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Africa adds 2.5 GW of solar in 2024 The African Solar Industry Association (AFSIA) says utility-scale projects dominated Africa’s new solar additions in 2024, with storage installations surging tenfold.
Patrick Jowett
Jan 16, 2025
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Envirostream Australia signs battery recycling deal with Hithium Energy Envirostream Australia, a subsidiary of Livium, has signed an exclusive recycling agreement with Hithium Energy to recycle lithium-ion batteries supplied by Hithium to Lightsource bp’s Woolooga solar farm in Queensland, Australia.
Ev Foley
Jan 16, 2025
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China’s CGN New Energy announces winning bidders in 10 GWh BESS tender CGN New Energy has selected seven winners from 50 bidders in its 10 GWh battery energy storage system (BESS) tender, with the lowest bid at CNY 0.458/Wh ($63/kWh).
Marija Maisch
Jan 16, 2025
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Technology & Products
Researchers in Spain test energy-community and battery storage electricity market model The proposed distributed-asset network model involves energy communities and battery energy storage systems (BESS) that would eliminate the need for expensive facilities.
Pilar Sánchez Molina
Jan 16, 2025
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U.S. scientists building magnetocaloric heat pump with high system power density Developed at the U. S. Ames National Laboratory, the novel magnetocaloric heat pump utilizes gadolinium as the working medium and reportedly matches current vapor-compression heat pumps for weight, cost, and performance. The system is based on a packed-particle bed active magnetic regenerator, a magnetic source composed of permanent magnets and high permeability magnetic steel.
Emiliano Bellini
Jan 16, 2025
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Regulations, solar resources shaping growth of US energy storage A new report from GridBeyond examines how regulations and solar resources drive prices in the United States.
Michael Puttré
Jan 15, 2025
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Indian battery manufacturer opens 1.5 GWh lithium-ion plant for EVs, storage Neuron Energy has opened a 1.5 GWh lithium-ion battery plant in Chakan, India, to produce batteries for electric vehicles, energy storage, and telecom solutions.
Uma Gupta
Jan 15, 2025
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China’s REPT Battero to build battery factory in Indonesia China’s REPT Battero has revealed plans to build a lithium-ion battery plant in Indonesia, targeting 8 GWh of annual production capacity in the first phase.
Vincent Shaw
Jan 15, 2025
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Swiss startup offers demand side management software to manage energy flows Swiss-based Hive Power has launched Flexo to optimize grid-connected devices, enabling flexibility in markets with dynamic tariffs. The Flexo solution has interfaces to integrate inverters, home energy management systems, charging point managements systems, meters, and other internet of things (IoT) devices.
Valerie Thompson
Jan 15, 2025