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A landfill solar installation in Brooklyn, Ohio. Photo: CS Energy Meta Solutions, a regional council of governments that serve school districts, local authorities and public entities throughout OHIO, has announced the granting of a master contract to Veregh for the delivery of projects for solar infrastructure. VereGy was selected through a competitive request for qualifications (RFQ) and request for proposals (RFP) process that is designed to identify a qualified building manager (CMR) with design -assistant options under the Ohio purchasing guidelines. The selection process followed the requirements of the OHIO Revised Code (ORC) section 9.33 and Next, and the main…
The financing package of € 310 million ($ 351 million) comprises more than € 268 million ring flaxing for solar installations for self-consumption. The deadline for companies to submit applications is August 21. May 23, 2025 Patrick Jowett Image: Aboodi Vesakaran, Unsplash RomaniaThe Ministry of Energy has launched its second financing call to support new installations for renewable energy for self -consumption. The financing package of € 310 million ($ 351 million), funded by the modernization fund, comprises € 151 million for solar installations under 5 MW and € 117 million for solar installations of more than 5 MW. The…
China’s National Energy Administration (NEA) says that in April, China added 45.2 GW new PV and more than 104.9 GW in the first four months of 2025. May 23, 2025 Vincent Shaw China’s Nea The country said 104.93 GW of new solar capacity installed in the first four months of 2025, including 45.22 GW alone in April – an increase of 214.68% year in year – which emphasized the rapid pace of the expansion of the renewable energy sources. By the end of April, the total installed generation capacity reached 3.49 TW, an increase of 15.9% compared to a year…
The Gridbeyond platform will offer the prediction of energy price to make strategic charging and discharging possible, and the AI possibilities will optimize the performance of ABB’s BESS-A-A-Service assets. Image: Triodos. Gridbeyond and electrification technology company ABB ‘deepened’ their strategic partnership to deliver ABB’s BESS-A-A-Service offer. ABB has made a strategic investment in Gridbeyond, which in 2024 offers intelligent energy management solutions, whereby the partnership between the two companies was launched. Together they offer a fully managed energy storage service to commercial and industrial (C&I) customers worldwide. The flagship product of Gridbeyond is managed battery-as-a-service (MBAAS), which makes external management,…
Based on the heat pump-organic Rankine cycle, scientists in Portugal have made six different models of Carnot batteries for stationary storage. They investigated 16 different combinations of working liquids and created a multi-objective optimization for the best candidate. May 23, 2025 Lior Kahana Researchers from Portugal’s University of Coimbra have designed various versions of heat pump-organic Rankine cycle-based Carnot batteries (CBS). Carnot are batteries Systems that store electricity in the form of heat by storage media such as water or melted salt and transform the heat back to electricity when needed. This category includes Systems Laes systems (LAES) Systems) and…
A committee in the California State Assembly has assumed a bill that the net reimbursement of a solar pric owner can get rid of when a home is transferred. The Assembly Credits Committee has passed Assembly Bill 942Dericated by Assembly member Lisa Calderon (D), which in his last iteration would break an existing net meter agreement with a utility if that ownership was sold to another party. “The 20-year-old net measurement conditions, who signs every signs of the solar user, are connected to the solar system not the owner of the real estate. The undermining of these similarities when a…
This is the tenth Bess project for which Apurura has received the planning state in the last 17 months. Image: Apurura. Specialist of energy storage Apurura has successfully protected the building permit for a new 100 MW Battery Energy Storage System (BESS) in North Ayrshire, Scotland. The Kilwinning Bess is half a kilometer northeast of the city of Kilwinning on an eight-hectare site and marks the tenth BESS project for which the company has received permission from the planning in the last 17 months. With this development, Apatura now has a permission Bess portfolio of more than 1.6 GW. The…
The European Union has introduced secondary legislation under the Net-Zero Industry to support the production of solar energy. Member States must perform the new rules from 2026. May 23, 2025 Emiliano Bellini Under the Net-Zero Industry ACT, the European Commission has issued secondary legislation to help Europe produce at least 40% of its annual implementation needs for strategic technologies, including PV modules, batteries and heat pumps. “These rules clarify which production projects can benefit by specifically Provisions in the law, such as the permit, strategic project status and on non-prize criteria”The committee said in a statement.” Today’s law clarifies the…
Flexbase Group broke the land on an 800 MW/1.6 GWH Redox Flow Battery Project in Laufenburg, Switzerland, in what could become one of Europe’s largest power storage systems. The multi-use site integrates storage in the field of utilities, an AI data center and district heating. May 23, 2025 Sandra Enkhardt By ESS News Flexbase Group has started building what could be from Europe’s largest flow battery storage installations, whereby the land is broken on an 800 MW/1.6 GWH Redox Flow System in Laufenburg, Switzerland. The project combines storage on utility scale with an AI data center and district heating network…
Allye Energy has launched two new battery storage systems that can offer 820 kW and 1.25 MW of power respectively. The systems combine up to 18 recycled EV batteries with mixed chemistry. May 23, 2025 Lior Kahana The Max1000 Image: Allye Energy By ESS News The VK Energy Storage Allye Energy, based in the UK, has announced two new Battery Energy Storage Systems (BESS) for industrial applications. Dubbeds Max1000 and Max1500, the new systems have a storage capacity of 1 MWH and 1.5 MWh, Re. The MAX1000 is now available for order, with the MAX1500 launch in the summer of…