RevoluSun Massachusetts updates name to Solaris Renewables
Local solar installer RevoluSun Massachusetts has announced it is changing its name to Solaris Renewables, effective immediately. The decision to change the company’s name comes after careful consideration and the end of a partnership with its former parent company, RevoluSun Smart Home. Though the company is changing its name, the operation and team will remain the same. Solaris Renewables maintains its dedication to offering high-quality solar products and services to its customers. “We are...
Mitrex is planning a 2.5-GW solar factory for panels and BIPV products
Canadian solar company Mitrex intends to open a 2.5-GW solar panel factory in the United States, with a final location choice announced soon. The company, which currently operates a 500-MW plant in Toronto, Ontario, that makes colored solar panels, BIPV cladding and traditional solar panels, expects the U.S. location to begin production in Q1 2024. Mitrex colored solar panels. Mitrex CEO Danial Hadizadeh told Solar Power World that the company is currently finalizing a location, and equipment...
Preparation of Nickel, Cobalt, Manganese and Lithium as Cathode Materials for Military Lithium Ion Batteries
[Technology Development Unit] The 18th Institute of China Electronics Technology Group Corporation [Technical introduction] Nickel-nickel-cobalt-manganese-lithium cathode materials not only greatly reduce the amount of cobalt used for scarce resources, and reduce the cost of the battery, but also combine the respective advantages of lithium cobaltate, lithium nickelate and lithium manganate battery materials. Comparing to lithium cobalt oxide cathode materials that dominate the market, nickel...
New nickel-zinc batteries or lithium-ion batteries will replace
Lithium-ion batteries are widely used in mobile phones, laptops and other portable electronic products. Although it has many advantages, the safety of lithium-ion batteries has been criticized, but also lead to consumer concerns from time to time. As a result, researchers from around the world are dedicated to improving the safety of lithium-ion batteries or looking for alternatives to lithium-ion batteries. A new study shows that a new type of zinc-based battery or is expected to replace...
Lithium-sulfur batteries with over 10 times the energy storage replace lithium-ion batteries
Scientists at the Nano Biology Laboratory (NBL) of the Singapore Science and Technology Research Institute (A * STAR) have developed a novel method to prepare the next generation Although it is generally believed that lithium-ion batteries are an advanced technology that can effectively provide power for modern communication devices, due to their inherent unstable electrochemical properties, there are shortcomings such as limited storage capacity and insufficient security. However, the NBL...
Biden administration announces plan to develop floating offshore wind turbines for West Coast
The Biden administration on Thursday announced several new initiatives to develop technology for massive, floating offshore wind turbines as part of the effort to launch offshore wind in California and elsewhere on the Pacific and Atlantic coasts. The administration said last year that it was moving to advance offshore wind power on the coast of California for the first time. When developed, the regions selected have the potential to generate enough green energy for up to 1.6 million homes over...
What are lithium-ion batteries and why are they causing fires?
Lithium-ion batteries have been in the headlines recently after causing fires in the city. Here are some answers to frequently asked questions about the common rechargeable power sources. What are lithium-ion batteries? A lithium-ion battery is “an advanced battery technology that uses lithium ions as a key component of its electrochemistry,” according to the Clean Energy Institute at the University of Washington. They are in many electric bikes and electric scooters. The batteries have a...
Energy storage technology provider Fluence expects operating revenue to exceed $1 billion in 2022
China Energy Storage Network News: According to foreign media reports, energy storage technology provider Fluence recently announced the fourth quarter and full year results of this year. The company expects to earn between US$1.1 billion and US$1.3 billion in operating income in the 2022 fiscal year. Fluence raised US$1 billion through an IPO in October this year. At the time, it claimed that its operating income in 2021 will reach a record of US$680.766 million, which is higher than the...
The import cost is more than 500,000 yuan/ton! The price of this battery raw material doubles during the year
According to a news released by CCTV Finance on December 7, since the beginning of the year, the price of metal cobalt in the international market has risen by 102% as of the end of November, and the price of raw materials has also risen by 86% in the same period. Cao Dongqiang of Shanghai Gepai Nickel Cobalt Materials Co., Ltd. stated that the dollar-denominated cobalt has exceeded 31 US dollars per pound, and the import cost of metal cobalt in RMB has exceeded 500,000 yuan per ton. The...
50 billion yuan! Weld Group's all-vanadium liquid flow energy storage and photovoltaic project settled in Shandan, Gansu
Shengjia Electric plans to invest no less than 50 billion yuan to build a tens of billion-level new energy storage industrial park in Shandan, a GW-level all-vanadium liquid flow energy storage equipment intelligent production base, a new-type energy storage power station above 2GW, and 7GW photovoltaic power generation Project to create a source of energy storage technology in Gansu. Recently, Leshan Shengjia Electric Co., Ltd. (hereinafter referred to as “Shengjia Electric”) and Shandan...
200MW/800MWh! AGL plans to deploy battery energy storage system
China Energy Storage Network News: According to foreign media reports, Australia’s largest power generator and retailer, AGL, recently stated that it has submitted a deployment plan one year after announcing that it will develop a large-scale independent deployment of battery energy storage projects in Victoria. It has been approved by the Victorian Government Department. The company recently stated that the Victorian Ministry of Environment, Land, Water and Planning has approved the deployment...
Another hundred billion yuan is coming!
Recently, several salt cavern compressed air energy storage power stations have appeared in many places in China. The compressed air energy storage technology adopted by these power stations is one of the main new energy storage technologies. In the salt cave, to realize the access and utilization of electricity. What are the highlights of this new energy storage technology and what is the market prospect? Use the salt cave to create an oversized "green power bank" Salt cave compressed air...
Xueyu University develops new solid-state aluminum-ion batteries or alternative lithium-ion batteries
The demand for batteries in electric vehicles such as private, public and commercial transportation (cars, buses, trucks) is increasing, so people began to develop aluminum ion batteries to meet the demand. Electric vehicles require a large amount of power to operate normally, which puts high demands on the battery, resulting in the battery must be able to carry out rapid and violent electrochemical reactions to drive external power (such as motors, electronic equipment, etc.). However, such...
