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Sonnen unveils new battery range, including home “power station” blackout solution
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German energy storage giant Sonnen has unveiled a new home and small commercial battery storage range, Sonnerbatterie 10, which includes a “performance” model that can store up to 55kWh, and a three-phase “island” solution…
8minute Solar Nabs Its First Supply Deal With California Community-Choice Aggregators
Large-scale developer 8minute Solar Energy said this week it had signed power-purchase agreements with two Northern California community-choice aggregators for a 250-megawatt solar project located in the state, including 150-megawatt hours…
Energy Insiders Podcast: Batteries as virtual dams, and virtual transmission
Battery storage technology company Fluence unveils its latest technology and argues the case for batteries to act as “virtual transmission”, expanding the electric highway links between state grids, and as “virtual dams”, adding…
Infosys joins Amazon’s climate pledge to meet Paris Agreement early
This week, Amazon and Global Optimism announced that digital service and consulting company, Infosys, signed The Climate Pledge, making a commitment to meet the Paris Agreement 10 years early. The pledge calls on new signatories to be net…
Viva Energy weighs solar farm and big battery for Victorian oil refinery
ASX-listed oil company Viva Energy says it is weighing up the addition of a solar farm and battery storage system at its Corio refinery in Victoria, as part of a post-Covid pivot into lower-carbon energies, including the emerging hydrogen…
5 US Clean Energy Projects That Barreled Through the Coronavirus Lockdowns
Fears that the coronavirus outbreak would sideswipe the U.S. clean energy market appear overblown so far — and the proof is in the projects.
2020 is the most socially and economically disruptive year for Americans in a…
World-first home battery performance guide submitted to Standards Australia
A two-year, industry-wide bid to develop performance standards for residential and small-scale commercial battery energy storage systems in Australia has reached a key milestone after a draft document was submitted to national standards…
8minute to develop 250-MW solar-plus-storage project for California CCA
8minute Solar Energy (8minute) announced this week that it has executed a power purchase agreement (PPA) with Monterey Bay Community Power Authority (MBCP) and Silicon Valley Clean Energy (SVCE) for the 250-megawatt (250 MWdc / 200 MWac)…
Siemens battery venture lines up 2.3GWh of orders, lowers cost with new “battery stack”
Fluence, the battery development joint venture between global energy giant Siemens and AES company says it has 800MW and 2,300MWh of battery storage orders as it unveils the latest version of its battery storage technology, which focuses…
Solar Installer PetersenDean Files for Bankruptcy Protection, Cites Coronavirus
Veteran roofer and solar installer PetersenDean filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection in June with the intention of reorganizing its business and debt.
The California-based company released a statement Tuesday citing the…