Western Europe

It took eight years of field measurements for researchers at the RWTH Aachen University in Germany to estimate the usable capacity of home battery energy storage systems and develop a dataset covering 106 system years and 14 billion datapoints. Their key finding was that home battery systems lose about two to three percentage points of usable capacity per year on average, meaning good news for the industry as most warranties in the market can be met with the implementation of capacity reserves.

Paxos Solar has developed a new glass-glass PV tile that integrates with heat pumps, featuring Longi’s back-contact solar cells. The 44 W, 59.5 cm x 48 cm tile can also produce heat for residential systems.

Australian battery recycling startup Renewable Metals intends to expand by a factor of 10 a demonstration-scale lithium battery recycling plant being developed in the United Kingdom after raising $8.1 million in a seed extension round.

Investment confidence in Australia’s green hydrogen industry has received a $660 million boost following a joint declaration with Germany to negotiate supply chains that guarantee European buyers for Australian products.

Australian battery anode and advanced materials company Talga has struck a deal with German multimetals producer and recycler Aurubis AG to develop a recycled graphite anode product from materials sourced from used lithium-ion batteries.

With Australia’s clean energy transformation ramping up, French solar energy and weather forecasting service provider Reuniwatt has unveiled plans to expand its operations in the country with the focus to include large-scale PV projects.

Private equity investor Actis has become a strategic partner in a 3.5 GW / 4.5 GWh solar-plus-storage project in the Philippines. The project is poised to become the world’s largest integrated renewables and energy storage installation upon completion.

Finnish energy technology company Wartsila Energy, which is playing a key role in the second stage of the Eraring Power Station battery facility, has released a new turnkey battery storage system that includes significant fire-safety features.

Aggreko has introduced two new mid-sized battery storage solutions – 250 kW / 575 kWh and 500 kW / 250 kWh, looking to meet a variety of on and off-grid applications.

Transported 900 metres along the Seine, a 78 kW temporary photovoltaic power plant has been docked at the Athletes’ Village to provide renewable electricity to meet the demands of the Olympic and Paralympic Place in Paris.