Sunrise brief: Silicon Valley Bank reportedly financed 62% of community solar
Also on the rise: Tesla on ramping up its Megapack business. Agrivoltaics market valued at $9.3 billion. And more.
Tesla’s Investor Day: Ramping up the Megapack business
The electric vehicle and storage manufacturer shared insight into its Megapack energy storage business and the Megapack XL, the stationary battery storage product that Tesla says has the highest energy density on the market.
Arizona county approves solar-powered cobalt sulfate production facility
The facility expects to produce 7,000 tonnes of cobalt per year and calls for 28.4 MW of on-site solar power generating arrays to be installed on 105 acres of the company’s 139-acre property in Yuma County, Ariz.
Sunrise brief: Solar, wind, storage account for 82% of new U.S. capacity additions
Also on the rise: Lessons learned from state community solar program caps. Meyer Burger shifting to 100% glass-glass bifacial. And more.
Silicon anode battery producer files for 5 GWh production facility in Colorado
Located in Brighton, Colorado, the facility will become the first large-scale commercial advanced manufacturing center for silicon anode lithium-ion batteries by the time it opens in 2025. The facility will be built in phases, with the first phase starting with an initial 500 MWh of production at the facility which at full scale will produce 5 GWh.
Lithium battery recycler loaned $375 million for New York hub
Li-Cycle received a conditional loan from the U.S. Department of Energy through its Advanced Technologies Vehicles Manufacturing program.
Sunrise brief: Trina Solar unveils TOPCon solar panel series for rooftop PV
Also on the rise: RVs take shade under PV carport. Michigan-based Our Next Energy announces LFP utility-scale battery. And more.
Solid-state battery design uses metal blend electrolyte
New battery materials tested by Berkeley Labs and Florida State University could result in a more conductive solid-state electrolyte that is less dependent on a large quantity of individual metals, which proves effective for the huge demand in the EV market.
Michigan-based Our Next Energy announces LFP utility-scale battery
Aries Grid is a lithium iron phosphate battery designed for long-duration energy storage systems.
Growatt opens automated factory in Vietnam to produce batteries, inverters
Growatt has an expansion plan to achieve an annual production capacity of 500,000 units of inverters and 100,000 units of batteries to serve the growing U.S. market as well as other markets throughout the world.
