Finning invests in portable power

Finning UK & Ireland has invested in Instagrid portable battery power stations to allow its field service engineers to work on customer equipment sustainably, even when a power connection is not available.

Chartway completes low carbon Ebbsfleet neighbourhood

Chartway Partnerships Group, partnering with Packaged Living and Moat, has completed Alkerden 5B, a neighbourhood of Ebbsfleet Garden Village, including 47 Octopus 'Zero bills' homes with solar panels and Tesla battery storage.

NZ’s largest industrial landowner set to invest $110m in rooftop solar

New Zealand’s largest industrial landowner is set to invest more than $110 million in a rooftop solar and battery storage rollout it says will lower production costs for local and export firms while reducing pressure on the national electricity grid at peak times. Over the next decade, the initiative will see up to 170,000 solar […] The post NZ’s largest industrial landowner set to invest $110m in rooftop solar appeared first on Building Today.

McAlpine to be replaced on £4bn gigafactory

Sir Robert McAlpine is to be replaced on the £4bn Agratas electric vehicle battery plant in Somerset. TSL, which specialises in data centres and logistics builds, is in line to take over the project, Construction News understands. McAlpine landed the contract to construct the first… The post McAlpine to be replaced on £4bn gigafactory appeared first on Construction News.

McAlpine leaving Agratas’s £4bn car battery job after ‘agreeing to part ways’ with client

Contractor says decision made in wake of ‘extensive discussions’ with Tata subsidiary who says ‘different construction delivery model now needed’

Just Have a Think - Energy storage in oxygen 18062023

Energy storage is a key element of grid decarbonisation. Developers all over the world are looking for ways to supplement the hard work currently being shouldered predominantly by lithium-ion technology. Now a team of researchers in Vienna has shown us how we can reliably move electrons using oxygen as the main source

Fully Charged Show - MASSIVE Storage. THIS is How To Power the Grid With 100% Renewable Energy! 23052023

Big batteries are perhaps the key to making a completely renewably powered grid possible. Imogen visited Europe's largest battery energy storage system, Pillswood in Hull to find out how Harmony Energy is getting as much clean energy from Dogger Bank, the world's biggest wind farm, onshore and into our homes. But these are no ordinary batteries, at 200 MWh these Tesla Megapacks are decked out with Artificial Intelligence, these are working to make the grid both renewable and flexible.

Undecided - Why Salt Water may be the Future of Batteries 09052023

There’s no shortage of solutions to the world’s need for renewable energy storage, but there is a shortage of accessible and cheap resources to use for those solutions. Lithium and vanadium aren't limitless, so what about regular, run-of-the-mill salt? Redox flow batteries, or RFBs, can exploit the abundance of elements like sodium and iron. One U.S. company already has salt water batteries ready to go, with at least two others developing iron flow variations built to effectively run on rust.

Just Have a Think - Battery recycling just got a whole lot better 14052023

Recycling will play a crucial role in providing enough minerals and metals for the energy storage solutions of the future. But current recycling methods are very energy-hungry and can be environmentally harmful. Now a new process aims to overcome both those challenges, and save time and money as well!

WSJ - EV Batteries: Can the U.S. Challenge China’s Industry Dominance? 24032023

China’s dominance is clear when it comes to powering electric vehicles. The U.S. lags in most steps of the battery-making process, from sourcing raw materials to assembling components. The U.S. government is spending billions of dollars to take on China’s dominance in EV batteries. WSJ explores whether the U.S. can overcome these disadvantages

Are sufficient recycling facilities being planned along with the battery Gigafactories?