An off-grid hybrid energy system at Fekola, a gold mine in Mali, Africa, has gone online incorporating solar PV, battery storage and the site’s existing fossil fuel generators, project partners Baywa r.e. and Suntrace have said. Malian mines produced 66.5 tonnes of gold in 2020, making it the third biggest producer on the African continent, […]
South African start-up raises $1.4 million in crowd sale of Zimbabwe solar project
Investors were invited to purchase individual solar cells in the project. In exchange, they will earn a rental income in cryptocurrency from the electricity generated. JOHANNESBURG: South African energy start-up Sun Exchange raised $1.4 million in a crowd sale of solar cells of a 1.9 megawatt (MW) solar and battery storage facility at Zimbabwe’s Nhimbe […]
Mytilineos heightens focus on solar in bid to reach 3GW of capacity by 2030
Mytilineos is looking to transfer its global experience of solar and storage project development to help decarbonise the Greek electrical system and hit 3GW of PV capacity by 2030. The industrial group earlier this month acquired 1.48GW of Greek solar parks as part of efforts to expand the company’s new renewables and storage development business […]
France’s biggest battery storage system at 25MW goes into operation
The biggest battery energy storage system (BESS) in mainland France went into operation in late January, and will provide grid-balancing services to national transmission system operator RTE. France-headquartered multinational energy company Total was contracted by RTE for the project, which has 25MWac rated output and 25MWh of storage capacity. It has been built at the […]
Battery storage cheaper than new coal power plants in TN: Analysis finds
A new economic viability analysis on Friday revealed that renewable energy along with battery storage in Tamil Nadu is cost competitive with new coal power plants. The report finds the levelized cost of energy for a hypothetical hybrid, solar, wind and li-ion battery storage system for the state to be Rs 4.97/kWh in 2021, which […]
FlexGen, CATL to add 220 MWh of battery storage in Texas
FlexGen, CATL to add 220 MWh of battery storage in Texas..Read More.. Source : renewablesnow
Niti Aayog invites bids for setting up Advance Chemistry Cell manufacturing facilities under PPP
According to draft model bid document posted on Niti Aayog’s website, the government intends to develop giga-scale advance cell manufacturing for domestic application and promotion of diverse energy sources to ensure overall energy security. New Delhi: Government think tank Niti Aayog has invited bids for setting up Advance Chemistry Cell manufacturing facilities under public private […]
NATIONAL PROGRAMME ON ADVANCE CHEMISTRY CELL (ACC) BATTERY STORAGE
NATIONAL PROGRAMME ON ADVANCE CHEMISTRY CELL (ACC) BATTERY STORAGE STAKEHOLDERS CONSULTATION Advance Chemistry Cells (“ACCs”) are the new generation advance storage technologies that can store electric energy either as electrochemical or as chemical energy and convert it back to electric energy as and when required. Globally, manufacturers are investing in these new generation technologies at […]
We are looking at both green hydrogen and battery storage: Mohit Bhargava, executive director, NTPC
NTPC has set a 32-gigawatt renewable energy capacity target by 2032 New Delhi : State-owned NTPC is looking at green hydrogen and battery storage to drive energy transition and is moving away from coal-based projects, said its Executive Director, Mohit Bhargava. NTPC has set a 32-gigawatt (GW) renewable energy (RE) capacity target by 2032, which […]
Can battery storage propel energy transition for India?
With no facility to store electricity as of now, the electricity produced in the power plants and fed into the grid should ideally be the same as the electricity consumed, otherwise it causes an imbalance in frequency for grid equilibrium. One of the solutions for a balanced grid is energy storage batteries. When the energy […]