Battery Storage /category/components-products/battery/ Covering the world of solar power technology, development and installation. Thu, 13 Feb 2025 20:42:31 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.7.2 /wp-content/uploads/2017/07/cropped-solar-power-world-online-32x32.png Battery Storage /category/components-products/battery/ 32 32 Grid-scale ESS Smartstack from Fluence maxes at 7.5 MWh energy density /2025/02/grid-scale-ess-smartstack-from-fluence-maxes-at-7-5-mwh-energy-density/ /2025/02/grid-scale-ess-smartstack-from-fluence-maxes-at-7-5-mwh-energy-density/#respond Thu, 13 Feb 2025 14:38:27 +0000 /?p=108558 The Smartstack energy storage platform from Fluence Energy is now commercially available for grid-scale applications. Deliveries of the AC-based system are scheduled to begin in in Q4 2025. Smartstack’s patent-pending design strategically splits battery storage systems into units with easily transportable weight and dimensions, reducing shipping constraints and installation complexity. Onsite, the system maximizes project…

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]]> /2025/02/grid-scale-ess-smartstack-from-fluence-maxes-at-7-5-mwh-energy-density/feed/ 0 ACCURE’s AI software deployed on four Texas energy storage projects /2025/02/accures-ai-software-deployed-on-four-texas-energy-storage-projects/ /2025/02/accures-ai-software-deployed-on-four-texas-energy-storage-projects/#respond Wed, 12 Feb 2025 18:51:02 +0000 /?p=108551 Battery safety and performance software provider ACCURE Battery Intelligence will deploy its AI predictive analytics platform to optimize four Texas energy storage projects. Together, they have a capacity of 730 MW and are part of a battery energy storage-focused investment strategy at UBS Asset Management. In 2022, UBS Asset Management acquired four Electric Reliability Council…

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]]> /2025/02/accures-ai-software-deployed-on-four-texas-energy-storage-projects/feed/ 0 Enphase releases new IQ Battery 5P tailored to new homes in California /2025/02/enphase-releases-new-iq-battery-5p-tailored-to-new-homes-in-california/ /2025/02/enphase-releases-new-iq-battery-5p-tailored-to-new-homes-in-california/#respond Mon, 10 Feb 2025 20:36:33 +0000 /?p=108570 Enphase announced the launch of an expanded IQ Battery 5P product with support for both single-phase 120/208 V and split-phase 120/240 V, for new home projects in California. This expanded functionality provides an optimal storage solution for new single- and multi-family homes in California. The IQ Battery 5P product remains fully JA12 compliant, ensuring it…

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]]> /2025/02/enphase-releases-new-iq-battery-5p-tailored-to-new-homes-in-california/feed/ 0 Two lithium battery makers pull plug on American manufacturing plans /2025/02/two-lithium-battery-makers-pull-plug-on-american-manufacturing-plans/ /2025/02/two-lithium-battery-makers-pull-plug-on-american-manufacturing-plans/#comments Mon, 10 Feb 2025 13:14:29 +0000 /?p=108506 Two companies attempting to set up gigawatt-scale lithium battery factories have canceled their plans for American manufacturing. KORE Power confirmed to local news that it was abandoning its 12-GWh factory plan in Buckeye, Arizona, and FREYR just revealed it would sell its ESS manufacturing site in Georgia. KORE Power first announced its Arizona manufacturing plans…

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]]> /2025/02/two-lithium-battery-makers-pull-plug-on-american-manufacturing-plans/feed/ 3 Enphase VPP programs now available in Puerto Rico and Colorado /2025/02/enphase-vpp-programs-now-available-in-puerto-rico-and-colorado/ /2025/02/enphase-vpp-programs-now-available-in-puerto-rico-and-colorado/#comments Thu, 06 Feb 2025 16:23:41 +0000 /?p=108496 Enphase Energy announced today that it is expanding its support for virtual power plants (VPPs) in Puerto Rico and Colorado powered by the IQ Battery 5P. Grid services programs are offered by electric utilities and often use energy stored in home batteries to help reduce load on the electric grid when it is needed most,…

