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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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Grid-scale
Field acquires 800 MWh BESS project from Clearstone Energy Renewables company Field has snapped up a 200 MW/800 MWh BESS project from Clearstone Energy located in Hartlepool in the UK.
Blathnaid O’Dea
Nov 19, 2024
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Distributed
GridBeyond Storage funds behind-the-meter BESS across UK, Ireland GridBeyond Storage will explore behind-the-meter (BTM) solar PV and electric vehicle (EV) charging projects for commercial and industrial customers in Ireland and Scotland.
Blathnaid O’Dea
Nov 18, 2024
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Technologies
Hitachi achieves headway with first UK intercity battery train trial The trial in the north of England has demonstrated that a 700 kW battery can enable quieter, zero-emission travel in and out of non-electrified stations. During the tests, a train was recorded operating solely in battery mode for 70km, a sufficient distance to cover bridges, tunnels, and stations.
Blathnaid O’Dea
Nov 08, 2024
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Sodium-ion batteries
New research optimizes energy density in sodium-ion batteries A machine learning model has identified as the optimum composition to attain the highest energy density for sodium-ion batteries.
Blathnaid O’Dea
Nov 07, 2024
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Eos battery with an American flag.
Grid-scale
Eos to supply zinc aqueous batteries to Nebraska utility storage project The 3MW/12MWh facility will use Wattmore's energy management system and feature zinc aqueous batteries made by Eos.
Blathnaid O’Dea
Oct 28, 2024
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Grid-scale
Apatura obtains permit to build major Scottish battery project The 100 MW Tealing battery energy storage (BESS) project in east Scotland will feature 52 lithium-ion batteries containers.
Blathnaid O’Dea
Oct 25, 2024
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Battery energy storage system with containers and a tree and sky in the background.
Finance
1 GWh Texas battery portfolio secures financing Four Texas battery energy storage (BESS) projects with a combined capacity of 730 MW / 1,049 MWh have secured $315.7 million in financing with a view to becoming operational later this year.
Blathnaid O’Dea
Sep 06, 2024
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The entrance to Enerpoly's new megafactory facility in Sweden.
Manufacturing
Enerpoly opens milestone zinc-ion battery megafactory in Sweden Sweden’s Enerpoly has ambitious plans to make its 6,500m2 plant the center of global and European zinc-ion battery innovation. It is aiming for final capacity of 100 MWh annually by 2026.
Blathnaid O’Dea
Sep 04, 2024
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Battery and energy storage researchers standing together in a row in a room with a large screen in the center showing people.
R&D
Indian initiative to commercialize new zinc-ion battery technologies Indian mining company Hindustan Zinc will collaborate with Bangalore-based Jawaharlal Nehru Centre for Advanced Scientific Research (JNCASR) to develop new zinc alloys for use as anodes in zinc-ion batteries and electrolytes for use in rechargeable batteries.
Blathnaid O’Dea
Aug 23, 2024

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