Articles written by Marian Willuhn

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Research & Development
Evaluating battery chemistries for grid-level storage Researchers in China have ranked some of the most commonly used battery chemistries according to parameters deemed important for grid-level storage. The team gave a score in each category and determined a winner – and it wasn’t lithium-ion.
Marian Willuhn
Mar 05, 2020
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Markets & Policy
Solar cells from space are on the way A team at the U.S. National Renewable Energy Laboratory has come up with a new process that would reduce the production cost of highly expensive – and highly efficient – gallium arsenide cells.
Marian Willuhn
Jan 14, 2020
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Applications & Installations
Moixa reaches 100 MWh of virtual power plant capacity in Japan The company says its network is the largest fleet of batteries under virtual power plant management worldwide.
Marian Willuhn
Nov 11, 2019
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Applications & Installations
Distributed storage market to grow nearly twentyfold by 2028 Market intelligence company Navigant Research has developed a country forecast of the global market. Incentives and pricing will be the main driver of installations, though the market will continue to be concentrated in certain key regions for now.
Marian Willuhn
Nov 08, 2019
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Technology & Products
SolarEdge reports $1bn revenue in nine months The third-quarter results for the inverter maker are in and look promising. All performance indicators are up for the steadily growing company.
Marian Willuhn
Nov 07, 2019
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Applications & Installations
Hydrogen powered mining trucks are coming The building-sized trucks run on diesel and prompt logistical complications as large amounts of diesel must be shipped to remote mining sites. Attempts to decarbonize the mining sector will have to consider the heavy-duty vehicles.
Marian Willuhn
Oct 15, 2019
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Applications & Installations
Long read: Solar + wind, the benefits of co-location Shared grid connections, complimentary resource availability, and more grid-friendly power are among the key advantages of pairing wind farms with solar arrays – and developers are quickly moving into the emerging space.
Marian Willuhn
Oct 12, 2019
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Applications & Installations
The energy transition is easily affordable but all hope of 1.5C warming will vanish in 2028 Technical consultancy DNV GL has published its Energy Transition Outlook 2019. While the electric vehicle, storage and renewable energy industries are likely to see significant rises in demand, the sobering conclusion is the world will miss carbon reduction targets by a long shot.
Marian Willuhn
Sep 12, 2019
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Applications & Installations
RES battery prevented complete blackout in the UK On August 9, a thunderstorm caused 1.5 GW of generation capacity to go offline within seconds in the U.K. The incident caused millions of households to temporarily lose power but the situation could have been considerably worse if not for the country’s battery storage reserves.
Marian Willuhn
Sep 09, 2019