Record 13.6 GWh of battery energy storage capacity added in January
Rho Motion noted big projects in Saudi Arabia and Hubei, China, and reported the only non-lithium-ion sites were three Chinese vanadium flow batteries.
Indian startup offers PV-driven cold storage unit for ‘last mile’ vaccine transport
India’s Enhanced Innovations has developed the Phloton active cooling vaccine carrier with a 14-hour lithium battery backup and solar charging support.
ACWA Power building hydrogen bridge between Europe and Middle East, North Africa
In an exclusive interview with pv magazine, ACWA Power CEO Marco Arcelli said the Saudi energy giant is currently exploring opportunities to build a hydrogen corridor between Europe and the Middle East and North Africa. He spoke about the company’s current 2 GW hydrogen project in Neom and presented the company’s plans for renewable energy and desalination.
Yotta Energy replaces ballast blocks with battery storage
The energy storage startup’s new plug-and-play modules will provide a kilowatt of storage in a small package.
Israel awards 1.5 GW energy storage in tender, pricing from $49.41 to $74.20 per kWh
Israel’s storage tender sets prices between $0.0056 and $0.0085 per kW, with kWh figures therefore at $49.41 to $74.20 per kWh.
Daytime charging of electric vehicles further expands adoption of photovoltaics
Photovoltaics continues adding capacity at a rapid pace, and 2024 was another record year for solar PV deployment. In the meantime, despite recent hurdles to widespread adoption in some countries, electric vehicle uptake grew 25% last year. Assuming a 10 kWh/day energy requirement for every new EV, the 17 million new EVs sold in 2024 would have added another 50-70 GW of new PV generation worldwide.
Could German PV energy communities participate in the balancing market?
The RWTH Aachen University has simulated 27 scenarios of energy communities participating in the balancing market in Germany and has found that the business model behind an energy community is only feasible if battery storage is available.
Reliance Infrastructure to enter solar, battery manufacturing
Reliance Infrastructure Ltd (RInfra) has announced plans to set up integrated solar equipment and battery manufacturing units.
Massachusetts allows increased demand charges to drive energy storage
The Massachusetts Department of Public Utilities has approved a rate change that allows large electricity customers, specifically large business customers, to pay a transmission coincident peak demand charge instead of a volumetric transmission charge.
Midea Hiconics releases 30.6 kWh storage system for residential PV
The all-in-one single-phase system can take up to 3,750 W of PV input. It can be stacked with two to six batteries.
