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Published: 6 Apr 2021, 08:35 By: Andy Colthorpe Eneroxs Cellcube battery storage paired with solar generation at a commercial and industrial project site. Image: Cellcube-Enerox. South African vanadium producer Bushveld Minerals is investing US$7.5 million in vanadium redox flow battery (VRFB) energy storage company Enerox, which is planning to scale up its manufacturing capabilities. Bushveld is among the consortium, Enerox Holdings Limited, that owns Enerox, which makes and mark...

Published: 1 Apr 2021, 07:05 By: President Joe Biden photographed in pre-pandemic days, January 2020. Image: Flickr user Phil Roeder. A plan proposed by US president Joe Biden to invest US$2 trillion in infrastructure has been praised for “prioritising energy storage and policies that support the industry’s growth”. Unveiled by Biden alongside vice president Kamala Harris yesterday, the American Jobs Plan is part of the Build Back Better agenda, a strategy that Biden has ref...

Published: 1 Apr 2021, 13:48 By: Andy Colthorpe The California Flats project site, with the solar PV plant behind the area being prepared for installation of the Tesla Megapacks. Image: Apple. While it is better known for putting lithium-ion batteries in phones, tablets and computers, consumer technology company Apple said it is building a 240MWh battery energy storage system (BESS) at a solar PV plant in California. The company said yesterday (31 March 2021) that it is adding the...

Enel X develops a trigeneration energy system for the NSG Groups Italian operations The Enel global business line will upgrade the cogeneration plant at Italys largest glass production site: Pilkington Italia, a subsidiary of the Japanese multinational NSG Group   Rome, April 1 st, 2021 - Making energy production processes even more sustainable with innovative and efficient solutions: with this objective, Enel X is partnering with the NSG Group, one of the worlds leading manufacturers of glass...

Dive Brief: Lion Electric believes its battery-electric vehicles have a lower total cost of ownership compared to diesel vehicles, "in most use cases," according to an F-4 the Canada-based OEM filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission Thursday. On average, EVs could save fleets about 80% on energy costs and 60% on repair and maintenance, when compared to diesel, the company said. The company said it expects production costs to decrease as battery costs come down, and increased purchasin...

Published: 17 Mar 2021, 11:29 By: A Convergent Energy + Power project in Ontario, Canada. Image: Convergent Energy + Power. Energy storage project developer Convergent Energy + Power has contracted GE Renewable Energy to supply key equipment to a three-site large-scale solar-plus-storage hybrid resource project in New York State. GE Renewable Energy announced the contract earlier this week and said it will be providing an integrated solar inverter and energy storage system to the ...

Published: 15 Mar 2021, 10:50 By: Maroš Šefčovič (left), has long championed the European battery sector. Image: Maroš Šefčovič via LinkedIn. Europe is on course to become the world’s second-largest lithium-ion battery cell producing region by 2025, although some key challenges need to be addressed, a European Commission vice-president has said. Following a high-level ministerial meeting of the European Battery Alliance (EBA) — the continent’s multinational drive to ...

Published: 15 Mar 2021, 12:57 By: Andy Colthorpe Render of a large-scale energy storage project of the type Wärtsilä will deliver for Able Grid and its customer, a power producer. Wärtsilä built Texas Waves, one of the states first grid-scale storage projects, completed in early 2018. Image: Wärtsilä Corporation. Two standalone battery energy storage systems (BESS) totalling 200MW of output will be deployed in Texas’ ERCOT market by the energy division at Wärtsilä Corpor...

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Wind Turbine Pitch Systems Market Analysis  The global wind turbine pitch systems market is anticipated to grow at a 3% CAGR over the forecast period (2020- 2026), reveals the current Market Research Future (MRFR) report. Wind turbine systems, simply put, are used for regulating the turbine as per the external conditions like generator, power generation, and wind speed. The pitch system enables the rotors to operate within a defined speed limit for ensuring the safe operation of a wind turbin...