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First of 444 Tesla Megapacks installed in Melbourne Hub
The first of 444 Tesla Megapack battery components is now being installed at the Melbourne Renewable Energy Hub in Australia. The big battery in the state of Victoria is co-owned by the State Electricity Commission (SEC) and Singapore-based renewable energy investor Equis Australia. The SEC says the site is on track to be operational in 2025.
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Ingrid Capacity partners with Locus Energy in Nordics
In what the company is saying is the second largest of its kind in the Nordics, battery storage facilities will be completed by the summer of 2025, marking a crucial step in achieving its goal of installing and managing 8 GW of capacity across Europe by 2030.
Unique battery reuse, repair and recycling plant opened in Germany
In Magdeburg, Germany, the Battery Lifecycle Company (BLC) has opened a plant for battery recycling, repair and testing for second-life stationary storage applications. The company claims the newly inaugurated plant is the world’s first fully automatic battery deep discharge facility in the world.
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Natron Energy to build gigawatt-scale sodium-ion battery plant in North Carolina
The new planned manufacturing facility will produce 24 GW of Natron’s sodium-ion batteries annually. Natron says its batteries outperform lithium-ion batteries in power density and recharging speed, do not require lithium, cobalt, copper, or nickel, and are non-flammable. The plant will be the first double-digit GW sodium-ion plant in the USA.
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