Firm said to have acquired land in Dholera town of Gujarat for the factory Tata Chemicals will play a key role in Tata Motors’ plan to devise an EV ecosystem in India MUMBAI: Tata Chemicals Ltd plans to set up a factory to make lithium-ion cells, said two persons directly aware of the matter, as […]
Energy Storage
Optimisation of battery throughput means optimised revenues, Open Energi’s data science lead says
Batteries are now one of a “huge variety of distributed energy assets capable of providing flexible capacity to the network”, but failure to manage them correctly will limit the market opportunities available, as well as the lifetime of the systems themselves, the data science head of UK flexible energy tech company Open Energi has said. […]
MP may become leader in solar energy storage: Kamal Nath in assembly
BHOPAL: Chief minister Kamal Nath on Thursday said that he was working on a programme of storage of solar energy in Madhya Pradesh. If his government succeeds in implementing it, Madhya Pradesh would be the leader in the energy storage sector. Participating in the debate on the budgetary demands of the department of Industry policy […]
Sunrun Wins Another Capacity Contract for Aggregated Home Storage
The deal opens a new market for residential storage: California’s rapidly expanding community-based electricity buyers. A network of residential energy systems will help Oakland, California wean itself off fossil-fueled peakers. East Bay Community Energy, which buys power for Alameda County in Northern California, approved a contract Wednesday night to pay Sunrun for 500 kilowatts of […]
EBRD looks to boost equity investments in Egypt
CAIRO : The European Bank for Reconstruction and Development (EBRD) expects to keep investments in Egypt at over 1 billion euros this year, boosting its equity portfolio through a delayed privatisation programme, its regional director said. The bank intends to participate in an expected share offering for state-run Alexandria Container and Cargo Handling Company, among […]
Approved: Georgia Power’s plan to own and operate 80MW of battery energy storage
Georgia Power is set to boost its state’s battery energy storage sector, with the company’s plan to own and operate 80MW of battery energy storage now approved by the Georgia Public Service Commission (PSC). Georgia Power’s 2019 Integrated Resource Plan (IRP) has been approved by the Georgia Public Service Commission (PSC), in a unanimous decision. […]
Georgia set to be a leader in energy storage in the Southeast: Georgia Power to own and operate 80 MW of battery energy storage
Georgia Public Service Commission has unanimously approved Georgia Power’s 20-year plan to meet the state’s future energy needs, including battery energy storage, 72 percent more renewable generation by 2024, and environmental plans Company will continue to invest in diverse energy resources to deliver clean, safe, reliable energy at rates that are well below the national […]
Europe Set to Race Past US in Battery Manufacturing
Europe’s battery manufacturing capacity is on the cusp of dramatic growth, though much of the investment and know-how are coming from Asian companies. A slew of recent announcements has left Europe poised to overtake North America in terms of battery manufacturing capacity by 2023, analyst figures show. Bloomberg New Energy Finance (BNEF) expects European nameplate […]
WIND OF CHANGE – HOW THE RENEWABLE ENERGY REVOLUTION IS CREATING A LUCRATIVE OPPORTUNITY FOR BATTERY STORAGE IN SCOTLAND TO BALANCE THE GRID
We Scots are often guilty of failing to enunciate our Ts. If you ever hear us referring to a “bah-ery”, we’re talking about energy storage systems. So we may drop our Ts when pronouncing the word, but there’s one “T” that Scottish batteries have a prime opportunity to support: the transmission network of Great Britain. […]
SVOLT Announces the World’s First NCMA and NMx Batteries and Starts Plans to Build Factory in Europe
BAODING, China & BEIJING: SVOLT Energy Technology Co. Ltd, a rising-star battery maker in China, celebrated the world premiere of cobalt-free lithium-ion battery cell (NMx) and four-element lithium-ion battery cell (NCMA). In view of the two major challenges the electric-vehicle battery (EVB) industry faces, safety and cost, SVOLT has provided two novel product solutions, steering […]