Sunrise brief: Revised rules could make it easier to use public lands for solar
Also on the rise: LG will supply RWE with 200 MW of storage, SB Energy signs a PPA for a Texas solar project, and Invenergy lines up financing for a 200 MW Michigan solar project.
Sunrise brief: Bill Gates-backed battery startup secures $144m in funding
Also on the rise: LS Power launches Rev Renewables, El Paso Electric issues an RFP for renewables, and Biden’s infrastructure agenda clears one big hurdle but faces still more.
Ambri secures $144 million for liquid metal battery commercialization
The company plans to commercialize its calcium-antimony liquid metal battery chemistry and open manufacturing facilities to deliver projects in 2023 and beyond.
Vehicle-to-grid inches closer to reality, but barriers remain
V2G tech could offer low-cost energy storage at a huge scale, but many barriers must be overcome.
Recurrent Energy signs deal with PG&E for energy storage capacity
The 350 MW / 1,400 MWh Crimson project will be one of the largest battery energy storage projects in the world when it comes online beginning in summer 2022.
Sunrise brief: Bill would expand ITC to include integrated solar roofs
Also on the rise: A report names groups that are anti-solar and reveals their strategies, Illinois limits HOA power over rooftop solar, and SunPower added 13,000 customers in Q2 as it looks for big growth to close the second half.
RFP alert: Con Edison and Orange & Rockland are looking for battery energy storage capacity
Con Edison wants projects totaling at least 200 MW in New York City and Westchester County. O&R is looking for projects totaling 10 MW.
Terra-Gen secures $800 million in financing for solar + storage project in California
The project is on land leased from Edwards Air Force Base. Mortenson is the EPC contractor, First Solar is supplying the solar modules, and LG Chem and Samsung are supplying batteries.
CATL claims to have made sodium-ion batteries a commercial reality
Researchers have been keen to make the technology work as it offers a cheaper, more environmentally friendly alternative to lithium-ion products.
Startup invents breakthrough non-toxic battery electrolyte that’s cheaper ‘by factor of 100’
It’s a breakthrough so simple that the Australian patent office needed convincing it counted as an invention.
