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Aerial view of a commissioning celebration at a CBEA project implemented by PoweGen in Dokota, Niger State, Nigeria. Image: CBEA.

Microsoft Climate Innovation Fund, Bank of America among funders of Africa mini-grid push

June 21, 2022
Crossboundary Energy Access, an investment platform which is project financing solar-powered mini-grid projects in rural Africa, has secured US$50 million funding.
Artist's concept drawings of how VSUN's residential flow battery could look. Image: VSUN.

Australian projects trial benefits of distributed neighbourhood and flow battery energy storage

June 21, 2022
The government of Victoria, Australia, has opened a round of funding for ‘neighbourhood-scale’ battery storage.
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Hitachi Energy to provide battery microgrid to open pit vanadium mine in Nevada

June 16, 2022
Hitachi Energy will power the US’ first-ever primary vanadium source entirely from renewable energy in a partnership with Nevada Vanadium.
The 6MW ground mounted PV array. Image: GPM / Mahindra Susten.

Indian state Gujarat tenders for 500MW of renewables with storage for rural electrification

June 15, 2022
Gujarat will sign power purchase agreements for renewables paired with energy storage to bring electricity to off-grid villages.
Austin Leach (left) of TechLink is shown test results for Enzinc's nickel-zinc pouch cell by battery engineering intern Santiago Edinger. Image: Enzinc.

Diversifying energy storage is vital for the global industry’s health

June 15, 2022
The battery industry is at risk of falling into the trap of becoming too dependent on a single ingredient.
Image: Andy Colthorpe / Solar Media.

GE Renewable Energy to ramp new ‘Renewable Hybrid’ factory in India to 9GW

June 14, 2022
GE Renewable Energy will triple its solar and battery energy storage manufacturing capacity at its newly launched Renewable Hybrids factory in India by the end of 2022.
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First 100% renewable multi-customer microgrid online in California

June 10, 2022
A front-of-meter microgrid combining 2.2MW of solar PV with a 9MWh battery has gone online in Humboldt County, northeast California, which its developers claim is the first of its kind.
JinkoSolar battery rack (left) and ESS cabinet (right). Image: JinkoSolar.

JinkoSolar strikes 50MWh BESS distribution deal in Nigeria

June 9, 2022
JinkoSolar has signed distribution agreement for its battery storage solutions with a Nigeria-headquartered business systems integrator.
Flow battery demonstration plant in Hubei, China, where the world's biggest VRFB system, at 100MW/400MWh, went online recently. Image: VRB Energy.

Rising flow battery demand ‘will drive global vanadium production to double by 2031’

June 8, 2022
Vanadium redox flow battery industry poised for significant growth in the coming years according to new forecasting.
The 6MW ground mounted PV array. Image: GPM / Mahindra Susten.

India’s first 24/7 solar-powered town enabled with battery storage and smart controls

June 7, 2022
Modhera is India’s first fully solar powered town, demonstrating that battery storage can enable 24/7 clean energy.

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