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A solar-plus-storage project in the US, built by NREL to evaluate the business case for a much larger project to be built later. Image: Dennis Schroeder / NREL

Hybrid renewables-plus-battery power plants are growing rapidly — are they a good idea?

October 4, 2021
Will Gorman from Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory looks at the trend for battery storage to be directly paired with wind and solar.
This edition's cover story focuses on supply chain issues continuing to disrupt the solar sector. Image: PV Tech / Adrian Cartwright.

PV Tech Power 28 out now: Solar’s supply chain turbulence, vanadium flow batteries in focus, hybrid resources and more

September 2, 2021
The latest edition of PV Tech Power, volume 28, is now available to download, as we take a forensic look at the solar supply chain.
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