Volvo has unveiled an interesting energy storage system designed to meet your charging needs anywhere and anytime—even when the power grid is unavailable due to disruptions related to weather events or other disasters. Volvo’s stationary battery is called the PU500 Battery Energy Storage System. As its name suggests, it can store up to 500 kWh of energy. … Continue reading “Volvo's Electric Storage System Can Recharge 20 EVs Per Day”
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Logistics provider DHL Supply Chain and connected automotive services provider Cox Automotive are working together to deliver in-life EV battery services for UK manufacturers and fleets. The new cooperation provides battery repair, remanufacturing logistics and storage services at DHL’s EV Centre of Excellence in Rugby. Designed to comply with the latest government regulations and meet … Continue reading “DHL and Cox Automotive announce large-scale EV battery repair, remanufacturing logistics and storage center in the UK”
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Texas project installed, manufacturing in the works When we first spoke in late 2022, Stratakos planned to build the Texas plant in 2023 and start shipping the remainder of its battery stockpile in 2024. The actual installation process turned out to be “a learning experience,” Stratakos told me last week, meaning it took longer and cost more … Continue reading “The biggest grid storage project using old batteries is online in Texas”
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Corporate America is investing in clean energy at record levels, with tech giants taking the top spots for users of solar. Meta, Google, and Amazon are leading the charge in solar and battery storage adoption, according to the Solar Energy Industries Association’s (SEIA’s) latest “Solar Means Business” report. Meta continues to hold the title of … Continue reading “Corporate America is investing in record levels of solar and storage”
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Many of the world’s hardest-to-decarbonize industries face a similar challenge: how to obtain the white-hot heat their operations need — without using fossil fuels. RedoxBlox, a San Diego-based startup that landed $31 million in venture investment on Wednesday, says it has found a clever way to achieve this task: using the power of chemical reactions to store energy … Continue reading “RedoxBlox raises $31M to commercialize its energy storage ‘booster’”
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GM PowerBank home energy storage is now available as part of V2H bundles Two capacities offered—10.6 kwh and 17.7 kwh Automaker’s V2H bundles are now offered in all 50 states General Motors is now rolling out its PowerBank energy-storage battery packs, providing the first real competition to the Tesla Powerwall home energy-storage system directly from … Continue reading “GM PowerBank home energy storage arrives, could outflex Tesla”
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Renewables developer rPlus Energies has broken ground on one of the largest solar + battery storage projects in the US, in east-central Utah. The Green River Energy Center in Emery County, Utah, is a 400-megawatt (MW) solar and 400 MW/1,600-megawatt-hour battery storage project that will supply power to western electric utility PacifiCorp under a power purchase … Continue reading “A $1 billion solar + battery storage project just broke ground in Utah”
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US-based solid-state battery manufacturer Ion Storage Systems will receive $20 million from the US Department of Energy’s Advanced Research Projects Agency-Energy (ARPA-E) Seeding Critical Advances for Leading Energy Technologies with Untapped Potential (SCALEUP) program. Ion was one of four companies to secure funding from SCALEUP in 2024 as part of its $63.5-million program budget. The … Continue reading “Ion Storage Systems to receive $20 million in ARPA-E funding to commercialize solid-state battery”