GoodWe launches two residential batteries
The Chinese manufacturer has unveiled a low-voltage battery with a modular design and a high-voltage storage system which is claimed to have a one-hour, ultra-rapid charge rate.
India connects community energy storage to grid
Tata Power Delhi Distribution has installed a 150 kW/528 kWh battery energy storage system at a substation in New Delhi. The system will help the utility to manage peak load and frequency regulation, while providing 150 kW of power backup for durations of four hours.
Apple’s suppliers embrace renewable energy
The move is part of the U.S. technology company’s 2030 plan to rely 100% on renewable energy.
Australia may host GW-scale PV module factory
Australia’s Sun Cable is planning a factory that could produce PV modules for the world’s biggest solar+storage project – the Australia-ASEAN Power Link.
Australian state approves 350 MW/200 MWh solar+storage project
As New South Wales rapidly expands its renewable energy pipeline, the Australian state’s Independent Planning Commission process is helping to align its energy needs with community and environmental concerns.
Queensland to integrate large-scale community batteries into substations
The state government of Queensland, Australia, will install five community batteries at regional substations in a bid to time-shift its abundant solar resources.
Axpo expands large scale storage business
The Swiss energy group takes on the operation of a 1.25 MW battery storage system owned by Rhiinenergie AG. The storage facility will provide grid balancing services for the country’s grid operator.
Utility scale solar-plus-storage with sodium-sulfur batteries in Mongolia
A 5 MW / 3.6 MWh solar-plus-storage plant is being built with sodium-sulfur batteries provided by Japanese specialist NGK Insulators in Mongolia’s Zavkhan Province. The project developer, Japan-based contractor JGC Holdings, wants to bring the facility online in the spring of next year.
Report outlines rooftop solar and storage for 75% of Puerto Rico’s power, and at a lower cost
Distributed solar and storage should be the focus for $9.6 billion in FEMA funds allocated for Puerto Rico’s grid reconstruction, says a new report based on independent analysis.
New deals in Australia’s growing redox flow battery sector
Redflow has agreed to supply biowaste specialist Anaergia with a 2 MWh energy storage system, while Perth-based Technology Metals has signed a deal with Japan’s LE System to potentially make vanadium electrolyte in Australia.
