South Korea’s largest battery comes online
Korean utility KEPCO completed a 978 MW battery project that us billed as Asia’s largest battery energy storage system for grid stabilization purposes.
The Hydrogen Stream: ECL to build 1 GW hydrogen AI data center in Texas
ECL says it will build a 1 GW hydrogen-powered AI factory data center in Houston, Texas, with Lambda as its first tenant. The initial $450 million phase is scheduled for completion in summer 2025.
Ireland in line for 1 GWh iron-air battery storage project
In what could be Europe’s first, FuturEnergy Ireland has proposed a project that could store energy for up to 100 hours and be operational for 30 years.
Strong Energy launches residential lithium iron phosphate battery
Cologne-headquarterered Strong Energy’s new all-in-one battery storage system Alfred 10 comes in different versions with a nominal capacity between 12 kWh and 24 kWh.
US ethanol facility to host steam-generating heat pump
Western New York Energy says it will install an industrial steam-generating heat pump at its ethanol plant in Medina, New York, with a maximum output temperature of 215 C and a coefficient of performance of 2.7.
Panasonic testing smart thermostats in residential heat pumps
Panasonic will integrate new smart thermostats and an energy management software in its Aquarea system from November. The new solutions are also designed to enable PV system owners to manage their heat pumps based on local weather forecasts.
Relyez launches 5 MWh battery for 2-hour energy storage
The battery is intended for two hours of storage in large-scale and C&I applications. It reportedly features a roundtrip efficiency of 88% and a lifespan of 8,000 cycles.
California transportation terminal retrofits energy storage to its solar carports
Energy Toolbase and Stellar Solar implemented an advanced energy management system for the Mira Loma transportation campus.
APsystems unveils home solar and energy storage power control system
The new power control system (PCS) is designed to maximize capacity and storage integration with solar arrays.
The significance of state-of-charge
Everoze Partner Nithin Rajavelu considers the crucial importance of properly measuring and managing battery state-of-charge (SoC) for the efficiency, longevity, and safety of battery energy storage system (BESS) projects, especially in lithium ferro-phosphate (LFP) devices, which are widely used for large-scale storage.
