SMA America debuts home energy storage solution
The Sunny Boy Smart Energy hybrid inverter is at the heart of the energy storage solution and it can be equipped with SMA’s Backup Secure to control the home’s energy, sending it to chosen appliances when needed.
Sunrise brief: FERC reforms interconnection, speeding critical renewables delays
Also on the rise: SolarEdge stock trades down despite record revenue in Q2. Sunnova to participate in battery emergency program in Puerto Rico. And more.
SolarEdge stock trades down despite record revenue in Q2
The company had strong performance in European residential and commercial markets, whereas the U.S. residential solar market wavered in Q2.
Carbon-cement supercapacitors for bulk energy storage
The Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) has developed a scalable bulk energy storage solution with chemical with inexpensive, abundant precursors: cement, water, and carbon black. Their supercapacitors have high storage capacity, high-rate charge-discharge capabilities, and structural strength.
Sunnova to participate in battery emergency program in Puerto Rico
Distributed solar and storage customers sign up with Sunnova to participate in the Flex Power Program. By compensating customers for the power supplied by their batteries, they are incentivized to participate in the program designed to provide energy that reduces strain on the grid and minimizes blackouts at critical times.
DOE announces over $450 million for solar-plus-storage in Puerto Rico
The funding will support the installation of solar and storage, as well as providing outreach to identify and connect eligible households.
Sunrise brief: NASA awards Blue Origin $35 million to build solar cells from moon dust
Also on the rise: Stiff competition is predicted for USDA $9.7 billion focused on renewables, and solar-plus-battery projects take shape in the Northeast.
Solar-plus-battery projects take shape in the Northeast
Altus Power announced a 10 MW solar, 15 MWh storage project in Massachusetts while Summit Ridge Energy commissioned two of four planned energy storage systems in New York City.
One research team’s approach to scaling a domestic circular lithium-ion battery economy
National Renewable Energy Laboratory researchers continue their quest to accommodate growing electric vehicle and infrastructure demands.
Six terawatt hours of grid-scale energy storage by 2050
To reach the 6 TWh of energy storage needed to clean the grid by 2050, we need to grow grid-scale energy storage by 98.4 times. Panelists in a recent Reuters webinar said that the path requires facing critical challenges as well as continued technology innovation, public-private partnerships, regulatory reforms, and more.
