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Blathnaid O'Dea pv magazine

Blathnaid O'Dea pv magazine

Blathnaid O’Dea

Blathnaid is Features Editor with pv magazine Global. Prior to joining the team in 2024, she specialized in writing feature-length articles about STEM careers. She also covered news, including some of Ireland’s renewable energy announcements over the past few years.

blathnaid.odea@pv-magazine.com

Articles written by Blathnaid O’Dea

Sodium-ion batteries

New research optimizes energy density in sodium-ion batteries A machine learning model has identified as the optimum composition to attain the highest energy density for sodium-ion batteries.

Blathnaid O’Dea

Nov 07, 2024

Eos battery with an American flag.

Grid-scale

Eos to supply zinc aqueous batteries to Nebraska utility storage project The 3MW/12MWh facility will use Wattmore's energy management system and feature zinc aqueous batteries made by Eos.

Blathnaid O’Dea

Oct 28, 2024

Grid-scale

Apatura obtains permit to build major Scottish battery project The 100 MW Tealing battery energy storage (BESS) project in east Scotland will feature 52 lithium-ion batteries containers.

Blathnaid O’Dea

Oct 25, 2024

Battery energy storage system with containers and a tree and sky in the background.

Finance

1 GWh Texas battery portfolio secures financing Four Texas battery energy storage (BESS) projects with a combined capacity of 730 MW / 1,049 MWh have secured $315.7 million in financing with a view to becoming operational later this year.

Blathnaid O’Dea

Sep 06, 2024

The entrance to Enerpoly's new megafactory facility in Sweden.

Manufacturing

Enerpoly opens milestone zinc-ion battery megafactory in Sweden Sweden’s Enerpoly has ambitious plans to make its 6,500m2 plant the center of global and European zinc-ion battery innovation. It is aiming for final capacity of 100 MWh annually by 2026.

Blathnaid O’Dea

Sep 04, 2024

Battery and energy storage researchers standing together in a row in a room with a large screen in the center showing people.

R&D

Indian initiative to commercialize new zinc-ion battery technologies Indian mining company Hindustan Zinc will collaborate with Bangalore-based Jawaharlal Nehru Centre for Advanced Scientific Research (JNCASR) to develop new zinc alloys for use as anodes in zinc-ion batteries and electrolytes for use in rechargeable batteries.

Blathnaid O’Dea

Aug 23, 2024

Pieces of zinc in its raw form on a black background.

Markets

Zinc bateries to be Hindustan Zinc’s strategic focus The company, which is the second largest global integrated zinc producer, has access to vast domestic zinc reserves, and intends to explore new avenues of zinc applications in batteries.

Blathnaid O’Dea

Aug 02, 2024

Battery energy storage systems situated in a clearing of a wooded area with green trees and a small pathway.

Projects & Applications

Canada pumps CAD117 million into trio of Nova Scotia battery storage projects The three battery energy storage systems (BESS) sites each have a power output of 50 MW and storage capacity of 200 MWh. Canada is also getting a new battery innovation center at Dalhousie University.

Blathnaid O’Dea

Aug 01, 2024

Aerial view of a large solar and battery storage plant set against a dry, arid landscape with mountains and sky visible behind the solar panels and batteries.

Finance

Enlight secures financing for 1.2 GWh of collocated battery storage in New Mexico Israeli independent power producer Enlight has closed financing for the energy storage part of its planned Atrisco solar and storage project, to be located outside Albuquerque, New Mexico. Atrisco combines 1.2 GWh of battery storage with 364 MW of solar generation capacity.

Blathnaid O’Dea

Aug 01, 2024

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