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]]> /2025/02/enphase-vpp-programs-now-available-in-puerto-rico-and-colorado/feed/ 1 CS Energy commissions three Tesla MegaPack BESS projects in New York /2025/02/cs-energy-commissions-three-tesla-megapack-bess-projects-in-new-york/ /2025/02/cs-energy-commissions-three-tesla-megapack-bess-projects-in-new-york/#respond Tue, 04 Feb 2025 14:27:58 +0000 /?p=108475 CS Energy and Calibrant Energy completed a portfolio of three stand-alone battery energy storage systems (BESS) in Westchester County, New York. Located in the towns of Hawthorne, Yorktown and Ossining, these projects feature Tesla’s MegaPack2XL technology, delivering 4.9 MW, 4.2 MW and 4.3 MW, respectively. The systems will provide essential grid support during peak and…

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]]> /2025/02/cs-energy-commissions-three-tesla-megapack-bess-projects-in-new-york/feed/ 0 ITC says domestic active anode material industry has been harmed by Chinese imports /2025/01/itc-says-domestic-active-anode-material-industry-has-been-harmed-by-chinese-imports/ /2025/01/itc-says-domestic-active-anode-material-industry-has-been-harmed-by-chinese-imports/#comments Fri, 31 Jan 2025 20:27:07 +0000 /?p=108458 The U.S. International Trade Commission (ITC) has made an affirmative determination in its preliminary antidumping and countervailing duty (AD/CVD) investigations concerning active anode material from China. The American Active Anode Material Producers (AAAMP) filed its AD/CVD petitions with the Dept. of Commerce and U.S. ITC in December 2024, requesting investigations into active anode material (AAM)…

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]]> /2025/01/itc-says-domestic-active-anode-material-industry-has-been-harmed-by-chinese-imports/feed/ 1 Connecticut increases amount of incentives available to growing C&I energy storage market /2025/01/connecticut-increases-amount-of-incentives-available-to-growing-ci-energy-storage-market/ /2025/01/connecticut-increases-amount-of-incentives-available-to-growing-ci-energy-storage-market/#respond Wed, 29 Jan 2025 16:23:23 +0000 /?p=108436 The Connecticut Public Utilities Regulatory Authority (PURA) recently announced updates to its Energy Storage Solutions program, including the opening of Tranche 3 of the commercial and industrial (C&I) incentives as well as the reallocation of 140 MW of capacity from the residential sector to the C&I sector to match the growing demand for storage. This…

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]]> /2025/01/connecticut-increases-amount-of-incentives-available-to-growing-ci-energy-storage-market/feed/ 0 Liquid-cooling becomes preferred BESS temperature control option /2025/01/liquid-cooling-becomes-preferred-bess-temperature-control-option/ /2025/01/liquid-cooling-becomes-preferred-bess-temperature-control-option/#respond Tue, 21 Jan 2025 13:00:12 +0000 /?p=108214 As the industry gets more comfortable with how lithium batteries interact in enclosed spaces, large-scale energy storage system engineers are standardizing designs and packing more batteries into containers. For every new 5-MWh lithium-iron phosphate (LFP) energy storage container on the market, one thing is certain: a liquid cooling system will be used for temperature control.…

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]]> /2025/01/liquid-cooling-becomes-preferred-bess-temperature-control-option/feed/ 0 American-made solar wafers given more weight in latest domestic content bonus guidance /2025/01/american-made-solar-wafers-given-more-weight-in-latest-domestic-content-bonus-guidance/ /2025/01/american-made-solar-wafers-given-more-weight-in-latest-domestic-content-bonus-guidance/#respond Thu, 16 Jan 2025 13:52:43 +0000 /?p=108357 The U.S. Dept. of the Treasury and Internal Revenue Service (IRS) have released additional guidance on the Inflation Reduction Act’s domestic content bonus (45X) for the PTC and ITC. The groups released their final rules last year. The latest guidance updates and builds upon the domestic content safe harbor that provides clean energy developers the…

