Fast charging gets faster in LFP batteries via electric vehicle maker Zeekr
The fast charging race in batteries has continued, with a Chinese automaker claiming the fastest-charging electric vehicle, as LFP chemistry surprisingly outpaces NMC for fast-charging.
Wärtsilä upgrades autonomous software for GWh-scale BESS in Australia
Finland-based Wärtsilä Energy has upgraded its GEMS digital energy platform to transform the way GWh-scale battery energy storage projects (BESS) are managed in Australia.
Vikram Solar unveils 20-bubar bifacial heterojunction module
Vikram Solar says its new Suryava bifacial heterojunction (HJT) module has an efficiency level above 23%.
Making perovskite solar PV circular from the start
U.S researchers at the Department of Energy’s National Renewable Energy Laboratory used a circular economy framework to determine how to scale, deploy, and design metal halide perovskite solar panels to be easily recyclable in the future.
LG launches two new residential air-to-water propane heat pumps
The new products utilize propane refrigerant and have a seasonal coefficient of performance of over 5. According to the manufacturer, it can achieve a flow temperature of 75 C, even when it is -15 C outside.
Dutch manufacturer unveils gel lead-acid battery for residential use
A new Dutch home battery has a new twist on old technology: gel lead-acid batteries, for safe operation.
Agrivoltaics for corn
Researchers have created a novel model that can help developers assess corn growth in agrivoltaic facilities. They also proposed to use spatiotemporal shadow distribution (SSD) to optimize crop yield and power production.
Offgrid PV-driven hydrogen vs. standalone solar-plus-storage
A German research team has compared the economic performance of an offgrid PV-electrolyser-fuel cell system with that of a standalone solar-plus-storage counterpart in a building in Niger. Its analysis showed that decentralized PV-driven hydrogen could achieve considerable lower levelized cost of energy and levelized cost of storage than the PV-battery system, with these values reaching €0.12 ($13.1)/kWh and €0.35/kWh, respectively.
Bslbatt launches storage system for C&I applications
Bslbatt says it has developed a new storage system for commercial and industrial applications, offering up to 241 kWh of capacity and supporting 100 kW or 125 kW of solar.
World’s highways could host 52.3 billion solar panels, say researchers
Researchers from the Chinese Academy of Sciences, Tsinghua University, Chinese Academy of Geosciences, and Columbia University have concluded that solar-covered highways could meet more than 60% of the world’s annual energy needs.
