Renewables in spotlight in Bangladesh as fuel prices rise
Rising fuel prices in Bangladesh have forced the government to shut down a number of diesel-run power plants, in order to cut spending of the nation’s foreign-currency reserves.
Solinteg launches new residential hybrid inverter series
Solinteg’s new hybrid inverters come in seven versions with nominal power ranging from 3 kW to 9 kW, an efficiency rating of 97.6%, and a European efficiency of 97.0%. They measure 534 mm × 418 mm × 210 mm and weigh 27 kg.
Zinc8 to manufacture its first zinc-air batteries in US market
Canadian battery developer Zinc8 Energy Solutions has announced plans to begin battery production in the United States, incentivized by manufacturing production credits in the US Inflation Reduction Act.
SunDrive achieves 26.41% efficiency with copper-based solar cell tech
SunDrive, an Australian solar technology company, has achieved 26.41% efficiency with a full-size silicon cell using heterojunction technology.
Greece readies €340 million grid-scale storage plan
Developers in Greece will bid to secure annual payments for large-scale storage facilities that must be operational before 2026.
Nano-grid home runs solely on DC power
A team of researchers at Purdue University are retrofitting a 1920s home to run completely on DC current.
Pumped heat energy storage seeks to demonstrate commercial readiness
Southwest Research Institute (SwRI) has commissioned a first-of-its-kind pilot plant pumped heat energy storage demonstration facility with tech from US startup Malta. Its 10-150+ hour energy storage technology is said to be applicable in a range of grid-scale applications.
The weekend read: The need to achieve autonomy in energy
At the beginning of June 2021, during a meeting with Spanish businesspeople organized by the Portuguese-Spanish Chamber of Commerce, the Portuguese Prime Minster António Costa urged his neighbors to work on jointly exploiting the potential of plentiful lithium reserves found on the Iberian Peninsula. As Luis Ini reports from Madrid, his words reflect an increasingly evident reality: the need to achieve autonomy in the field of energy, especially in energy storage.
Chinese PV Industry Brief: Big solar players unveil H1 results
A number of Chinese PV companies – including Jinko Solar and Golden Solar – released their first-half earnings results this week.
The Hydrogen Stream: BMW starts in-house production of fuel cells for iX5 Hydrogen
BMW Group said it is targeting the premium segment with its iX5 Hydrogen car, Topsoe revealed that it will invest $267 million to build the world’s largest SOEC electrolyzer plant in Denmark, and Bosch announced plans to invest $200 million in US fuel cell production.
