India’s battery storage capacity hits 219.1 MWh
India’s installed battery storage capacity reached 219.1 MWh at the end of March 2024. A recent Mercom report predicts that the nation will add 1.6 GWh of standalone battery storage and 9.7 GW of renewable projects with storage by 2027.
Photovoltaics for cold climate data centers
A Japanese-Finnish research group has assessed the levelized cost of energy of solar power plants supplying electricity to data centers in cold climates and has found that PV electricity could be considerably cheaper than grid electricity, even if used with battery storage.
World’s first anode-free sodium solid-state battery
Researchers in the U.S. have created a new sodium battery architecture with stable cycling for several hundred cycles, which could serve as a future direction to enable low-cost, high-energy-density and fast-charging batteries.
Engie breaks ground on 800 MWh battery in Belgium
Once completed, the four-hour battery energy storage project will operate under a 15-year contract with Elia, Belgium’s electricity grid operator, and be located next to Engie’s gas power plant in Vilvoorde.
US manufacturer Toledo Solar closes business
Toledo Solar says it has ended all R&D efforts and will wind down operations immediately due to an inability to license necessary technology for its cadmium telluride panels.
The Hydrogen Stream: Hydrogen power plants feasible but inefficient, says CATF
The Clean Air Task Force (CATF) says in a new report that dedicated clean hydrogen production and use is often a costly, inefficient decarbonization strategy for the power sector, while American Airlines says it has signed a deal with ZeroAvia for 100 hydrogen-electric engines.
GoodWe eyes potential of Europe’s C&I storage market
Ron Shen, vice president of power electronics manufacturer GoodWe, recently spoke to pv magazine at The smarter E Europe event in Munich, Germany, about the company’s position in the European market and its focus on the fast-growing commercial and industrial (C&I) storage segment.
Horizon Power unveils solar hydrogen microgrid in Western Australia
Horizon Power has developed a solar hydrogen microgrid in Western Australia, including a custom control program for autonomous management of its subsystems in Denham, according to a new report produced in cooperation with the state government
Chinese PV Industry Brief: JA Solar expects $110 million net loss for H1
JA Solar says it has incurred a $110 million net loss for the first half of 2024, due to rising competition in the solar market, continual price declines, lower gross profit from core operations, and significant provisions for inventory depreciation.
Gautam Solar files design patent for PV panel packaging
Gautam Solar team has developed a packaging pallet for solar panels that prevents panel breakage and the formation of microcracks during transportation.
