Articles written by Carrie Hampel

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Second chance for storage Electric vehicle batteries can be repurposed for stationary energy storage, giving them a “second life.” pv magazine spoke to Roman Alberti, co-founder and joint chief executive officer of German startup Voltfang, which remanufactures batteries for use in stationary storage systems and has completed projects with commercial customers including McDonalds and Aldi.
Carrie Hampel
Mar 11, 2024
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UP: Making the battery pass The Battery Pass is a digital passport meant to promote the sustainable scaling of global battery value chains. Battery makers will need to adhere to the framework of legislation forming the Battery Pass in the European Union by 2027. Leading up to this, recently-passed legislation already requires players all along the value chain to think more carefully about the raw materials in their products.
Carrie Hampel
Mar 11, 2024
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Mind the skills gap Around 800,000 new workers will be required in Europe by 2025 for the battery industry alone and, more broadly, existing workers will need to be retrained as the continent’s industries transition away from fossil fuels. International competition for workers is becoming increasingly fierce. Where are these workers and the required skills supposed to come from?
Carrie Hampel
Feb 08, 2024
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Research & Development
Breakthrough for producing perovskite solar cells with AI Researchers at RMIT University’s School of Science, Monash University and Australia’s Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organisation (CSIRO) have harnessed artificial intelligence to accelerate the design and production of perovskite solar cells.
Carrie Hampel
Jan 08, 2024
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Applications & Installations
Ark Energy wins tender for world’s largest 8-hour lithium battery Ark Energy’s 275 MW/2,200 MWh lithium-iron phosphate battery, to be built in the Australian state of New South Wales, has been announced as one of the successful projects in the third tender conducted under the state government’s Electricity Infrastructure Roadmap.
Carrie Hampel
Dec 20, 2023
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Applications & Installations
Emissions, aerosols negatively affect PV productivity, say Australian engineers A study by engineers at Australia’s University of New South Wales (UNSW) shows that aerosols and greenhouse gas emissions reduce the productivity of PV installations, with variations across regions.
Carrie Hampel
Dec 01, 2023
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Applications & Installations
New Zealand’s largest utility-scale solar project starts generating power Lodestone Energy has started generating electricity at its solar plant in Kaitaia, New Zealand – the nation’s largest solar array and first utility-scale PV installation to date.
Carrie Hampel
Dec 01, 2023
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UP: Tackling Scope 3 There’s no simple fix for reducing Scope 3 emissions but there is an increasing number of tools and strategies available, finds Carrie Hampel, as she investigates how solar developers are tackling emissions reduction across their supply chains.
Carrie Hampel
Nov 09, 2023
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Research & Development
Australian student team to push for change in World Solar Challenge The solar-powered Stella Terra test car from Eindhoven University in the Netherlands has just completed a 1,000-kilometer test drive from northern Morocco to the Sahara. In Australia, the solar car racing team from the University of New South Wales says the real challenge is to find new ways to push the boundaries of solar car races.
Carrie Hampel
Oct 23, 2023
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