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Onsite solar PV at the Fekola gold mine, Mali. Image: B2Gold. An off-grid hybrid energy system at Fekola, a gold mine in Mali, Africa, has gone online incorporating solar PV, battery storage and the site’s existing fossil fuel generators, project partners Baywa r.e. and Suntrace have said. Malian mines produced 66.5 tonnes of gold in 2020, making it the third biggest producer on the African continent, according to the country’s Ministry of Mines, Energy and Water. The Fekola mine is in ope...

The go-to resource for in-depth news, analysis, blogs and more on the international energy storage industry

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By: CEO For the US to thrive while achieving its decarbonisation goals, it needs a robust clean energy economy, creating well-paid jobs and a strong trajectory for technical innovation, argues Philip Brennan, CEO of Echogen, an Ohio-based provider of waste-heat recovery systems and electro-thermal energy storage solutions.   With the United States’ planned investment of between US$2 trillion and US$4 trillion to achieve a net-zero emissions economy by FY2050, what role do clean energy compa...

Published: 6 Apr 2021, 08:24 By: Andy Colthorpe Solar modules at Granny Smith mine, Australia, a project Aggreko completed and announced in October last year. Image: Aggreko. The first battery energy storage system deployed to help stabilise the electricity grid in Turkey could help show the country’s energy sector that more rapid uptake of renewable energy can be feasible and cost-effective. Scotland-headquartered multinational power solutions company Aggreko has recently compl...

By: Product Manager While 2020 may have been and gone, the strange times were collectively experiencing certainly have not. Looking back at least gives us an opportunity to reflect on the lessons learned during the past year or so and Aaroh Kharaya, product manager at solar PV and battery storage quality assurance, supply chain management and engineering services firm Clean Energy Associates takes us through his top takeaways from a time that we may otherwise seek to forget.  The last 12 mon...

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...

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 ...