BNEF: Lithium-ion battery pack prices drop to record low of $115/kWh
Battery prices continue to tumble on the back of lower metal costs and increased scale, squeezing margins for manufacturers. Further price declines are expected over the next decade.
Reliance Power wins 930 MW solar with 465 MW/1,860 MWh battery storage in SECI auction
Reliance Power’s arm Reliance NU Suntech will develop the solar PV project with battery energy storage system on a build-own-operate basis. The project will supply power under a 25-year power purchase agreement with Solar Energy Corp. of India.
Combining floating PV with compressed air energy storage
Researchers from Egypt and the UK developed a new floating PV system concept that utilizes compressed air for energy storage. The system has a roundtrip efficiency of 34.1% and an exergy efficiency of 41%.
Husk Power launches ‘minigrid in a box’ solution
With its containerized solution Prism, Husk Power Systems is now able to deploy minigrids at a rate of one per day with the same resources.
Sinovoltaics updates battery energy storage system financial stability ranking
The latest financial stability ranking keeps Tesla, Mustang Battery, Kung Long Batteries, Hyundai Electric and Eaton, in the top five spots in a report that includes 55 manufacturers.
Reliance Power sets up renewables arm
Reliance Power has set up a new subsidiary, Reliance Nu Energies, for renewable energy business. Mayank Bansal and Rakesh Swaroop, who previously worked with ReNew Power, join Reliance Nu Energies as chief executive officer and chief operating officer, respectively.
NTPC Renewable Energy wins 500 MW solar in SECI auction
NTPC Renewable Energy has secured 500 MW of solar power capacity at a tariff of INR 3.52/kWh. As per the terms of the tender, the company is required to set up 250 MW/1,000 MWh of energy storage system along with the contracted solar capacity
Ohmium, Spirare Energy announce green hydrogen production at NTPC microgrid
The green microgrid project powers NTPC’s Energy Technology Research Alliance (NETRA) campus using a solar PV power generation system coupled with a hydrogen power storage system.
Coal-based steelmaking plans jeopardize India’s net-zero target
The “build now, decarbonize later” approach misses the opportunity to develop steel capacity using low-emissions technologies, which could make India a leader in green steel capacity, save on decarbonization efforts later, and reduce current and future stranded asset risk in the industry.
SECI allocates 2 GW solar, storage at average price of INR 3.52/kWh
Reliance Power has secured the biggest slice of 930 MW. Other winners include NTPC Green Energy Ltd (500 MW), Hero Solar (270 MW), Sembcorp (150 MW) and Solarcraft (150 MW).
