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World map with pumped hydro markers

R&D

Global atlas for pumped hydro at mining sites The researchers that created the atlas considered mining pits, pit lakes and tailings ponds within mining sites and located nearby reservoirs. The selected sites have a potential storage capacity of 30 TWh.

Emiliano Bellini

Feb 28, 2024

Dungowan pumped hydro energy storage

Grid-scale

EDF to develop 3 GWh pumped hydro project in Australia The Australian arm of French energy giant EDF Group has acquired and agreed to co-develop the proposed 300 MW/3 GWh Dungowan pumped hydro energy storage project in New South Wales, Australia.

Feb 28, 2024

Fire fighter extinguishing fire

Fire risk and safety

Survey finds 26% of battery storage systems have fire detection and suppression issues The Clean Energy Associate’s survey also found 18% of the energy storage systems had issues with the thermal management system.

Kavya Balaraman

Feb 16, 2024

Battery containers from Pacific Energy

Grid-scale

Pacific Green targets 12 GWh battery storage rollout UK renewables developer Pacific Green Technologies says it will double down on battery energy storage systems as a priority in 2024, as it has expanded its global pipeline to 6 GWh over the past year.

Feb 07, 2024

Long-duration storage

Flow batteries

Long-duration storage market to hit $223 billion in 20 years, says IDTechEx Alternatives to lithium-ion batteries will likely emerge in the years to come, according to a new report by IDTechEx.

Feb 06, 2024

Batteries from Canadian Solar

Grid-scale

Scotland gives green light for 1.5 GW of battery storage UK-based Alcemi says it has obtained planning permission for the construction of 1.5 GW of battery energy storage system (BESS) projects in Scotland, developed in partnership with Copenhagen Infrastructure Partners (CIP).

Feb 02, 2024

Lamborghini with lithium-ion batteries

R&D

Organic cathode for high-energy, fast-charging lithium-ion batteries Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) researchers have developed a new organic cathode material with an energy density higher than most cobalt-based cathodes. It can charge–discharge in as little as six minutes. Automaker Lamborghini has licensed the patent for the technology.

Feb 01, 2024

LionVolt battery

Manufacturing

Dutch solid-state battery maker acquires factory in Scotland Dutch startup LionVolt has acquired AMTE Power’s battery cell production line in Scotland. It says it will use the assets for pilot production of its 3D solid-state thin-film batteries.

Jan 31, 2024

Stack of a vanadium flow battery

Flow batteries

Chinese researchers develop high power density vanadium flow battery stack Researchers at the Dalian Institute of Chemical Physics (DICP) in China have developed a 70 kW-level vanadium flow battery stack. The newly designed stack comes in 40% below current 30 kW-level stacks in terms of costs, due to its volume power density of 130 kW/m3.

Jan 24, 2024

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