India plans for the first time to include energy storage as a requirement when a solar project is tendered this month, opening what could become a significant new market to battery makers such as Tesla Motors Inc., Samsung SDI Co. and Panasonic Corp.
Read MoreIndia plans for the first time to include energy storage as a requirement when a solar project is tendered this month, opening what could become a significant new market to battery makers such as Tesla Motors Inc., Samsung SDI Co. and Panasonic Corp.
Read MoreSunrun Inc., a residential solar power provider, expects growth to slow this year, in part because it has halted operations in Nevada.
Read MoreSunrun Inc., a residential solar power provider, expects growth to slow this year, in part because it has halted operations in Nevada.
Read MoreArgentina is poised to approve the final details of a new law designed to give a boost to clean energy as President Mauricio Macri steps up his efforts to fight climate change.
Read MoreMarch 11, 2016 marks the five-year anniversary of the 2011 Tohoku earthquake and tsunami, which caused catastrophic meltdowns at three reactors in the Fukushima Daiichi Nuclear Power Plant complex in Fukushima Prefecture. This devastating event resulted in a major change to the nation’s electricity supply market. It led to the introduction of the national feed-in tariff (FIT) program in July 2012 and historical liberalization of the retail electricity market, which will commence in April.
Read More“Made in Germany” should mean money for companies tapping Iran’s underdeveloped but potentially enormous solar market, according to a government-commissioned report.
Read MoreChina’s solar PV industry has been in recovery mode since 2013. The capacity utilization rate of PV firms has improved, the sector steadily continues to grow and new technologies have been developed, while the PV makers have seen their margins improve. Looking into 2016, the sector is expected to maintain growth, thanks to favorable policies and increasing market demand.
Read MoreSunEdison Inc., the world’s biggest renewable-energy developer, surged after Vivint Solar Inc. canceled a $1.9 billion buyout, saying its suitor failed to meet obligations to complete the deal.
Read MoreOn March 8, Kolkam Co announced that it had deployed two battery energy storage systems powered by nickel manganese cobalt oxide in South Korea. The company installed a larger 24-MW / 9-MWh system and a 16 MW / 6 MWh system both of which will perform frequency regulation for Korea Electric Power Corporation (KEPCO). The company said that 24 MW / 9 MWh system is the largest capacity Lithium NMC ESS used for frequency regulation in the world.
Operational since January 2016, the two systems, along with a Kokam 16-MW / 5-MWh Lithium Titanate Oxide ESS system deployed in August 2015, provide KEPCO with 56 MW of energy storage capacity for frequency regulation. These three systems are part of the world’s largest ESS frequency regulation project, which is expected to deploy 500 MW of battery-based energy storage when it is completed in 2017.
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