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Battery supply chain state of health As the US Uyghur Forced Labor Prevention Act demonstrated, companies preparing to spend big on batteries are at risk of being blindsided by supply-chain-related legislation. Here are some tips on how US developers can anticipate policy curveballs.
Raiene Santana and Andreas Savva
Feb 02, 2023
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International players look to revive British battery gigafactory Just weeks after announcing its intent to build a AUD 300 million ($210 million) lithium-ion battery manufacturing facility in Australia, Recharge Industries has reportedly joined a host of other bidders considering the revival of collapsed UK battery company Britishvolt. Investment could also revive plans to construct a battery cell gigafactory in northern England.
David Carroll
Feb 02, 2023
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EV batteries alone could satisfy short-term grid storage demand Low participation rates for vehicle-to-grid (V2G) tech of just 12% to 43% are needed to provide short-term grid storage demand throughout the world by as early as 2030, according to a group of Dutch and US researchers.
Marija Maisch
Feb 02, 2023
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Japanese oil giant opens PV-powered hydrogen pilot in Australia Japan’s largest oil company, Eneos, has opened a green hydrogen demonstration plant in Brisbane, Australia. The project is relatively small, producing just 20 kilograms of green hydrogen per day, but Eneos Senior Vice President Yuichiro Fujiyama says the company will expand it in the “near future.”
Bella Peacock
Feb 02, 2023
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LG unveils heat pump for water heating LG has developed an air source heat pump with the capacity to heat 200 liters to 270 liters of domestic water. It uses R134a as a refrigerant and the pump has a coefficient of performance (COP) of up to 3.85.
Beatriz Santos
Feb 01, 2023
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Swiss manufacturer unveils mini batteries for balcony solar panels Soleis AG has developed two storage systems with capacities of 1 KWh and 2 kWh.
Ralph Diermann
Feb 01, 2023
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New lithium iron phosphate batteries for rooftop solar V-Tac’s new 10 kWh lithium iron phosphate, wall-mounting battery system purportedly runs for more than 5,000 cycles.
Beatriz Santos
Jan 31, 2023
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Deploying solar, storage, heat pumps in the Arctic US researchers have conducted case studies on the successful deployment of distributed renewables in the state of Alaska. In one study, two cities installed 223.5 kW solar PV arrays coupled with 351 kWh batteries and 250 kW inverters, in addition to cold climate heat pumps.
Beatriz Santos
Jan 31, 2023
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Only5mins! – PV system prices could drop by around 10% in Europe in 2023 Andreas Thorsheim, the CEO of Norway-based residential solar specialist Otovo, speaks to pv magazine about solar array prices, current market trends for distributed storage, and shortages of qualified professionals.
Emiliano Bellini
Jan 31, 2023