Solar Energy Storage and Battery News

Siemens to Build 100 MW Battery Storage Facility in Germany
The plant, with a storage capability of 200 MWh, is intended to use excess RE and also cover demand peaks in the power grid. The 5,000 square meter power storage center is expected to power 20,000 families annually.
Jul 20, 2021 // Storage, Germany, Europe, Siemens, Wunsiedel, Zukunftsenergie Nordostbayern GmbH, Marco Krasser, Bernd Koch
Pivot joins pressures with Wärtsilä for 100MW/200MWh of battery storage
Pivot Power is to create 100MW/200MWh of battery storage split across 2 websites in the West Midlands in partnership with Wärtsilä.
Jul 19, 2021 // Storage, BESS, ev charging, Pivot Power, Wärtsilä, Battery Storag, Energy Superhub
French Firm Tysilio Brings Solar Energy to Senegalese Farms
The company will certainly build a containerised planetary system with 60 kWh battery storage space. The system is anticipated to produce 32.8 MWh annually, saving farmers 10 million CFA francs (more than 15,000 euros) in operating and upkeep expenses.
Jul 19, 2021 // Plants, Commercial, Markets & Finance News, Storage, France, Europe, Africa, Senegal, Prodac, Tysilio
MAN Energy Solutions indicators turbomachinery deal for Highview Power's 50MW LAES project
MAN Energy Solutions is readied to offer the turbomachinery for Highview Power's 50MW/250MW liquid air energy storage space (LAES) project in Greater Manchester.
Jul 16, 2021 // Storage, UK, Europe, CRYOBattery, MAN Energy Solutions, Andy Burnham, Greater Manchester
New South Wales federal government authorizes plan for 400MW solar farm with 200MWh battery storage space
Stubbo Solar Farm and Battery, a project under growth in New South Wales (NSW), Australia, which would certainly pair 400MW of solar with 200MW/ 200MWh of battery energy storage space, has actually taken a step better to going on.
Jul 16, 2021 // Plants, Storage, Australia, Oceania, solar farm
NSW Govt Gives Go-ahead to 400 MW Solar-Battery Plant in Australia
The Stubbo Solar Farm and Battery project will be integrated in the Central West-Orana Renewable Energy Zone, Australia. It will include 800,000 single-axis tracking solar modules and a battery energy storage system.
Jul 16, 2021 // Plants, Storage, Australia, Oceania, new south wales, Renewable Energy, Killian Wentrup, Orana region, Stubbo Solar Farm and Battery project, UPC\AC Renewables
California ISO has 80GW of solar and 148GW of storage in its line, wrecking last year's figures
The California Independent System Operator (CAISO) has nearly 80GW of solar and also 148GW of storage in its affiliation line up, according to a 7 July discussion.
Jul 16, 2021 // Storage, Grids, California, USA, Battery Storage, CAISO, North America, connection queues
The surprise offender eliminating lithium-metal batteries from the inside
For years, scientists have tried to make reputable lithium-metal batteries These high-performance storage cells hold 50% more energy than their respected, lithium-ion relatives, however greater failure prices and security problems like fires and also explosions have paralyzed commercialization initiatives. Researchers have assumed why the gadgets fall short, yet direct evidence has been sparse.
Jul 15, 2021 // Technology, Storage, Sandia National Laboratories, lithium-metal batteries, Katie Harrison, Katie Jungjohann
Clearway discovers off-takers for 200-MW solar-plus-storage plant in California
San Francisco-based renewables developer Clearway Energy Group has actually fully contracted a large solar-plus-storage project in California with two investment-grade ranked community selection collectors.
Jul 15, 2021 // Plants, Storage, California, USA, solar-plus-storage, North America, clearway
US Energy Secretary Talks Up 90% Reduction In Storage Costs by 2030
Any kind of reduction in huge battery storage costs for grid-scale use will enhance the usage instance for renewable energy in extra places. If costs certainly do fall by 80-90%, it will certainly make India's own energy shift that much easier as well as possibly, also faster.
Jul 15, 2021 // Storage, USA, North America, department of energy, energy earthshots, jeenifer granholm
C&I solar and also storage space installer Altus Power to go public through US$ 1.58 bn SPAC bargain
Altus Power is merging with an unique purpose acquisition firm (SPAC) in a transaction that values the commercial and industrial (C&I) solar and storage programmer at US$ 1.58 billion.
Jul 15, 2021 // Commercial, Markets & Finance News, Storage, Altus Power, blackstone, SPAC, Rob Horn
Biden Seeks to Cut Energy Storage Costs by 90% Within Decade
Renewable resource 'wherever and also whenever it's needed' Effort is seen as important to attaining Biden's environment objectives
Jul 14, 2021 // Storage, USA, North America, Joe Biden, Jennifer Granholm
NREL: United States utility-scale solar PV could be as affordable as US$ 16.89/ MWh by 2030
Utility-scale solar PV in the United States could be as a low-cost as US$ 16.89/ MWh by the end of the decade, new analysis published by the National Renewable Energy Lab (NREL) has revealed.
Jul 14, 2021 // Markets & Finance News, Storage, USA, NREL, UTILITY-SCALE SOLAR, North America
Canadian Solar to construct 45MW Colombian battery
Project in Barranquilla was awarded in a public tender carried out by the Ministry of Energy as well as Mine
Jul 13, 2021 // Storage, Canadian Solar, South america, Colombia, Shawn Qu
Tesla will build 'the country's most sustainable' solar neighborhood in Southeast Austin
There's a brand-new gamer in the Austin housing market: Elon Musk.
Jul 12, 2021 // Residential, Storage, Rooftop PV, USA, TESLA, Elon Musk, North America, Southeast Austin, Brian Kingston