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This week's news-in-brief stories come from across Solar Media's publishing channels.
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Honeywell pairs up fire safety tech with Li-ion Tamer’s gas detection products
Honeywell is rolling out fire detection and safety technologies for lithium-ion batteries via its Building Technologies business unit, combining it with alternative energy innovation group Nexceris’ gas detection systems.
BASF partners with ‘metal-free’ flow battery startup JenaBatteries
Multinational chemicals company BASF has furthered its interest in the energy storage industry, partnering on the development of ‘metal-free’ flow battery electrolytes with German startup JenaBatteries.
Dutch wind farm operator contracts Greener Engineering for ‘mobile’ stationary batteries
While energy storage system (ESS) batteries are often described as stationary storage to distinguish them from batteries used in automotive applications, a new partnership in Europe turns containerised ESS into mobile power sources.
AKASOL signs €20 million e-mobility battery ‘Gigafactories’ deal with Manz
Manz AG, manufacturing equipment supplier, has signed off on a €20 million (US$21.83 million) deal with “high performance” battery maker AKASOL for planned ‘gigafactories’ in Germany and in the US.
Yotta Energy’s shot at commercialising PV panel-level energy storage gets California pilot
Testing of Yotta’s microstorage units at CSUDH’s campus in Carson marks new mainstreaming attempt for hybrid technology others have tried to take to commercial viability in the past.
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Guest blog
Industrial energy storage in 2020: Fuelling job creation and the clean energy transition
Action must be taken to build up domestic battery manufacturing capacity in the U.S. to meet demand for industrial-scale energy storage systems, argues Lindsay Gorrill, CEO of KORE Power.
Renault batteries find ‘megawatt-scale’ 2nd life use in Belgium
An energy storage system made up of ‘second life’ batteries previously used in Renault’s electric vehicle (EV) has been deployed for Umicore, a multinational materials technology company headquartered in Belgium.
Eaton and Enico’s ‘all-in-one’ C&I storage solution can run on new, or 2nd life, batteries
Engineering firm Eaton and storage company Enico launch a scalable, modular and fully integrated containerised energy storage solution.
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News in brief from around the world in energy storage.
Wärtsilä signs grid-scale EPC and ESS tech supply deals in South East Asia, Caribbean
Wärtsilä Corporation has announced 126MWh of energy storage across two project deals in the past week in two far-apart regions of the world.
Korean flow battery company signs JV agreement for 200MWh US factory
Former Governor of New York George Pataki has welcomed the possible siting and construction of a vanadium redox flow battery (VRB) factory in the state.
California’s Home Solar Mandate pulls together roofer PetersenDean and Enphase
US construction and home improvement company PetersenDean has selected Enphase’s equipment including battery storage for its solar home offerings.
Schneider Electric launches DERS ‘grid management solution’ with Autogrid
Schneider Electric has partnered with Autogrid for a “grid management solution” that can incorporate and optimise diverse assets including customer-sited energy storage.
#SmartSolarStorage2020: Massachusetts city saves big cash on power costs
NEC and developer Kearsage Energy have completed work on a 4.5MW solar PV array, combined with a 1.6MW / 2.8MWh AC-coupled battery energy storage system in Amesbury, Massachusetts.
V2G project launched at London’s Islington Town Hall by Honda and Moixa
Energy storage company Moixa, together with automotive giant Honda, have launched a vehicle to grid (V2G) project at Islington Town Hall that will help to provide constraint management for the building, as well as facilitate a switch to electric vehicles.