AES Commissions Alamitos Energy Storage Facility in Long Beach, California Updated On Thu, Jan 28th, 2021 by Saurenergy Fluence Battery Storage System Will Increase the Delivery of Reliable, Sustainable Energy for Southern California Customers The AES Corporation has commenced operations of the Alamitos battery energy storage system (BESS), one of the world’s largest battery storage systems in operation today. The BESS, a stand-alone energy storage facility for local capacity, will provide up to 400 […] Read more
Navistar Launches Hydrogen Trucks, Collaborates with General Motor OneH2s Updated On Thu, Jan 28th, 2021 by Saurenergy A subsidiary of Navistar International Corporation, Navistar Inc. has collaborated with General Motors and OneH2 to launch a complete solution for a zero-emission long-haul, hydrogen trucks system. Navistar says it will produce its first production model of the International RHTM Series of fuel cell electric vehicles (FCE) by 2024. Testing of the vehicles is expected […] Read more
RE Plus Storage is Cost Competitive With new Coal Plants in Tamil Nadu: Report Updated On Thu, Jan 28th, 2021 by Saurenergy A new economic viability analysis reveals that RE along with battery storage in Tamil Nadu is cost-competitive with new coal power plants. A new economic viability analysis reveals that renewable energy (RE) along with battery storage in Tamil Nadu is cost-competitive with new coal power plants. The report finds the levelised cost of energy (LCOE) […] Read more
CESC, Exide Partner For First Large BESS Project In Bengal Updated On Thu, Jan 28th, 2021 by Saurenergy Kolkata Discom CESC and Exide, India’s largest battery manufacturer have partnered on a grid connected 315 kWh battery energy storage systems (BESS) at low tension (LT) distribution system for better peak load management. The project is the first of its kind for West Bengal at this scale. CESC is part of the RP-Sanjiv Goenka Group. […] Read more
Researchers Propose Zinc Based, Low-Cost Anode Free Batteries Updated On Wed, Jan 27th, 2021 by Saurenergy The researchers, Yunpei Zhu, Yi Cui, and Husam N. Alshareef from ACS’ Nano Letters, decided to make a battery in which a zinc-rich cathode is a sole source for zinc plating onto a copper current collector, for energy storage systems. While conventional lithium-ion batteries work efficiently enough but, the problem with those is the limited amount of […] Read more
With 120 MWh Storage Win, Israel’s Augwind Challenges Lithium-ion Storage Updated On Wed, Jan 27th, 2021 by Saurenergy Yakum, Israel-based Augwind has been claiming that its Air Battery energy storage system will be superior to Lithium battery storage. The firm got a big boost earlier this month when Israel’s Electric Authority awarded a big tender for 609 megawatts of solar and 2.4 gigawatt-hours of energy storage, of which at least 120 megawatt-hours of […] Read more
Gulf Oil Taps Into EV Charging For Future Growth Updated On Mon, Jan 25th, 2021 by Saurenergy A part of the Hinduja Group, Gulf Oil International Ltd (Gulf), has entered an agreement to co-invest with the Clean Growth Fund (GCF) in Indra, provider of fast-growing electric vehicle (EV) and innovative charging and energy storage solutions. For Gulf Oil, a well established downstream oil company, this is its first investment into the e-mobility/EV […] Read more
European Renewable PPA Market Could Exceed 10 GW in 2021: Report Updated On Fri, Jan 22nd, 2021 by Saurenergy The European renewable PPA market is likely to exceed 10 GW in 2021, due to the growing offshore wind momentum throughout Europe and more. The European renewable energy power purchase agreement (PPA) market is likely to exceed 10 GW in 2021, due to continued momentum in Spain, the emergence of a strong subsidy-free market in […] Read more
Ola to Access Siemens’ Integrated Digital Twin Design For EV Manufacturing Updated On Fri, Jan 22nd, 2021 by Saurenergy Indian ride-hailing firm Ola has announced that it has partnered with Siemens to access the integrated digital twin design for building its electric vehicle (EV), AI-driven manufacturing unit. Back in 2020, Ola signed an MoU with the government of Tamil Nadu to build the largest electric two-wheelers (E2Ws) manufacturing unit by investing 2,400 Crores. According […] Read more
