Tag: Batteries

  • Crown Battery outlines near-zero waste goals for lead-acid batteries

    Energy storage demand has nearly tripled since 2020, and supplier Crown Battery projects record growth as the world decarbonizes and stores more renewable energy. “What most battery users don’t see is all the upstream waste – and millions of batteries destined for the garbage dump,” says John Connell, Vice President of Crown Battery’s SLI Products……

  • Redflow’s zinc-bromine flow battery receives SGIP approval in California

    Redflow Limited, supplier of a unique zinc-bromine flow battery based in Australia, has been approved by the California Public Utilities Commission (CPUC) for the state’s Self-Generation Incentive Program (SGIP). This is notable as Redflow is one of the few non-lithium energy storage providers to receive SGIP approval. SGIP provides rebates to support existing, new, and……

  • Generac adds stationary battery storage for C&I applications

    Generac continues to build out its solar + storage product portfolio. This week, Generac Industrial Power (part of Generac Power Systems) unveiled the all new SBE series of stationary battery energy storage systems (BESS). The SBE series will be available later this year. The SBE series will be offered as standalone energy storage products, as……

  • Wärtsilä completes UL 9540A testing of GridSolv Quantum ESS

    Technology group Wärtsilä achieved an important energy storage system (ESS) safety milestone last week. Its GridSolv Quantum technology successfully completed UL 9540A unit-level testing. Wärtsilä’s fire safety partners and stakeholders – including Intertek, Fire & Risk Alliance, Energy Safety Response Group and Energy Security Agency – oversaw the testing. Fire safety is a major priority……

  • Briggs & Stratton readies big push of SimpliPHI ESS for homes, C&I

    At the 2023 NABCEP CE Conference, we chatted with Briggs & Stratton Energy Solutions about its growing portfolio of energy storage systems, built on the SimpliPHI battery technology it acquired in September 2021. “We are seeing a great deal of interest from both residential and commercial markets in our energy storage systems especially with the……