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Spain’s CIUDEN tests sodium-sulfur battery in conjunction with solar, hydrogen production The 5.8 MWh battery storage system is integrated with a 2.1 MW solar plant and two electrolyzers to produce green hydrogen.

Pilar Sanchez Molina

Aug 19, 2025

Technologies

South Korean researchers develop nanoscale zinc-anode coating to boost stability in water-based zinc-ion batteries A thin polymer coating improves zinc-ion battery lifespan by preventing dendrites and harmful side reactions.

Aug 13, 2025

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.

Jul 30, 2025

R&D

Compressed air energy storage enhanced by gravity Scientists in China have simulated an advanced adiabatic compressed air energy storage, to which they added an elastic airbag with a heavy load situated above it. The energy, exergy, and economic analysis of the system showed that, due to the constant weight of the heavy load, the airbag’s pressure level remains unaltered during operation.

Jul 23, 2025

R&D

Researchers discover method to significantly extend quantum battery lifespan Researchers discover method to significantly extend quantum battery lifespan Researchers at the Royal Melbourne Institute of Technology (RMIT University) and Australia’s Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organisation (CSIRO) have developed a way to extend the lifetime of Dicke quantum batteries by up to 1,000 times, while maintaining their fast-charging properties enabled by superradiance.

Jul 10, 2025

R&D

Superdielectrics unveils Faraday 2 battery as a polymer-based alternative to Li-ion Superdielectrics launches the Faraday 2 battery, advancing a water-based, metal-free approach to home storage, from a UK-based company.

Jul 10, 2025

Manufacturing

‘Italy could have potassium battery gigafactory by 2030’ Polytechnic University of Turin professor Silvia Bodoardo told pv magazine Italia about the innovative battery projects her institution is working on.

Sergio Matalucci

Jul 09, 2025

pv magazine Week Europe 2025 Announcement

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December 1-4, 2025 | Virtual Event

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pv magazine USA Week 2025

pv magazine USA is hosting the second edition of its multi-day virtual event, focused on advancing U.S. solar and energy storage markets. Each day explores topics like project financing, the evolving domestic supply chain, and distributed energy’s role in a resilient grid.

October 28-30, 2025 | Virtual Event

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Storing photovoltaic-thermal energy with volcanic tuff stones Scientists in China have used ground heat exchangers based on volcanic tuff stones to improve storage capabilities and efficiency of photovoltaic-thermal systems. Their experiments showed that the proposed combination effectively improves PV module cooling and thermal efficiency.

Emiliano Bellini

Jan 08, 2025

R&D

Offshore virtual power plant features battery and compressed air energy storage The proposed virtual power plant (VPP) integrates a platform-to-ship (P2S) setup to electrify anchored and bunkering ships while generating grid electricity. Battery and compressed-air systems would operate alongside floating PV and wind generators.

Jan 07, 2025

R&D

Australian redox flow water-based battery developer lands state grant Allegro Energy has secured a AUD 2.1 million ($1.3 million) grant from the New South Wales state government to develop an Australian-made, aqueous-based redox flow battery energy storage prototype capable of storing energy for more than 10 hours.

Dec 20, 2024

SunTrain prototype

R&D

SunTrain: Moving energy via batteries on railways SunTrain is hoping to ship renewable energy via battery-powered trains, charged from solar and wind, using rail networks.

Dec 17, 2024

Sodium-ion batteries

Peak Energy behind Colorado sodium-ion battery cell engineering center The company seeks to commercialize alternatives to utility-scale lithium-ion battery energy storage.

Michael Puttré

Dec 17, 2024

Technologies

EV charging microgrid project powered by lead batteries The developers of the first-of-its-kind lead battery-powered EV charging station, currently located in Missouri, say they plan to roll it out across the US.

Blathnaid O’Dea

Dec 16, 2024

Markets

Brazil’s Klabin and ISI developing battery anode from paper processing byproduct Pulp processing byproduct Kraft lignin could be a promising alternative to China-dominated synthetic graphite in the anodes of lithium-ion batteries.

Alessandra Neris

Dec 12, 2024

R&D

Inlyte reports zero loss over 700 cycles for its iron-sodium battery tech The startup is targeting commercial demonstration projects in 2025 and large-scale U.S. manufacturing by early 2027.

Dec 10, 2024

R&D

Basque body CIC energiGUNE to develop fluorine-free lithium-metal electrolytes The NoF-LIME project will be led by the Basque center, with the collaboration of Boston College and the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT).

Pilar Sanchez Molina

Dec 05, 2024

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