteries will certainly change standard lithium-ion batteries quicker rather than later.
Oct 28, 2021 // Technology, Storage, USA, Lithium-ion batteries, North America, Argonne National Laboratory, Jessica Durham
Honeywell Debuts Flow Battery For Formal Testing, 12 Hrs Power Discharge Promised
US-based multinational Honeywell has revealed the growth of a new flow battery for supplying long duration power of up to 12 hrs. The company claims the technology will be first checked by United States energy major Duke Energy in a 400kWh system configuration in 2022, prior to being scaled upto a 60MWh pilot project by 2023.
Oct 27, 2021 // Storage, Lithium-ion batteries, Duke Energy, flow battery, darius adamczyk, Honeywell, long duration battery
A much more efficient and also sustainable battery for a more 'electrified' society
An assistant professor in the department of chemistry at the University of Chicago, John Anderson, BS/MS '08, has patented a material that can store as well as produce energy a lot more effectively and sustainably than current approaches.
Oct 26, 2021 // Technology, Storage, USA, North America, University of Chicago, John Anderson