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Israël is considering two new rates for selling surplus electricity from home zoning installations back to the grid. The first offers a higher rate for the first five years, before it drops under the current speed, while the second will link the rate to inflation. A consultation is open until April 4. March 24, 2025 Patrick Jowett Image: Michael Pointner, Unsplash The Israeli Ministry of Energy and Infrastructure is planning to introduce new tariff rates for surplus solar energy to the roof under net measurement. The proposals relate to the sale of surplus electricity to the grid of home zoning…
According to the announcement of the acquisition, Drax sees the acquisition as a ‘compelling opportunity’ to add operational Bess activa to the flexgen portfolio of the wider Drax Group. Image: Heit. Drax has Outbid Foresight Group LLP to acquire the stock capital of the listed Harmony Energy Income Trust (Heit) for £ 200 million. A full subsidiary of Drax specialized in Battery Energy Storage Systems (Bess), Drax Bess Holdco (Drax Bidco), made a cash offer of 88p per share and appreciated Heit at £ 199.9 million. The range of Foresight, which was ready to accept if it was made solid,…
With two cycles a day, the Forton can be loaded without alienating the 15-year performance guarantee. This opens the possibility to act on the electricity market, so that companies can earn back their investments faster. March 26, 2025 Marian Willuhn The Tesvolt Forton is the first of the company to use LFP cells at high temperature that do not require liquid cooling and have a very long guaranteed service life life Image: Teslvolt By ESS News German commercial battery maker Tinkle The new Forton system developed to accommodate the fact that companies that can serve their batteries for two full…
The Chinese manufacturer said that his new heat pump system has a heating capacity from 6.5 kW to 17 kW and a performance bumps ranging from 4.8 to 5.23 by 15 C. March 26, 2025 Emiliano Bellini The China -based heat pump lecture Guangzhou Sprsun New Energy Technology Development Co., Ltd. (SPRSUN) has launched an air source heat pump for applications in swimming pools, spas and aquatic centers. “Our new heat pump system can maintain ideal water temperatures from 28 ° C to 35 ° C in every climate,” the manufacturer said in a statement. “It is saltwater and chlorine…
A report from Svensk Solenergi says that the connection with the electricity grid is an important obstacle for the expansion of battery storage technology in Sweden, with raster operators who often hesitate to connect large -scale projects. March 26, 2025 Patrick Jowett The 12 MW storage location of Ingrid Capacity in Gävle, Sweden, the storage location of Ingrid Capacity Image: Ingrid -capacity Van Ess News The Swedish solar association Svensk -Solenergi has emphasized various structural obstacles for connecting batteries to the schedule in Sweden. The Association’s Battery storage grid connection Report, invoiced as the first important assessment of the regulations…
By SB staff March 25, 2025 Sunrun And Pacific Gas and Electric Co. (PG&E) have formed an innovative partnership to help strengthen the California electric grid. The collaboration will use hundreds of Sunrun Solar + Storage Customer Houses to offer targeted tax lighting to neighborhoods that have been identified with very limited electric schedules. The purpose of this approach is to help in avoiding or postponing growth-related distribution investments, which reduces the costs for ratepayers. The Sunrun-Efforted virtual power plant (VPP) program is activated from June to October and comprises approximately 600 Sunrun customers who live in sections of the…
Delta has signed a memorandum of agreement with LG Energy Solution Verdech to use the American battery cells of LG in Delta’s residential energy storage systems. According to the agreement, from 2025 to 2030, LG Energy Solution will offer 4 GWH to residential lithium battery cells, which will be integrated into the upcoming all-in-one box of Delta for our houses. “We are committed to enabling homeowners to generate their own clean energy for later use and to lower their electricity accounts with our all-in-one energy storage systems,” said Mike Wang, general manager of the PV-Business Unit of Delta. “This collaboration…
The California Solar Canal Initiative (CSCI) wants to use research from the University of California, Merced, to find communities that are willing to generate power with solar-energy canals. March 26, 2025 Anne Fischer By PV Magazine USA The CSCI wants to increase the number of solar installations on the California channels. The initiative is led by the University of Southern California (USC) Dornsife Public Exchange and Independent Advisory Solar Aquagrid, and includes the faculty of seven universities, six of which are in California. A survey from 2021 conducted by researchers from the University of California, Merced, showed that covering large…
The large -scale Bess, which is being built in Bathgate, Scotland, represents an investment of £ 130 million from Onpath. Image: Onpath Energy. Scottish ministers have approved a 200 MW/400MWH 2-hour duration of 2 hours of battery energy system (BESS) to be developed by Onpath Energy. In October the plans of Onpath – formerly Banks Renewables – were unanimously approved by the Executive Committee of the West Lothian Council. Ministers of the Energy Constent Unit (ECU) of the Scottish Government approved the proposals on 24 March. The permitted development consists of 74 containerized battery storage units and a substation building,…
NEO learns and adapts to the habits of user consumption, which guarantees optimum use of solar energy on the roof and the battery life is improved. March 26, 2025 Gwénaëlle Deboutte The imeon Energy is on the ordered trade fair show Image: PV Magazine By ESS News The French solar-plus storage activities Imeon Energy has shown its NEO Smart, connected hybrid inverter with integrated storage at the ordered stock exchange in Lyon. The neo-range, aimed at residential users, has an energy management system that makes real-time optimization of solar energy generation and consumption possible. The product is available in five…