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Valerie Thompson Editor pv magazine
Valerie Thompson Editor pv magazine

Valerie Thompson

Articles written by Valerie Thompson

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Products & Services
Jackery refreshes its mid-range power station offer with the Explorer 500 v2 The refresh to the popular Explorer 500 delivers with new battery cells, more life cycles, a new toolbox style design that trims down size, and trimmed down weight as well.
Tristan Rayner
Sep 09, 2025
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The Bluetti Pioneer Na sodium-ion portable power station shown from an angle, with a light blue exterior.
Products
Bluetti debuts world’s first sodium-ion portable power station The Pioneer Na will be available globally from mid-October, 2025.
Tristan Rayner
Sep 08, 2025
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Products
Anker Solix launches C1000 Gen 2, billed as the world’s fastest charging power station The new portable power station can output a max of 2000 W with a 1024Wh capacity, and charge to full in 49 minutes.
Tristan Rayner
Aug 19, 2025
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Grid-scale
Statera Energy powers up UK’s largest battery at 300 MW Thurrock Storage Statera has energized the 600 MWh Thurrock system, the United Kingdom’s largest battery storage project to date.
Tristan Rayner
Aug 18, 2025
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Gresham House, Thurcroft battery storage site
Finance
$324M refinancing for GRID’s 1GW UK battery portfolio, aims to expand battery capacity at existing sites Five-bank consortium offer refinancing for Gresham House's 28 operational UK battery storage sites, with additional battery capacity to be added.
Tristan Rayner
Aug 18, 2025
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Fire risk and safety
Insurer flags rising home fire costs as lithium-ion battery incidents increase Battery fires double in high-value claims, pushing premiums up.
Tristan Rayner
Aug 18, 2025
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Tenders
China Electric Equipment Group awards 7.2 GWh of storage cells in latest tender Winners include Cornex, Trina Storage, and more.
Tristan Rayner
Aug 15, 2025
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Grid-scale
CIP acquires another 1 GWh Arizona battery CIP's fund has snapped up a 250 MW, four-hour duration BESS project in Arizona.
Tristan Rayner
Aug 15, 2025
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Grid-scale
Balance Power gains approval for 99 MWh battery project in Hertfordshire, beating concerns UK developer to install 48 battery units with two-hour duration, adding 49.5 MW of power output from storage to the grid.
Tristan Rayner
Aug 15, 2025

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