Solar Energy Storage and Battery News

Nobel-winner Akira Yoshino sees crucial role for two-way charging Plug-in vehicles can help nations like Japan add renewables

Enel Green Power Espana, the renewables division of Spanish utility Endesa SA (BME: ELE), has acquired construction permits to develop 2 smaller sized solar farms on the island of Mallorca, Spain, one of them including energy storage space in vanadium redox flow batteries (VRFB).

In charging mode, the CO2 is drawn from an atmospheric gas-holder, the Dome, compressed and then saved under pressure at ambient temperature level in a high density supercritical or liquid state. When energy needs to be launched, the CO2 is evaporated and also expanded into a generator, and then returned back to the atmospheric gas-holder, prepared for the following billing cycle

Some market projections for United States indicate that the nation's set up energy storage capacity will certainly get to concerning 4 GW by end-2021 and also additional to 7 GW in 2025, consequently helping with the US Energy Storage Associations targets for 2030.

Beijing's computed strategy to manufacturing electric-vehicle power packs has the united state, the European Union as well as other competitors playing catch-up in the race to lead the electric future.

Mining gigantic Fortescue is to partner with Australian energy major AGL Energy to take a look at the potential of repurposing tradition coal properties for renewables-powered green hydrogen centers.

UK investment firm VH Global Lasting Energy Opportunities (LON: GSEO) has actually settled the purchase of a 10.9-MW solar farm site in Queensland, Australia, spending GBP 5.9 million (USD 7.8 m/EUR 6.9 m), the firm stated today.

The facility is a cooperation with Tesla, deploying its Megapack modern technology, and AusNet Services

Ameresco has actually picked battery vendor FlexGen Power Systems for a 2,150-MWh energy storage project for Southern California Edison. FlexGen will certainly offer the power storage modern technology together with its HybridOS energy administration system platform.

Emera Technologies revealed today it has actually gotten UL 9540 fire security certification for BlockBox, the distributed nanogrid power storage and also control system of its BlockEnergy microgrid platform.

TagEnergy has acquired a 100% stake in the 99.9 MW Lakeside battery energy storage system (BESS), marking its fifth financial investment in the UK this year.

The lithium-ion battery project will certainly store enough electricity to power over 100,000 homes for two hours

For batteries made from an electrically conductive mixture, the consistency of molasses might assist solve a critical piece of the decarbonization puzzle. MIT scientists have actually developed a semisolid flow battery that might be able to exceed lithium-ion and also vanadium redox flow batteries.

PowerX and Imabari Shipbuilding to jointly develop the initial Power ARK prototype ship and also marine batteries by the end of 2025. Imabari Shipbuilding to spend 1 billion yen (US$ 8.86 million) in PowerX.

CellCube can currently supply their vanadium redox flow batteries (VRFBs) including a bankable insurance to assure for item as well as efficiency precision. Under its trademark 'CellCube' the Austrian based Enerox GmbH creates, makes as well as distributes vanadium redox flow batteries.