Tag: Batteries
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Apex adds 400 MWh of energy storage at Texas solar site with Powin battery technology
Project developer Apex Clean Energy and energy storage platform provider Powin LLC are partnering on two new battery storage projects in Texas. Apex developed and will construct, own and operate the projects, while Powin is providing its Centipede Platform and StackOS battery management system. Angelo Storage, co-located with the 195 MW Angelo Solar Project, and Great……
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Amprius supplies batteries for U of Michigan solar car team in world challenge
Lithium-ion battery manufacturer Amprius Technologies Inc. is supplying battery cells to the University of Michigan Solar Car Team. The University of Michigan Solar Car Team is slated to compete in the Bridgestone World Solar Challenge — the world’s toughest and most prestigious solar car race, requiring teams to design, develop and pilot a solar-powered vehicle along a……
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The rise of FranklinWH in home energy storage
The home energy storage (ESS) marketplace is crowded, including brands familiar to solar installers (SolarEdge, Enphase, Canadian Solar) and to homeowners (Panasonic, Duracell, Generac, Briggs & Stratton), as well as roughly 1 zillion more. When a completely new name like FranklinWH made its initial U.S. rollout at Intersolar 2022, touting a true “whole home solution,”……
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EnerVenue’s metal-hydrogen batteries complete UL 9540A tests, certified to UL 1973
EnerVenue, the company bringing a much-hyped metal-hydrogen battery to market that’s capable of 30,000 cycles, achieved a few big milestones this week. EnerVenue has completed UL 9540A cell-, module-, and unit-level evaluation of thermal runaway fire propagation. Additionally, the company certified its Energy Storage Vessel to UL1973. The UL 9540A test method is officially titled:……
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Differences between SLA and LiFEPO4 batteries
This piece was contributed by Lawrence Zhou, CEO of Nature’s Generator Batteries are central to the advancement of clean energy, but concise, accurate information about the pros and cons of different battery types can be hard to come by. For that reason, Nature’s Generator put together a quick primer on two of the most significant……