Energy Storage

Analysis by solar and storage market consultancy SunWiz has identified the most popular brand of battery energy storage systems in the Australian market with Chinese manufacturers leading the way.

Attero, India’s largest e-waste recycler and the world’s largest li-ion battery recycling company, has launched an integrated electronic waste (e-waste) consumer take-back platform– Selsmart. Through Selsmart, it targets an annual recurring revenue of INR 1,000 crore by the third year with e-waste collection of 140,000 metric tonnes.

Large-scale solar + storage deployment is the main option left to avoid power shortages, as they can be deployed much faster than new thermal and hydro assets. Recent gigawatt-scale solar + storage auction results, with a record low price of INR 3.4/kWh, show that such deployment will be highly economical, says a new study from the University of California’s India Energy and Climate Center.

Advait Infratech’s wholly owned subsidiary, A&G Hydrogen Technologies, will engage in the manufacturing and assembling, integral supplies, and trading of equipment to meet the requirements of green ammonia, green hydrogen and green methanol projects.

Geneva-headquartered dss+, a spin off from DuPont, helps industries switch to sustainable and resilient operations. It serves power and utilities, oil and gas, metals and mining, among other industries.
With a strong presence in India alongside leading industry players, dss+ has been instrumental in shaping the region’s energy landscape. Srinivasan Ramabhadran, managing director, APAC, dss+, speaks to pv magazine about balancing efficiency, cost, and environmental impact in solar and battery storage manufacturing.

SJVN has invited bids from renewable energy developers to supply 1.2 GW of firm and dispatchable power from RE projects with energy storage system, with greenshoe option of additional capacity up to 1.2 GW.

In its latest monthly column for pv magazine, IEA-PVPS provides a comprehensive overview of the state-of-the-art practices, best practices, and recommendations for managing reactive power amidst the growing integration of distributed energy resources (DERs). The article describes the regulatory frameworks and practical applications, underscoring the essential role of reactive power management in maintaining a stable and efficient power grid.

Vedanta Nico will be the preferred nickel supplier to US-based battery innovator Aesir Tech to develop nickel-zinc batteries for electric vehicles.

Multiple factors affect lifespan of a residential battery energy storage system. We examine the life of batteries in Part 3 of our series.

Even though fossil fuels still dominate global energy production at present, the movement for a changeover to cleaner forms of energy is building up. Renewables presently provide some 29 percent of all electricity generated; a figure bound to enormously rise in the next few years.