Partners to recycle EV batteries for solar energy storage
Hyundai Motor Group will test the energy storage system business model and expand its scope to include hydrogen.
Solar powered EV truck charging on a megawatt scale is coming to California
The 1 MW solar-powered chargers will deliver 320 miles of range to a Class 8, 80,000 pound truck in 30 minutes.
Urban Electric Power batteries achieve key fire safety certification
After heating a zinc manganese-dioxide cell from Urban Electric Power to over 1,000 degrees Fahrenheit, testing agents concluded that “thermal runaway was not achieved.”
Sunrise brief: A 40% ITC is proposed, but with a few strings
Also on the rise: Illinois House finally passes an energy bill, Mitsubishi Heavy tests the water of solar ownership, and a former junk yard now plays home to solar.
Sunrise brief: Study weighs key factors in choosing monofacial vs. bifacial
Also on the rise: Making sense of the triple trade threat facing solar, proposed rules could speed up energy storage deployment in California, and water and a wipe may help cool down hot solar modules.
Sunrise brief: Market report signals a strong year-end finish for energy storage
Also on the rise: Heliene expands its panel manufacturing capacity, leading Chinese producers agree on 182mm standardization, and a battery recycler plans a facility in the Deep South.
Energy storage investment on track to top $5 billion in 2021, report says
A reported 345 MW of new energy storage systems were brought online in the second quarter of 2021, according to the U.S. Energy Storage Monitor report.
Letter signed by 750 companies calls on Congress for long-term solar policy certainty
The companies, led by SEIA, lay out six policy actions deemed necessary to grow the industry to the size needed to fight climate change and realize clean energy goals.
Sunrise brief: Solar developers beware! Congress could revoke a key tax credit
Also on the rise: National Grid and NYSERDA challenge New York community solar program, Canadian Solar sells a stake in an energy storage project, and here’s how you can help bring emergency solar to New Orleans.
Canadian Solar unit sells stake in California energy storage project
The Crimson storage project is the company’s first stand-alone storage project and holds two offtake contracts with local utilities.
