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Domestic and international battery manufacturers have been supported by the European Commission's European Battery Alliance to date, but the latest announcements aim to provide a framework to boost industrial competitiveness and accelerate the EU's energy transition. Pictured is a lithium battery cell produced in Sweden by Northvolt, a European startup supported by the Alliance. Image: Northvolt.

European Union in provisional agreement on recycling, carbon footprint regulations for batteries

December 13, 2022
Rules on battery sustainability, performance and labelling will become more stringent within the European Union (EU).
The cover story of PV Tech Power 33 charts industry efforts to bring more manufacturing closer to end markets. Image: Luca D’Urbino.

PV Tech Power 33 out now: solar supply chains, Europe’s need for energy storage and more

December 13, 2022
The Q4 2022 edition of our downstream solar journal, PV Tech Power, includes comprehensive coverage of efforts to diversify the supply chain.
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December 12, 2022
Energy-Storage.news proudly presents our webinar with HMS Networks on the role of analytics in optimising asset performance.
Rendering of heliostats (mirrors) as used in a Vast Solar CSP plant. Image: Vast Solar.

Sodium-ion battery maker Natron in talks for Australia hybrid CSP and PV plant

December 12, 2022
Natron Energy could supply sodium-ion battery storage to a novel ‘integrated hybrid generator’ project in Queensland, Australia.
Ceremony to start construction of a pumped hydro plant by Jagan Mohan Reddy, chief minister of Andhra Pradesh, India. The project is one of a number by Greenko, a prolific participant in tenders. Image: CMO Andhra Pradesh via Twitter.

Greenko wins NTPC energy storage tender in India with pumped hydro proposal

December 12, 2022
Greenko has won a technology agnostic tender hosted by NTPC Renewable Energy in India to provide long-duration energy storage.
Rendering of a 4.3MWh Microvast ME-43000-UL ESS Container unit. Image: Microvast.

Microvast wins 1.2GWh BESS contract, weeks after EV battery maker’s energy division launch

December 8, 2022
Microvast, a Texas-headquartered company manufacturing battery cells and storage systems, has won 1.2GWh battery storage deal.
Flow battery demonstration plant in Hubei, China, where the world's biggest VRFB system, at 100MW/400MWh, went online recently. Image: VRB Energy.

Wood Mackenzie: Investment pours in for long-duration energy storage, but scale remains challenge

December 8, 2022
Enough money invested in long-duration energy storage technologies and projects over the past three years to result in 57GW of deployments.
Rendering of the planned project, with construction due to begin this coming Spring. Image: Wärtsilä.

EDF Renewables places repeat order with Wärtsilä for 100MWh UK battery storage project

December 8, 2022
Wärtsilä Energy has signed additional contract with EDF Renewables UK for 50MW/100MWh lithium-ion energy storage facility in England.
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PG&E launches vehicle-to-everything pilot programmes in California

December 7, 2022
California utility PG&E has invited residential and commercial customers to enrol onto three vehicle-to-everything (V2X) programmes using EV batteries for a range of use cases.
One of a 10-project portfolio FlexGen delivered for electric cooperative and municipal utility customers in North Carolina, October 2022. Image: NC Electric Cooperatives.

FlexGen puts first BESS into service in 40MW buildout for North Carolina cooperatives

December 7, 2022
FlexGen has completed the first project in its 40MW buildout for a set of electric cooperative utilities in North Carolina.

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