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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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Pieces of zinc in its raw form on a black background.
Markets
Zinc bateries to be Hindustan Zinc’s strategic focus The company, which is the second largest global integrated zinc producer, has access to vast domestic zinc reserves, and intends to explore new avenues of zinc applications in batteries.
Blathnaid O’Dea
Aug 02, 2024
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Battery energy storage systems situated in a clearing of a wooded area with green trees and a small pathway.
Projects & Applications
Canada pumps CAD117 million into trio of Nova Scotia battery storage projects The three battery energy storage systems (BESS) sites each have a power output of 50 MW and storage capacity of 200 MWh. Canada is also getting a new battery innovation center at Dalhousie University.
Blathnaid O’Dea
Aug 01, 2024
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Aerial view of a large solar and battery storage plant set against a dry, arid landscape with mountains and sky visible behind the solar panels and batteries.
Finance
Enlight secures financing for 1.2 GWh of collocated battery storage in New Mexico Israeli independent power producer Enlight has closed financing for the energy storage part of its planned Atrisco solar and storage project, to be located outside Albuquerque, New Mexico. Atrisco combines 1.2 GWh of battery storage with 364 MW of solar generation capacity.
Blathnaid O’Dea
Aug 01, 2024
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Solar panels in the Philippines surrounded by green grass in a field.
Tenders
Philippines announces renewables, energy storage auction The Philippines’ Department of Energy (DOE) has said that energy storage and maximizing the country’s existing renewable energy infrastructure will be a major theme for its next green energy auction. GEA-4 will take place in the final quarter of 2024.
Blathnaid O’Dea
Jul 30, 2024
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Tenders
Battery storage deployment in Canada kicks into gear The deployment of battery energy storage systems (BESS) in Canada is picking up the pace, with the announcement of a 705 MWh battery storage system delivery to Nova Scotia by Canadian Solar's e-STORAGE and various other projects in provinces across the country. However, this surge cannot come quickly enough says Energy Storage Canada.
Blathnaid O’Dea, Marija Maisch
Jul 08, 2024
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R&D
Paper byproduct lignin’s potential for capacitors, sodium-ion batteries A research team at Germany’s Friedrich Schiller University of Jena have identified a potential way to make energy storage systems more sustainable using lignin waste from the timber industry.
Blathnaid O’Dea
Jul 05, 2024
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e-zinc
Industry
Zinc batteries: Redflow teams with Stanwell on 400 MWh project, e-Zinc secures $31m commercialization funding Australian zinc bromide flow battery specialist Redflow has struck a partnership with Queensland state-owned generation company Stanwell to work together on the development of a non-lithium long-duration battery energy storage solution for use in a 400 MWh project. Meanwhile, Toronto long duration energy storage specialist e-Zinc has secured $31 million which will go towards developement and completion of its pilot manufacturing facility in Mississauga, Ontario.  
David Carroll, Blathnaid O’Dea
Jul 04, 2024
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Neoen battery installation
Policy
Rhode Island enacts energy storage law, targeting 600 MW by 2033  With the signing into law of the 2024 Energy Storage Systems Act, Rhode Island is targeting 90 MW of energy storage by 2026, 195 MW by 2028, and 600 MW by 2033. The state is also aiming to meet 100% of its electricity demand renewables by 2030. 
Blathnaid O’Dea
Jul 03, 2024
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Containers of battery energy storage solution
Revenue streams
Arbitrage is the top use case for batteries by U.S. utilities, report finds  Arbitrage is the top use case for 10,487 MW of battery energy storage capacity in the US, making it the most reported primary use. This data was presented by the U.S. Energy Administration Association (EIA) and covers 2023.  
Blathnaid O’Dea
Jun 28, 2024

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