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The project aims to transform stretches of the Red Sea coast into a sustainable business, tourism and residential development. Image: Neom.

Sungrow awarded 600MWh BESS contract for Saudi Arabia’s ‘smart city’ Neom

December 15, 2022
During first China-Arab States Summit, Sungrow signed battery storage supply agreement for Saudi Arabia’s new ‘smart city’ megadevelopment.
The cover story of PV Tech Power 33 charts industry efforts to bring more manufacturing closer to end markets. Image: Luca D’Urbino.

PV Tech Power 33 out now: solar supply chains, Europe’s need for energy storage and more

December 13, 2022
The Q4 2022 edition of our downstream solar journal, PV Tech Power, includes comprehensive coverage of efforts to diversify the supply chain.
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South Africa’s Eskom starts building first battery storage system

December 12, 2022
South Africa’s main utility and grid operator Eskom has announced the start of construction of its first battery energy storage system (BESS) with Hyosung Heavy Industries.
Flow battery demonstration plant in Hubei, China, where the world's biggest VRFB system, at 100MW/400MWh, went online recently. Image: VRB Energy.

Wood Mackenzie: Investment pours in for long-duration energy storage, but scale remains challenge

December 8, 2022
Enough money invested in long-duration energy storage technologies and projects over the past three years to result in 57GW of deployments.
Average lithium battery pack prices, with the US$100/kWh threshold forecast for 2026 on far right hand side. Image: Solar Media with BloombergNEF data.

Lithium battery pack prices go up for first time since BloombergNEF began annual survey

December 6, 2022
Lithium-ion battery pack prices have gone up 7% in 2022, marking the first price rise since BloombergNEF began its surveys in 2010.
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Bushveld restructures CellCube investment

November 28, 2022
Bushveld Minerals is restructuring its investment in vanadium redox flow battery (VRFB) firm CellCube, increasing it slightly to 27.6%, as part of its own energy storage business carve-out.
June 2021 inauguration of the 50MW initial phases of the project. Image: Jinko Solar.

AMEA Power making battery storage upgrade in Togo for ‘West Africa’s largest solar PV plant’

November 24, 2022
A 50MW solar PV plant in Togo will be expanded to 70MW capacity, while grid-scale battery storage will also be added at the site.
Public consultations have been held with Benin localities over the minigrid projects, with community approval required for each to go ahead. Image: OCEF.

Financing closed for Benin solar-battery minigrids by EDF-backed joint venture partners

November 18, 2022
New company deploying off-grid renewable energy solutions in Benin will carry out €8.5 million of electrification projects within a year.
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Thermal energy storage tech deployed by start-ups Hyme Energy, Azelio in Denmark and UAE

November 16, 2022
Hyme Energy will deploy a 20-hour hydroxide molten salt-based thermal energy storage system in Rønne, Denmark, for 2024 while Azelio has just completed the installation of a unit in Dubai, UAE.
China is home to most of the world's biggest manufacturers, like CATL (pictured) as well as having a controlling hand in much of the global raw materials and processing capacity. Image: CATL

BloombergNEF: China dominates global battery supply chain again with followers in flux

November 15, 2022
China continues to lead rankings for involvement in the global battery supply chain, but the chasing pack of other countries is in flux.

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