Energy Storage

RoyPow introduced a new residential lithium-ferro-phosphate battery this week at Intersolar North America in Long Beach, California.

Servotech has signed a pact with Dubai-based Al-Ansari Motors to provide EV charging solutions in the Middle East and Africa. The company aims for $50 million in business from this region in the next one to two years.

Researchers in Germany have assessed direct coupling and integration between PV and batteries at the scale of a single PV module. They say their solution could be cheaper and provide superior performance than maximum power point tracking (MPPT) in optimizing PV system performance.

The draft guidelines released by the power ministry include concessional climate finance and utilization of exhausted coal mines as sites for pumped storage projects.

Sustainability solutions provider TheGreenBillions Ltd (TGBL) has joined hands with the Pune Municipal Corporation (PMC) on the waste-to-hydrogen project. The plant will utilize Pune’s 350 tonnes of municipal waste per day to generate hydrogen for 30 years.

China’s Longi claims that its new ALK Hi1 electrolyzer can produce hydrogen with an energy content of 4.3 kWh per normal cubic meter. It says the levelized cost of hydrogen could be up to 2.2% lower than other electrolyzers on the market.

The DC fast electric vehicle (EV) chargers will be available at BPCL fuel stations between Delhi and Jalandhar. BPCL plans 200 such fast-charging corridors along national highways by March this year. 

Ionblox says it will use $32 million of series B funding to support the buildout of a novel silicon anode electric vehicle battery.

European Investment Bank (EIB) has joined the India Hydrogen Alliance and agreed to increase support for large-scale green hydrogen hubs and projects across India with indicative funding of EUR 1 billion.

US researchers have designed a molten salt that could potentially reach an energy density of up to 100 Wh/kg at a cost of $7.02/ kWh. The battery uses an aluminum cathode that charges quickly and reportedly enables longer-duration discharge.