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Technology
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.
Shut out of UK’s Capacity Market, battery storage registers as DSR instead - and wins
Battery storage assets in the UK successfully landed capacity agreements in last week’s T-3 Capacity Market auction by listing as demand side response (DSR) assets.
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.
Lithium recycling goes commercial to meet ‘unprecedented phase of the market’
A new lithium battery recycling facility, established by operator Li-Cycle on a commercial basis at the well-known Eastman Business Park in New York State, answers both a growing need and an opportunity in an “unprecedented phase” of deployment, the company has said.
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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.
German industry group BVES’ guiding energy storage to be ‘fourth pillar of energy transition’
There could be 10 guiding principles for integrating energy storage as a vital “pillar” of the energy transition.
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.
EnergyNest’s thermal storage to replace natural gas at Austrian manufacturing plant
Norwegian firm EnergyNest is to deploy its thermal battery storage technology at a manufacturing plant in Austria.
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.