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Hydrogen-based storage system for residential applications

The system is based on a power-to-gas hydrogen technology and is intended to enable one and two-family homes to have an independent power supply throughout the year.

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Greece to tender 700 MW of battery storage this year

Greece’s energy storage sector is heating up, with the government confirming plans to publish an energy storage policy framework and hold tenders for 700 MW of battery storage.

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Green Cell unveils off-grid inverters for small residential buildings

Poland-based Green Cell is offering two versions of its new inverter, with power outputs of 1 kW and 3 kW. The inverters feature an efficiency of 90% and are recommended for small buildings such as cottages or year-round homes.

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Cathode discovery ‘opens up new pathways’ for calcium-ion storage

Scientists in South Korea tested a new cathode material as part of a calcium-ion battery (CIB), achieving some impressive results. The material retained more than 90% of it initial capacity after 500 cycles, alongside some of the best performance results seen so far for this technology. The scientists say that this discovery opens up “an unexplored pathway toward the realization of stable and high-power cathodes in CIBs.”

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Solarwatt, BMW launch new storage system for residential PV

The smallest of the storage units has a capacity of 4.8 kWh and an output of 1.5 kW. It can be expanded to eight battery modules in steps of 2.4 kWh and has a maximum of 57.6 kWh, and 6 kW, of power.

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Northvolt gets cash boost to expand capacity of Swedish gigafactory to 60 GWh

The battery manufacturer is planning to raise $2.75 billion through a private placement and to use the funds to expand the capacity of its lithium-ion battery manufacturing site which is currently under construction in Sweden, from 40 GWh to 60 GWh.

Energy storage deployments slowed in the US in Q1, but the sector is on track for 3x growth in 2021, report says

Favorable federal tax policies and state regulatory reform could help the storage sector notch even higher rates of growth.

Photovoltaics, heat pumps to rescue failed geothermal project in Poland

The Polish government is supporting a hybrid renewable energy project based on a deep-borehole heat exchanger (DBHE) whose heat pumps are powered by photovoltaics. The heat generated by the facility will be used for district heating.

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Tennet begins internet-of-things grid balancing project

Household heat pumps, EV chargers and rooftop solar panels will be able to earn their owners benefits in return for helping to balance grid networks struggling to accommodate new solar and wind power generation.

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New factory for standalone solar+storage systems in Australia

Solar and microgrid specialist Hybrid Systems Australia has revealed plans to establish the “world’s biggest” standalone power system manufacturing facility in Western Australia.

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