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Blathnaid O'Dea pv magazine
Blathnaid O'Dea pv magazine

Blathnaid O’Dea

Blathnaid is Features Editor with pv magazine Global. Prior to joining the team in 2024, she specialized in writing feature-length articles about STEM careers. She also covered news, including some of Ireland’s renewable energy announcements over the past few years.

Articles written by Blathnaid O’Dea

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Markets
Dominican Republic needs up to 400 MW of BESS by 2028, minister says According to the country’s Minister of Energy and Mines, Joel Santos, the Dominican Republic will need between 250 to 400 MW in energy storage systems by 2028.
Blathnaid O’Dea
Nov 29, 2024
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Projects & Applications
Centrica buys Belgian grid-scale battery first commissioned in 2018 Centrica snapped up the 18 MW Terhills battery park from LRM. It has been providing optimization services to the park since it was commissioned.
Blathnaid O’Dea
Nov 28, 2024
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Products & Services
UK startup Molyon raises $4.6m to pilot lithium-sulfur battery Molyon is building a pilot center in Cambridge to develop a cathode that will enable lithium sulfur batteries to last longer and be more stable.
Blathnaid O’Dea
Nov 28, 2024
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Technologies
Storing solar energy as heat in synthetic molecules for future energy storage systems German researchers are testing lab-made molecules designed to absorb, store, and release solar energy on demand, acting as 'heat batteries'. The researchers say their method is more efficient at storing solar energy compared to conventional thermal heat storage systems.
Blathnaid O’Dea
Nov 27, 2024
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Industry
MET Group buys French BESS company Comax Swiss energy company MET Group has acquired a 100% stake in Comax, and will now oversee the deployment of the French company’s multi-megawatt project pipeline.
Blathnaid O’Dea
Nov 26, 2024
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Markets
COP29: Global alliance for pumped storage launched, pledges endorsed For energy storage, COP29 didn't yield too many surprises, with previously shared targets and a grids pledge agreed upon.
Blathnaid O’Dea
Nov 25, 2024
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Projects & Applications
Africa BESS: financial close for 1 GWh, 300 MWh changes hands  Three South African battery energy storage systems (BESS) projects totaling 1.28 GWh of storage have achieved financial close following a 7-billion-Rand ($387m) debt fund raise. The trio, known as Oasis 1, will enter into a 15-year power purchase agreement with national power provider Eskom.
Blathnaid O’Dea
Nov 21, 2024
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Grid-scale
Evlo to supply 300 MWh of safety-enhanced battery storage to Virginia’s Dominion Energy Canada's Evlo first received the UL 9540 certification for its EVLOFLEX system in March, but it later successfully recertified the model following the adjustments Dominion Energy specified.
Blathnaid O’Dea
Nov 21, 2024
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Second-life batteries
Webasto harnesses second life batteries for its German site Christian Gallner, plant manager at Webasto's Schierling battery manufacturing site, said the decision to power the plant using second-life batteries was an important part of its commitment to the circular economy.
Blathnaid O’Dea
Nov 27, 2024

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