Power companies face hardship in pandemic
Vietnam HydroA view of Vĩnh Sơn-Sông Hinh Hydropower JSC’s hydroelectric dam. The company lost more than VNĐ3 billion in the first half of this year. — Photo tinnhanhchungkhoan.vn HÀ NỘI […]
US power generator Vistra receives permit for 1.1GW battery storage
US power generation company Vistra has received permission to expand an battery facility to become one of the world’s largest energy stores. The company operates the Moss Landing gas-fired power […]
Northvolt: $3 Billion For 2 Battery Gigafactories In Europe
Northvolt just raised another $1.6 billion in debt, bringing total debt and equity raised to $3 billion. We recently interview Northvolt CEO Peter Carlsson about Northvolt’s history and plans (see […]
World’s largest green hydrogen project will convert renewable energy to ammonia then back to hydrogen
Today, Air Products, ACWA Power, and NEOM announced a new $5B green hydrogen facility that will be sited in NEOM, Saudi Arabia. The project will use 4 GW of […]
IEEFA U.S.: Solar will push much of remaining Texas coal fleet offline
Growth in utility-scale PV is rapidly changing ERCOT market July 14, 2020 (IEEFA) — New utility-scale solar is poised to push much of the remaining coal-fired power fleet across Texas […]
US Interior department approves plan for the largest solar project in U.S. history
The Department of the Interior and the Bureau of Land Management (BLM) announced the approval of a proposal to construct and operate the largest solar project in U.S. history. […]
Energy Storage is the key to energy access in East Africa
Pumped hydro dams are prominently used as energy storage in East Africa, but that is changing with the increase in renewable energy and battery energy storage systems. The Eastern Africa […]
France’s Total building 25MW energy storage facility at Dunkirk port
French energy firm Total will build what it calls France’s largest battery storage project along the nation’s northern coast. The company announced the project in Mardyck, at the Flandres […]
Welcome to the Era of Supercharged Lithium-Silicon Batteries
One way out of this problem is to sprinkle small amounts of silicon oxide—better known as sand—throughout a graphite anode. This is what Tesla currently does with its batteries. Silicon […]
BlackRock unit see growing investment opportunity in energy storage market
Greentech Media: The world’s largest asset manager has a new multibillion-dollar renewable energy fund in the works, and a good chunk of it may go to batteries. Looking out over […]
