Analysis & Features

September 16, 2021: The world’s biggest battery, Vistra Corp’s Moss Landing 300MW/1200MWh  batttery, suffered a major overheating incident on September 4, which resulted in sprinkler systems being deployed and firefighters…

September 16, 2021: SimpliPhi Power has been snapped up by the gas engines and power generation equipment manufacturer Briggs & Stratton, the firm announced on September 7. The purchase will…

September 16, 2021: EUROBAT today welcomed Norwegian lithium battery maker FREYR Battery into its membership. FREYR makes lithium batteries using electricity generated by hydro and wind energy, and targets the…

September 16, 2021: Sila, a lithium-ion battery materials company, claimed on September 8 that it “is bringing to market the most significant breakthrough in battery chemistry in 30 years —…

September 16, 2021: Li-Cycle Holdings Corp, a lithium-ion battery recycler in North America, announced on September 8 that it plans to build a fourth commercial lithium-ion battery recycling facility —…

September 16, 2021: Novus Capital Corporation II and Energy Vault, an energy storage company, announced on September 9 that the two boards of directors had entered into a definitive agreement…

September 16, 2021: EDF Renewables North America and Clean Power Alliance, a Californian utility, announced on September 2 the signing of a 15-year PPA for the Desert Quartzite solar-plus-storage project. The project…

September 16, 2021: Canadian Solar announced on September 7 that it had signed long-term operations & maintenance agreements with two solar plus battery storage projects — the Slate and Mustang…

September 16, 2021: Canadian Solar announced on September 8 that its wholly-owned subsidiary, Recurrent Energy, had sold an 80% stake in its 350MW/1.400GWh Crimson storage project to Axium Infrastructure, a…

September 2, 2021: All of GM’s Chevrolet Bolts produced between 2017-2022 are being recalled at a cost of $1 billion because of the risk of battery fire, the US National…