CATL, BYD To Slash Battery Prices By 50% In 2024. BOOM! EVs Win!
CATL says it will begin selling LFP battery cells in the VDA format at price less than $60 per kWh hour by the middle of this year.
Energy Storage
Lithium-Air EV Batteries Tapped For Net Zero Economy Of The Future
Lithium-air EV batteries could help decarbonize aviation, shipping, and railways if only some key technology hurdles can be leaped.
1 GWh Energy Storage Project In Arizona Gets $559 Million In Financing
Strata Clean Energy has secured $559 million in financing for its 255 MW/1,020 MWh Scatter Wash battery storage complex. Strata broke ground on the Phoenix, AZ, energy storage project in January of this year. The huge battery storage complex is anticipated to be operating in 2025. Financial partners/collaborators for the … [continued]
US Department of Defense Plots Renewable Energy Takeover
The Pentagon is expanding its renewable energy efforts to include grid-wide decarbonization as well as on-site renewable resources.
Solar Storage Industries Institute Launches Solar + Farms Survey
WASHINGTON, DC — Today, the Solar and Storage Industries Institute (SI2) announced the launch of the Solar + Farms Survey. This groundbreaking research initiative explores barriers to agrivoltaics, or solar projects that serve a dual purpose by incorporating food crops or forage for livestock under and around the solar panels. … [continued]
Magnesium Batteries Are Beginning To Give Up Their Secrets
Researchers are in hot pursuit of magnesium batteries to fill the growing need for low-impact utility scale energy storage technology.
Bluetti Launches SwapSolar on IndieGogo, Elevating Your Outdoor Experience
After the huge success of the BLUETTI AC500, which set a crowdfunding record of $12 million on Indiegogo, BLUETTI is back to shake things up by launching its first ecosystem SwapSolar on February 21 at PST 6 am. First unveiled at CES 2024, the SwapSolar includes the world’s first LFP-powered … [continued]
NMG Secures Multiyear Offtakes from GM and Panasonic
Panasonic Energy and GM (together, the “Anchor Customers”) concurrently commit to multiyear offtake agreements for NMG’s active anode material, covering approximately 85% of NMG’s planned Phase-2 fully integrated production, from ore to battery materials. Offtake agreements are complemented by an aggregate US$50 million Tranche 1 Investment from Panasonic and GM to advance the development of NMG’s Phase-2 … [continued]
U.S. DOE Announces $15 Million to Boost Collection of Used (Spent) Consumer Batteries at Retailers
The U.S. Department of Energy’s Office of Manufacturing and Energy Supply Chains (MESC) today announced it is making up to $15 million available through President Biden’s Investing in America agenda to drive recovery of spent consumer batteries at retailers that can be sent to recyclers.
Redodo 12V 100Ah Group 24 Off-Grid Battery Review — CleanTechnica Tested
In my quest to spend as much time outside as possible, along with building a surf van to explore the California and Baja coasts, I have been looking to wire my camper van up with a 100Ah LiFePO4 battery in order to let me fully enjoy some creature comforts while … [continued]