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]]> /2025/01/american-made-solar-wafers-given-more-weight-in-latest-domestic-content-bonus-guidance/feed/ 0 New sonnen VPP offers solar panels and batteries to Texans with no upfront cost /2025/01/latest-sonnen-vpp-offers-solar-panels-and-batteries-to-texans-with-no-upfront-cost/ /2025/01/latest-sonnen-vpp-offers-solar-panels-and-batteries-to-texans-with-no-upfront-cost/#comments Thu, 16 Jan 2025 13:00:55 +0000 /?p=108261 SOLRITE Energy and sonnen are launching a new virtual power plant (VPP) power purchase agreement in the ERCOT market in Texas. Under the program SOLRITE will install solar panels and sonnen batteries at eligible customer households with no upfront cost. Instead, homeowners pay a lower-than-average rate for the solar energy they produce each month, saving…

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]]> /2025/01/latest-sonnen-vpp-offers-solar-panels-and-batteries-to-texans-with-no-upfront-cost/feed/ 2 Sol-Ark now integrating Energy Toolbase hardware in batteries, inverters /2025/01/sol-ark-now-integrating-energy-toolbase-hardware-in-batteries-inverters/ /2025/01/sol-ark-now-integrating-energy-toolbase-hardware-in-batteries-inverters/#respond Tue, 14 Jan 2025 14:00:42 +0000 /?p=108323 Energy Toolbase and Sol-Ark have partnered to provide an all-encompassing commercial energy storage system. This collaboration offers small C&I solar and storage projects with Sol-Ark’s energy storage solutions paired with the ETB Controller energy management system. The initiative integrates ETB Developer’s project economics modeling and proposal-building capabilities with ETB Controller’s energy storage control software and…

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]]> /2025/01/sol-ark-now-integrating-energy-toolbase-hardware-in-batteries-inverters/feed/ 0 Battery anode material AD/CVD worries energy storage and EV market /2025/01/battery-anode-material-ad-cvd-worries-energy-storage-and-ev-market/ /2025/01/battery-anode-material-ad-cvd-worries-energy-storage-and-ev-market/#comments Wed, 08 Jan 2025 17:06:52 +0000 /?p=108295 A new antidumping/countervailing duties (AD/CVD) investigation could affect domestic manufacturing and deployment of lithium-ion energy storage and EV batteries in the United States. In Dec. 2024, the American Active Anode Material Producers (AAAMP) filed petitions with the Dept. of Commerce and U.S. International Trade Commission seeking AD/CVD on imports of battery anode materials from China.…

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]]> /2025/01/battery-anode-material-ad-cvd-worries-energy-storage-and-ev-market/feed/ 1 US storage market continues upward trend into 2025 2025 Trends in Solar /2025/01/us-storage-market-continues-upward-trend-into-2025/ /2025/01/us-storage-market-continues-upward-trend-into-2025/#comments Tue, 07 Jan 2025 12:59:48 +0000 /?p=108209 Sunny metaphors don’t really work in the storage market, but the future does look bright. The United States closed 2024 with record-breaking storage installation numbers, and each coming year is predicted to be more charged than the last. Whether installed solo on utility-scale sites or attached with solar in the residential market, battery energy storage…

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]]> /2025/01/us-storage-market-continues-upward-trend-into-2025/feed/ 1 ABB to acquire Gamesa Electric’s business including BESS, utility inverters /2024/12/abb-to-acquire-gamesa-electric-business/ /2024/12/abb-to-acquire-gamesa-electric-business/#respond Wed, 18 Dec 2024 15:01:17 +0000 /?p=108140 ABB announced it has signed an agreement to acquire the power electronics business of Gamesa Electric in Spain from Siemens Gamesa to strengthen ABB’s position in the growing market for high-powered renewable power conversion technology. The acquisition will significantly expand ABB’s existing power conversion product and service offering to renewables OEMs and end users, with…

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