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Technologies pv magazine
Technologies pv magazine

Energy storage systems come in many forms, leveraging different technology types. A class of electrochemical storage, lithium-ion batteries have established themselves as the industry standard.

But there are many new technologies vying for their market share.

Sodium-ion batteries are widely considered a sustainable and resource-saving answer to future energy storage, while flow batteries offer a viable alternative in long-duration storage applications.
However, the path to commercialization is not a straightforward one.

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World’s largest compressed air energy storage project breaks ground in China Once completed, the Jintan project will hold the title of the world’s largest compressed air energy storage facility, integrating groundbreaking advancements in both power output and efficiency.
Vincent Shaw
Dec 20, 2024
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Schmid Pekintaş targets redox flow battery cost reduction with new Turkish gigafactory Production equipment supplier Schmid is expanding its joint venture with the Pekintaş Group to establish a vanadium redox flow battery production facility with an output of 3 GWh. The factory is scheduled to begin production in 2026.
Jonathan Gifford
Dec 20, 2024
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Boralex plans li-ion and vanadium flow hybrid in France, Acciona colocates new and second-life EV batteries in Spain Canada's Boralex will combine two battery types at an innovative site in France and Acciona Energía will study the performance of new, versus second-life, electric vehicle (EV) batteries at a stationary storage site in Badajoz, Spain.
Pilar Sanchez Molina
Dec 20, 2024
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Australian redox flow water-based battery developer lands state grant Allegro Energy has secured a AUD 2.1 million ($1.3 million) grant from the New South Wales state government to develop an Australian-made, aqueous-based redox flow battery energy storage prototype capable of storing energy for more than 10 hours.
Ev Foley
Dec 20, 2024
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SunTrain prototype
SunTrain: Moving energy via batteries on railways SunTrain is hoping to ship renewable energy via battery-powered trains, charged from solar and wind, using rail networks.
Tristan Rayner
Dec 17, 2024
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Peak Energy behind Colorado sodium-ion battery cell engineering center The company seeks to commercialize alternatives to utility-scale lithium-ion battery energy storage.
Michael Puttré
Dec 17, 2024
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EV charging microgrid project powered by lead batteries The developers of the first-of-its-kind lead battery-powered EV charging station, currently located in Missouri, say they plan to roll it out across the US.
Blathnaid O’Dea
Dec 16, 2024

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Chart showing the fully installed energy storage system average capex and ranges by technology
LDES poised to outcompete lithium-ion batteries While most long-duration energy storage (LDES) technologies are still early-stage and costly compared to lithium-ion batteries, some have already or are set to achieve lower costs for longer durations, finds BloombergNEF.
Marija Maisch
May 31, 2024
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Illustration of geomechanical energy storage project
Texas to host 300 MW of geomechanical energy storage projects Quidnet Energy, a provider of geomechanical energy storage (GES) technology, has joined hands with distributed energy resources developer Hunt Energy Network to deliver 300 MW of storage projects in the Electric Reliability Council of Texas (ERCOT) grid operating region.
Marija Maisch
May 30, 2024
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Disassembled batteries
Spanish initiative for advanced battery recycling technologies Spain's Energy Technology Institute has initiated a project named RECILION in a bid to develop advanced recycling technologies that are reproducible on a commercial scale.
Pilar Sanchez Molina
May 27, 2024
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Assistant Professor Golareh Jalilvand and her research team
Bringing lithium-sulfur batteries closer to commercialization Researchers at the University of South Carolina have successfully transitioned their highly-durable lithium-sulfur battery technology from coin to pouch cells and reported competent energy densities.
Marija Maisch
May 27, 2024
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China southern power grid
China switches on first large-scale sodium-ion battery China Southern Power Grid has deployed a 10 MWh sodium-ion battery in China’s Guangxi Zhuang region. It is the first phase of a 100 MWh project.
Pilar Sanchez Molina
May 21, 2024
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Schematic of the system
Integrating pumped hydro with compressed air energy storage A group of Chinese researchers has made a first attempt to integrate pumped hydro with compressed air storage and has found the latter may help the former to better deal with large head variations.
Emiliano Bellini
May 16, 2024
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Varta group
German initiative to develop scalable sodium-ion batteries A collaborative project led by German battery supplier Varta aims to develop industrial-scale sodium-ion battery technology. The final product of the three-year, €7.5 million ($8.08 million) project will be a small series of round cells for electric vehicles and stationary storage systems.
Patrick Jowett
May 16, 2024
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Diagrams of vanadium redox flow batteries
Evaluating the profitability of vanadium flow batteries Researchers in Italy have estimated the profitability of future vanadium redox flow batteries based on real device and market parameters and found that market evolutions are heading to much more competitive systems, with capital costs down to €260/kWh at a storage duration of 10 hours.
Marija Maisch
May 01, 2024
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Honda electric vehicle
Car batteries can optimize the power grid Australian researchers have found that if 10% of vehicles are electric and utilize V2G connections, they could reduce peak electricity demand at local substations by 6% and save car owners hundreds of dollars per year on charging costs.
John Fitzgerald Weaver
Mar 13, 2024

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