Nissan and Opus to work used EV batteries
Tuesday, 19 February 2019
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19 February 2019 Latest Power Market News Nissan and Opus to work used EV batteries (Europe): Nissan and camper manufacturer Opus to use second-hand EV batteries to provide off-grid power with new Nissan ROAM battery. It is made of lithium ion batteries delivering 700Wh of storage capacity and a power output of 1kW. It can
The US plans to recycle lithium batteries
Monday, 18 February 2019
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18 February 2019 Latest Power Market News The US plans to recycle lithium batteries (North America): The US plans to develop recycling technology of lithium-ion batteries from automotive, consumer electronics and other products. The US Energy Department plans to invest $15 million in a three-year research and development project at Argonne National Laboratory outside Chicago.
EDB to support a solar plant project in Kazakhstan
Saturday, 16 February 2019
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15 February 2019 Latest Energy Market News AGL proposes to be the country’s largest battery in Australia (Asia Pacific): Australi’s AGL Energy has proposed to construct a large 100MW/150MWh battery next to Cooper’s Gap wind farm in Queensland, Australia. The farm would have a capacity of 453MW to generate 1,510,00 MWh electricity for around 264k
EDP Renewable has signed 104MW agreement
Wednesday, 13 February 2019
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13 February 2019 Latest Power Market News Redflow installed ZBM batteries in Thailand (Asia): Redflow, an Australian battery storage company, deployed ten zinc-bromine flow batteries of 10KWh along with three large lithium ion batteries to store surplus solar energy in Ban Pha Dan, Thailand. It will store energy for the local microgrid which has lacked
Future Trams systems could be powered by batteries to ease congestion
Friday, 08 February 2019
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8 February 2019 Latest Power Market News Prysmian to upgrade Washington power transmission grid in various phases (North America): Italy’s Prysmian Group is to upgrade the power transmission grid of Washington, D.C in various stages. The project is going to start in 2019 and is expected to be completed by 2026 at the cost of
Deakin starts work on renewable microgrid energy project
Thursday, 07 February 2019
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7 February 2019 Latest Power Market News Freudenberg acquires majority stakes in XALT Energy (North America): Germany’s Freudenberg entered a strategic partnership with the US XALT Energy. With the current 50% buying its share in XALT reached 81%. It also aims to buy the remaining share over the next few years. Deakin starts work on
India to purchase battery power electric buses
Wednesday, 06 February 2019
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4 February 2019 Latest Power Market News India to purchase battery power electric busses (Asia Pacific): Tamil Nadu government plans to purchase 2,000 low maintenance battery-powered buses to introduce environment-friendly public transport systems. The German state-owned development bank KfW will provide the loans for the project at 2% interest. PM Modi launches various power
Mercedes to build a battery factory in Poland
Thursday, 24 January 2019
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24 January 2019 Latest Power Market News Mercedes to build a battery factory in Poland (Europe): Mercedes-Benz Cars is starting the building of electric batteries plant in Jawor, Poland. It would expand its global battery production network to nine factories. Toshiba will contribute to Maldives’s clean and stable power supply with a microgrid (Asia
Toyota and Panasonic in a joint venture to produce batteries for electric vehicles
Tuesday, 22 January 2019
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22 January 2019 Latest Power Market News DBT will supply current transformers for the Tunisian Electricity and Gas Company (STEG) (Europe): The French transformer manufacturer DBT will deliver 560 three-phase measurement blocks transformers and 4,200 single-phase measurement transformers (CR range) for a total amount of $1.5 million by the end of 2019. Toyota and Panasonic
Eaton has developed efficient power inverters for EVs
Thursday, 17 January 2019
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17 January 2018 Latest Power Market News Eaton has developed efficient power inverters for EVs (Europe): Eaton developed compact power dense inverters for electric vehicles with a high power density of 35 kW/L with 98% operating efficiency which will induce electricity from the battery. It will be tested by a global automaker in the first