PV Tech Power Vol.24 out now: Big solar panels, big hydrogen and building better batteries
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New York’s first community solar-plus-storage plant to lower participants’ electricity rates 10%
A solar-plus-storage project in New York which has just been completed is the first community project of its type and should help lower electricity costs for participants by 10% for the next 25 years.
Tennessee power group takes tentative first step towards planned 5GW of energy storage
The US state of Tennessee is set to join the advanced energy storage age with the deployment of a 40MWh stationary grid-connected battery storage plant.
Elon Musk’s ‘important note’ ahead of Tesla Battery Day
Whatever technology or strategy announcements come from Tesla’s Battery Day, speculation that the company will reduce purchases of battery cells from partners as a consequence is incorrect, CEO Elon Musk has said.
CATL and KSTAR partnership takes on European residential ESS market before global push
Chinese companies CATL and KSTAR have begun supplying ‘all-in-one’ single phase residential energy storage solutions in Europe, kicking off with the market for home storage in the Netherlands.
Zenobe Energy set to enter new 10MW battery in UK’s Balancing Mechanism
As part of an optimisation deal with Open Energi and Erova Energy, battery storage owner and operator Zenobe Energy is set to enter a new battery into the UK’s Balancing Mechanism (BM).
Tesla become first company to go live with new API in UK Balancing Mechanism
In an effort to make it easier for smaller participants to bid into the Balancing Mechanism (BM), National Grid ESO has introduced a new interface.
Latest FERC ruling a ‘victory for grid reliability’
Distributed energy resources (DERs) will be able to participate in US wholesale energy markets following a “landmark” new ruling from the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC).
ROUNDUP: ARPA-E funding for sodium ion, ENGIE in big Italy V2G, Enel X partnership to take on Canada
More news in brief from around the world in energy storage.
Hawaiian Electric seeks regulatory approval for 300MW solar, 2,000MWh battery storage projects
Hawaiian Electric has submitted eight contracts representing nearly 300MW of solar energy generation and about 2,000MWh of energy storage to be built on the islands of O'ahu and Maui.
Residential vanadium flow battery systems under development for Australia’s solar-storage market
Energy storage systems based around vanadium redox flow batteries (VRFBs) are being developed for residential use in Australia by partners Australian Vanadium (AVL) and Gui Zhou Collect Energy Century Science and Technology.
150MWh of storage included in SECI’s latest solar tender for Chhattisgarh
The Solar Energy Corporation of India (SECI) has invited bids for a 100MWac/200MWp solar project with a 50MW/150MWh battery energy storage system in the state of Chhattisgarh.
BNEF: Lithium battery supply chain is unsurprisingly led by China
BloombergNEF (BNEF) has ranked China #1 among the countries of the world most involved in the lithium-ion battery supply chain in 2020, with Japan and South Korea in second and third place respectively.
Broad Reach Power builds two Texas battery plants equal in size to state’s largest project so far
Relative industry newcomer Broad Reach Power is set to equal in size the largest standalone battery project announced so far in Texas, with two new 100MW facilities under construction in the US state.
Fire at 20MW UK battery storage plant in Liverpool
There has been a fire at the Carnegie Road 20MW battery energy storage system (BESS) project in Liverpool, England, project owner Ørsted has confirmed.
Lithium battery recycling facility welcomed by New York Governor Cuomo
New York Governor Andrew Cuomo said that a new recycling facility for lithium-ion batteries helps create quality jobs and support clean energy as the state “builds back stronger” from the COVID-19 crisis.