Storage

United Kingdom

Drax Names Studio Pietrangeli to Enhance Design of Cruachan Pumped Storage Expansion

Drax has appointed Studio Pietrangeli to optimize its plans to build the 600 MW pumped storage hydro expansion of the 440 MW Cruachan facility in Scotland.Incre…

Energy Storage Battery

West Virginia is getting a big new battery storage factory

Michigan-based Our Next Energy (ONE) is going to open a long-duration battery storage factory in West Virginia, next to a 420 MWh solar microgrid.West Virginia&…

Energy Storage Battery

Battery Storage Market Predictions Are Trickier Than Ever

Much of the current movement to decarbonize the grid involves installing many gigawatts of battery-based energy storage. Lithium-ion technology is leading the w…

Solar Company

Tractebel, Deme, and Jan de Nul Present Offshore Floating Solar Technology: Seavolt©

• Tractebel, DEME, and Jan De Nul jointly developed a new floating solar technology, capable of operating in harsh marine conditions.• Research and de…

Solar Power Plant

Yingli Energy Launches 4GW Bipv and PV Products Project in Baoding City of China

YC Solar, a China-based high-tech photovoltaic product manufacturing company under Yingli Group, officially committed to expand the second phase of its PV produ…

Electric Vehicle Battery

Electric Vehicle Batteries Could Get Big Boost With New Polymer Coating

Scientists at Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory (Berkeley Lab) have developed a conductive polymer coating—called HOS-PFM—that could enable longer lasting…

Energy Storage Battery

Battery Maker Choses West Virginia Site for Ldes Production

A Michigan-based energy storage technology company, Our Next Energy, agreed to locate its Aries Grid battery storage system manufacturing facility in West Virgi…

Energy Storage Battery

End-Of-Life EV Battery Packs Find a New Use as Stationary Storage

Energy storage system powered by repurposed EV battery packs and charged by a UC San Diego solar energy array. Credit: SmartvilleSecond-life energy storage syst…

Energy Storage Battery

Energy Storage Made Record Gains in the US in 2022: Sustainable Energy in America Factbook

Dive Brief:A record 4.8 GW of utility-scale non-hydropower storage was established in the U.S. in 2022, bringing total capacity to 11.4 GW, according to Sustain…

Energy Storage Material

Iran announces first lithium reserve in country; Projected 8.5 million tonnes

Iran’s Ministry of Industries, Mining and Trade recently announced that the country has discovered its first lithium reserve, in Qahavand in Hamedan provi…

Nuclear Reactor

Vistra to Merge With Nuclear Power Producer Energy Harbor in $3.43BN Deal

Energy Harbor will merge with Vistra’s newly-formed subsidiary, Vistra Vision, which will combine Energy Harbor’s nuclear and retail businesses with…

Natural Gas

Europe’s Gas Storage Levels Forecast to Finish Winter Higher Than 2020

Modelling from Cornwall Insight suggests European gas storage levels will end this winter between 45-61% full, with an average of 55% and could reach 88-100% fu…

Energy Storage Battery

EV charging plus battery storage in use at Houston airport

EverCharge and PassKey, both subsidiaries of South Korean conglomerate SK Group, are partnering to develop a Battery Energy Storage System (BESS) to supplement …

Energy Storage Battery

Energy storage can be a life saver for people with disabilities, but policymakers can do more

During climate disasters and extreme weather events, people with underlying health conditions and disabilities face global mortality rates that are four times h…

Solar Power Plant

Eleven Bidders Vie for Support to Set up Solar Factories in India - Report

Solar module manufacturing lines. Image source: Tata Power Solar Systems LtdEleven solar manufacturers have submitted bids for INR 195 billion (USD 2.36bn/EUR 2…