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Tristan Rayner pv magazine editor
Tristan Rayner pv magazine editor

Tristan Rayner

After studying Electrical Engineering and working in the field in control systems, Tristan turned his attention to editorial roles. Prior to joining pv magazine in 2020, and ESS News in 2024 in Berlin, he was Managing Editor and Founding Editor of tech and other publications in Australia.

With years of experience in news, tech, and energy, he has also contributed to a host of publications and podcasts. He also works on YouTube channel The Friday Checkout, among other roles.

Articles written by Tristan Rayner

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Fire risk and safety
Moss Landing fire leads to emergency regulations Following the Moss Landing fire in Monterey County, local Californian counties are enacting urgency regulations for battery energy storage systems (BESS).
Tristan Rayner
Feb 07, 2025
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Grid-scale
Enel switches on a 104 MW battery at solar-plus-storage site in Texas Enel North America has switched on the 'Estonian' facility in Texas, a 202 MW solar PV installation with 104 MW battery energy storage system (BESS)
Tristan Rayner
Feb 07, 2025
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Grid-scale
First four-hour battery storage in the Netherlands goes live Rotterdam-based S4 Energy is now operating 10 MW / 40 MWh Tesla Megapack battery energy storage system (BESS) in the Netherlands.
Tristan Rayner
Feb 06, 2025
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Grid-scale
Finnish-made 10 MWh BESS sets speed record: Six months from start to operation A 10 MWh battery energy storage system (BESS) is online in Finland, with a high domestic content of hardware and software from Finnish company Cactos
Tristan Rayner
Feb 06, 2025
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Products
Risen Energy and Brazil’s MTR Solar Group sign a 1GW agreement for energy storage solutions Risen Energy and MTR Solar Group have signed an agreement to jointly develop 1 GW of battery energy storage system (BESS) solutions, building on their collaboration in the Latin American market. Risen Energy made a brief announcement on several of its company’s LinkedIn pages, following earlier reports posted to Tencent QQ in China. Reports also […]
Tristan Rayner
Feb 06, 2025
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Flow batteries
Redox recap: New flow battery JV in US, Japanese utility adds 12.5MWh flow battery A new joint venture (JV) aims to establish domestic vanadium electrolyte production for flow batteries, while a new Japanese redox flow project has been announced in a remote location.
Tristan Rayner
Feb 05, 2025
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Finance
Australian grid-scale battery storage earns $43.6M in Q4, 2024 Net revenue for Australian grid-connected battery energy storage systems (BESS) more than doubled in year-on-year comparisons of the final quarter.
Tristan Rayner
Feb 05, 2025
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Manufacturing
US battery energy storage manufacturer KORE Power halts Arizona factory The Arizona battery energy storage system (BESS) cell manufacturing plant is on hold, with little detail provided by Kore. The founder and CEO has also stepped down.
Tristan Rayner
Feb 04, 2025
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Projects & Applications
Georgia Power’s 2025 IRP: Further shift towards battery storage State resourcing plans are increasingly updating battery energy storage systems (BESS) plans, especially those tied to solar.
Tristan Rayner
Feb 04, 2025

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