Around the globe, electricity generation, transmission and the distribution landscape have been rapidly changing. The emergence of multiple sources of power, including renewable sources like solar and wind, enforces changes to the age-old practice of injection of power through limited points. Especi... Read more

JSE-LISTED Metair is confident that with its refined strategy it is possible to reach its target of producing 50m batteries across five continents in the next five years. Managing director Theo Loock said yesterday that Metair remained well positioned to take advantage of changing technological tre... Read more

{module This Category} Technology conglomerate Alphabet has revealed that it is actively investigating new methods of storing energy. The company’s special projects division, known as ‘X’, has been working on a number of so-called ‘Explorations’, including one called Malta, which is ... Read more

{module This Category} Electricity from sunlight makes economic sense in Australia, in part because the cost of electricity in that sun-splashed country is sky high. Tesla’s overall plan is to include displays for its rooftop solar products in its stores. The problem is, at the present time, ... Read more

By 2030, nearly 40% of all new cars hitting the country’s roads will be electric vehicles, predicts McKinsey & Co Director Rajat Dhawan. This prediction is in line with the government’s vision to turn India into a 100% electric vehicle nation by 2030. While electrifying all cars might take ... Read more

{module This Category} TAIPEI -- The Taiwanese government is planning to approach Tesla to discuss the feasibility of setting up lithium ion battery facilities for storing renewable energy on the island, in line with a project the U.S. technology company recently launched in Australia, a top of... Read more

{module This Category} California’s grid operations will be supported by the ramping of an estimated 3,000MW of energy storage, when a solar eclipse expected across the Pacific North-West of the US will cause PV generation to dip. The California Energy Storage Alliance (CESA) trade group iss... Read more

NEDO — an industrial R&D entity under the Japanese government — has provided roughly ¥3.4 billion of the pilot project’s total ¥3.9 billion ($35.2 million) investment. Its partners — Japanese industrial group Hitachi, IT services provider Hitachi Systems and Tokyo-based conglomerate It... Read more

{module This Category} State-run firm Energy Efficiency Service Ltd (EESL) has floated a tender for procuring 10,000 electric cars and 4,000 chargers for coal, mines, power and new and renewable energy ministries as well as for providing them on rent to other departments. EESL has floated a te... Read more

175 GW of renewable energy, the national electric mobility mission, digital India, access to 24x7 reliable electricity, green energy corridors – India has arrived on the edge and that is the place to be! A lot of the energy and the fourth industrial revolution is happening at the edge of the elect... Read more

{module This Category} India’s first attempt to include battery-based storage with utility-scale solar power projects has failed. Solar Energy Corporation of India recently announced that it had to cancel two solar+storage auctions. SECI believed that tariff bids for these projects... Read more

{module This Category} A Swansea University-led consortium has been awarded £7m in UK government funding to demonstrate solar homes capable of generating and storing their own electricity in several remote Indian villages. The solar project - dubbed Sunrise - will use printed photovoltaic cel... Read more