Maldives issues tender for 40MW / 40MWh of battery storage
The Indian Ocean island nation of the Maldives has begun tendering for 40MW / 40MWh of battery energy storage systems across several regions.
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Largo says vanadium for energy storage worth twice as much as for steel production at ‘Battery Day’
Using vanadium for battery electrolytes could be twice as profitable as supplying it for steel production, which is currently the major industrial use for the abundant metal, vanadium producer Largo Resources has said.
ROUNDUP: Long-duration energy storage investments and assessments
This edition of our news in brief from around the world focuses on novel technologies promising several hours or more of competitively-priced energy storage.
ABB contributes to Philippines power company SMC’s 1,000MW battery project pipeline
ABB will add at least 80MW of battery storage to Philippines energy company SMC Global Power Holdings’ planned US$1 billion portfolio in the country.
US Solar Energy Industries Association forms storage group, ESA appoints 2021 directors’ board
Two trade associations in the US have made significant changes with the aim of advocating for policies supporting the energy storage industry at federal and state-level.
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VIDEO: How far off are we from viable long-duration energy storage?
Experts, technology providers and energy system stakeholders discuss how the need for long-duration energy storage can be met, in this panel discussion from the Energy Storage Summit USA hosted earlier this year by our publisher Solar Media.
Battery software startup TWAICE gets US$26m funding, aiming at EV and energy storage markets
TWAICE, a German battery analytics software company founded in 2018 which already counts Audi and Daimler as well as European energy utility companies amongst its customers, has raised US$26 million in a Series B funding round.
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US solar-storage projects that decarbonise, save energy costs from Ameresco, ENGIE and Invinity
Here are three interesting new California projects using solar and storage storage we’ve learned about in the past few days that combine technologies and applications to maximise the benefits of battery storage and solar.
Free software to assess value of energy storage and DERs from Sandia National Laboratories and EPRI
New software that helps businesses and utilities in the US to assess the value of energy storage has been launched by Sandia National Laboratories, while the Electric Power Research Institute (EPRI) has launched its own platform for calculating the value of distributed energy resources (DERs).
PV Tech Power 27 out now: European solar and storage in focus and much more in our quarterly journal
PV Tech Power volume 27 is now available to download, providing a comprehensive and detailed analysis of Europe’s solar market.
ROUNDUP: Texas and Tucson projects online, KORE Power’s giga-location, Moxion’s mobile ESS
News in brief from around the world in energy storage.
Lithium-ion ESS explosion prevention tech available for low-cost licensing from national lab PNNL
New technology which can help prevent flammable gas build-up in lithium-ion battery storage systems is being made available for “low-cost, non-exclusive licensing” by the US Department of Energy’s Pacific Northwest National Laboratory (PNNL).
PODCAST: Solar supply crisis, storage procurement’s Wild West, and ‘the place to be’ in Europe
The Solar Media podcast is back for another episode, and Liam Stoker and Andy Colthorpe explores the deepening materials crisis impacting upstream solar manufacturing, through from modules to trackers.
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Thinking inside LeBlock: An in-depth look at Leclanché’s new modular ESS solution
Cost, complexity and carbon footprint. Earlier this month, Switzerland-headquartered Leclanché launched its new, modular energy storage system solution aimed at reducing all three of these challenging points for the industry. VP for system engineering Daniel Fohr and EMEA region sales and business development manager Cyril Carpentier speak about how and why Leclanché believe LeBlock solves some of the major concerns energy storage developers face.
Eos’ post-SPAC financial results show high cost of commercialisation for zinc battery player
Long-duration zinc battery energy storage system maker Eos Energy Enterprises’ order book, backlog and sales pipelines have greatly increased, but the company has also incurred significant costs as it puts in efforts to reach scale in manufacturing and deployments.
Zinc-bromine flow battery and modular H2 electrolyser companies launching megawatt-scale products
Australian flow battery energy storage company Redflow has entered a “high voltage, high capacity grid-scale future,” unveiling a new system it has created to be deployed at a 2MWh project in California.