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Building battery storage systems to meet changing market requirements

July 6, 2020
Battery system integrators must navigate a broad array of technologies and varying market drivers when putting systems together. Andy Colthorpe speaks to Powin Energy and Sungrow about the engineering challenges involved in building lithium-ion battery storage.
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CATL and KStar partnership to build two new factories in China

April 16, 2020
Energy storage manufacturing giant CATL has partnered with Shenzhen KSTAR Science & Technology to construct a new lithium-ion battery manufacturing facility Fujian, China.
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Go big, go DC: an in-depth look at DC-coupled solar-plus-storage

October 9, 2019
New technologies and designs aimed at driving down the cost of energy storage facilities are currently the focus of intense industry R&D. Sara Verbruggen reports on DC coupling, an emerging system architecture that many believe will soon become the industry standard.
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Hitachi to acquire ABB power grid business in US$11bn ‘turning point’ for energy market

December 18, 2018
Power electronics giant Hitachi has acquired ABB’s power grids business in an US$11 billion (£8.7 billion) deal which cements its position in the energy solutions sector.
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ROUNDUP: Parker-Hannifin PCS sale, Sunnova-Itochu tie-in, Greensmith launches latest GEMS software

December 7, 2018
News in brief from around the world in energy storage.
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Navigant: Energy storage PCS becoming a ‘crowded market’

July 18, 2018
The market for power conversion systems (PCS) used in energy storage is becoming “increasingly crowded” with competitors, while the diverse field of players will contribute to “rapid technological innovations and price reductions”, Navigant Research has said.
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Ideal Power to enter German storage market with PCS order

November 14, 2016

Power conversion specialist Ideal Power has received an order for 0.5MW of its 30kW power conversion systems (PCS) for commercial energy storage projects in Germany, from an unnamed customer or customers.

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Younicos makes ‘next logical step’ into hardware

September 16, 2015

Battery-based energy storage integration and development company Younicos has launched a power converter unit and a standalone, easily deployable storage solution, with the company describing the move into hardware as a “next logical step”.

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