Dragonfly launches lithium iron phosphate battery for rooftop PV, off-grid applications
The US-based company said the new 12 V lithium iron phosphate product comes with a 10-year warranty and has a lifecycle of more than 5,000 cycles.
Torus unveils flywheel, battery energy storage, AI-driven cybersecurity solutions
The Utah-based flywheel specialist and energy management company has recently unveiled its full-stack suite of commercial energy storage, management, and security products.
Daikin launches air-to-water inverter heat pumps for residential applications
The Japanese manufacturer said its new heat pumps have a temperature coefficient of up to 3.4 and a size ranging from 16 kW to 70 kW. The new solution is claimed to be particularly suitable for hospitals, hotels, and residential buildings.
Utility-scale BESS: Best practices to mitigate hazards
A report from Leeward Renewable Energy has investigated battery energy storage system (BESS) fires and other thermal runaway events to try and put them into context.
Inverted perovskite solar cell based on co-absorbed self-assembled monolayer achieves 24.68% efficiency
A research team in China improved the efficiency and stability of an inverted perovskite cell using a co-adsorbed approach to incorporate self-assembled monolayers at the hole transport layer.
Scientists create PV-driven synaptic device for AI processing
A team from Tokyo University of Science has developed a solar cell-based computing device that mimics human synaptic behaviour to use in edge AI processing. The researchers say the device has the potential to accelerate the development of energy-efficient edge AI sensors in applications including health monitoring, surveillance and automotive technologies.
‘The crop people don’t understand the PV aspect’
University of Exeter academic Aritra Ghosh tells pv magazine a multidiscipline approach is required to unlock the full potential of agrivoltaics. Discussing a new paper comparing static and tracker agrivoltaics systems in the United Kingdom, the researcher argues better understanding of microclimates under modules and how PV affects crop biochemistry is needed.
Progress on standardized tests, protocols for vehicle-integrated photovoltaics
Researchers from University of Miyazaki in Japan have published a technical background paper about testing protocols to address the unique challenges of vehicle integrated photovoltaic (VIPV) modules. It features the background on a new numerical probability model that incorporates shading, partial-shading, dynamic shading, uneven terrain and modules’ curvatures.
Eaton releases commercial, industrial BESS
Eaton says its new xStorage commercial and industrial battery energy storage system (BESS) offers storage capacities ranging from 250 kWh to 1,000 kWh, using lithium iron phosphate batteries with self-contained liquid cooling.
Scientists design residential ice-source heat pump using repurposed gas pipes
Scientists in the United Kingdom have designed an ice-source heat pump system that utilizes existing gas pipelines to transport water. The system is designed to achieve a coefficient of performance of 4.77.
