At first glance, these look like a simply designed bench which embedded solar panels into the bench in order to supply the electricity of its light. However, they could contain numerous features such as wireless […]
The 2019 Nobel Prize in Chemistry awarded to 3 scientists who developed lithium-ion (Li-ion) batteries. But why batteries? Olof Ramstrom, a member of the Nobel Committee for Chemistry, said that Li-ion batteries have had a […]
This year, the Nobel Prize in chemistry has got to the developers of Lithium-ion or Li-ion battery. The laureates of the prize are John B. Goodenough, M. Stanley Whittingham, and Akira Yoshino from left to […]
It is quite stunning to reuse the old batteries of electric vehicles (EVs) to construct a stationary storage system (SSS). In Germany, as a part of a joint project company, Groupe Renault, The Mobility House, […]
In spite of all their advantages, solar and wind energies have a major disadvantage, that is, being variable. In other words, the power output of solar/wind farms severely dependent on the weather conditions that increase […]
ABB, the multinational tech firm, unveiled its CO2-neutral and energy self-sufficient factory in Luedenscheid, Germany. The photovoltaic system with 275 kWh battery storage backup fully power up the factory & also any additional energy will […]
The world’s largest technology investor, SoftBank’s Vision Fund, has made its first investment in an energy storage company, betting US$110 million on Swiss start-up Energy Vault. Energy Vault’s storage solution was created based on the […]
Australia’s first fossil-free superannuation fund Future Super will partner with peer-to-peer lender RateSetter to provide loans for clean energy projects, including rooftop solar and battery storage systems. According to reneweconomy, RateSetter works as a peer-to-peer […]
In March, an analysis of more than 7000 global storage projects by Bloomberg New Energy Finance reported that the cost of utility-scale lithium-ion batteries had fallen by 76% since 2012, and by 35% in just […]
South Australia’s Planning Council gave approval just before the end of last month to a 500MW (AC) solar farm project, co-located with 250MW / 1,000MWh of battery energy storage from renewables developer EPS Energy. EPS […]
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