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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
Echogen and Westinghouse secure first grid-scale pumped thermal energy storage via MOU in Europe Echogen and Westinghouse will aim to store surplus hydropower using supercritical CO2, aiming to offer long-duration energy supply to Slovakia’s grid.
Tristan Rayner
Aug 01, 2025
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Projects & Applications
Firstway Energy secures two more UK battery storage project planning approvals, 11 in past 12 months Two projects with a combined power capacity of 200 MW and two-hour duration have been approved in the UK.
Tristan Rayner
Aug 01, 2025
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Manufacturing
Tesla chooses LG Energy for US-made stationary storage batteries, say Korean reports A reported $4.3 billion deal will see LG Energy Solution (LGES) supply LFP batteries for Tesla's energy division in the US.
Tristan Rayner
Jul 31, 2025
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Markets
Spotlight on Romania: The 600 MWh battery storage boom Deals from Nova Power & Gas and Visual Fan signal a market surge.
Tristan Rayner
Jul 31, 2025
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Products
Livoltek launches 125kW / 261kWh liquid-cooled BESS for C&I market New all-in-one LFP battery system is scalable up to 5.2 MWh for on-grid applications.
Tristan Rayner
Jul 31, 2025
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Grid-scale
esVolta commissions final project in 980 MWh Texas battery trio Three new battery energy storage systems (BESS) lithium-iron phosphate battery projects add 490 MW of peak power with two-hour duration to the ERCOT grid.
Tristan Rayner
Jul 31, 2025
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Projects & Applications
Slovakia greenlights co-located 25 MW battery storage at car factory without environmental review Stellantis's car plant in Slovakia near the capital Bratislava was cleared to install a battery energy storage system (BESS) while bypassing additional reviews.
Tristan Rayner
Jul 31, 2025
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Finance
New York’s State Energy Plan targets 9.4 GW of storage by 2040, 1 GW RFP launched With around 500 MW of battery storage now online, New York’s draft plan has big aims for 2040.
Tristan Rayner
Jul 30, 2025
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Technologies
Ore Energy brings first grid-connected iron-air battery online in the Netherlands Dutch startup Ore Energy has connected a pilot iron-air "rust" battery to the grid, a first long-duration energy storage (LDES) system fully-built in the European Union.
Tristan Rayner
Jul 30, 2025

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