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1. Hotel to Operate on Battery Power in Edinburgh
  
  Explore BBC - Homepage Jan 4 2019 Solar Photovoltaic , Utility Grid , Lithium
  
  An Edinburgh hotel is claimed to be the first in the UK to be powered by battery. The Gyle Premier Inn at Edinburgh Park has installed a five-tonne battery. It will charge from the grid in off-peak periods and power the 200-room site for several hours each day. The lithium ion battery will save the hotel £20,000 a year on its energy bill. It is able to power the hotel, including the restaurant, for up to three hours after a two-hour charge. Electricity company E.ON has supplied and installed the technology at the hotel and will be remotely managing the battery's workload and efficiency from its energy management center in Glasgow.
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2. New Lithium Hydroxide Factory in Western Australia Wins Federal Approval
  
  Explore theguardian.com Jan 3 2019 Commercial & Industrial , Lithium
  
  Earthworks for a new lithium hydroxide factory in Western Australia are expected to begin this month after the $1bn project received federal environmental approval. The plant owned by the world’s largest lithium producer, the US chemical company Albemarle, was approved by the Western Australian government in October and is estimated to create up to 500 jobs in construction, with another 100 to 500 operational jobs once it is operational. Australia’s trade minister, Simon Birmingham, said the plant would provide a much-needed local jobs boost and supply a growing global demand for lithium, which is used in renewable energy storage.
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3. China Making Big Battery Storage Push In 2019
  
  Explore CleanTechnica Dec 27 2018 Solar Photovoltaic , Utility Grid , Lithium
  
  China is poised to add a significant amount of battery storage to its utility grid next year. And it’s backing two horses in the energy storage race — both lithium-ion and flow batteries are part of the plan. China’s renewable energy portfolio now stands at 706 gigawatts according to Bloomberg but too much of that is wasted, or curtailed as they say in the utility industry. 7.7% of the electricity generated by wind turbines is curtailed as is 2.9% of electricity from solar panels.
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4. Kokam Wins 40 MWh of Battery Storage Contracts in South Korea
  
  Explore Renewables Now Nov 29 2018 Solar Photovoltaic , Utility Grid , Lithium , Nickel
  
  November 29 - South Korean firm Kokam Co Ltd has secured orders to supply 40 MWh of energy storage systems linked to solar photovoltaic (PV) capacity in South Korea. Kokam, a provider of lithium-ion battery cells, batteries and energy storage solutions, said on Wednesday that the capacity is split between two projects totalling 12 MWh and 28 MWh, respectively. It is expected to be put on stream by the end of this year.
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5. A Battery for the Next Century? It Could Happen Here.
  
  Explore The Boston Globe Aug 3 2018 Solar Photovoltaic , Lithium
  
  Clean energy advocates are increasingly focusing their hopes on battery storage to supply power to the grid from the sun and the wind, particularly during times of peak demand when the weather might be, inconveniently, cloudy and still.
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  Mentions: CA DoE Africa
6. Further Tax Cuts on Li-ion Would be 'Essential Boost' for India's Energy Storage Industry
  
  Explore Energy Storage News Jul 27 2018 Solar Photovoltaic , Commercial & Industrial , Utility Grid , Lead , Lithium
  
  India’s Goods and Services Tax (GST), a single tax applicable across the whole of the country, will be lowered for lithium-ion batteries by 10% in a move which has been welcomed by the India Energy Storage Alliance (IESA). All goods and services are taxable under the law, which was introduced in 2017. Along with a wide range of other changes, the GST rates on lithium-ion batteries has dropped from 28% to just 18%. In related news, fuel cell vehicles will see their GST reduced from 28% to 12%.
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7. Tesla is Building a Powerful Battery System with a Capacity of Up to 1.1 GWh
  
  Explore Interesting Engineering Jul 1 2018 Solar Photovoltaic , Utility Grid , Lithium
  
  Elon Musk is not short of ambition, and for the past couple of months, he and his company Tesla have been working on a massive battery project that has the potential to make even the company’s 129 MWh project in Australia look small. The company is working in collaboration with PG&E (Pacific Gas & Electric Company) to create a massive battery system in California that will have a capacity of more than 1.1 GWh.
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8. US Army Wants Better Energy Storage, US Lab Delivers 3x Better
  
  Explore CleanTechnica Jun 15 2018 Flow Battery , Lithium
  
  The US Army is behind a new research project at the Department of Energy’s Brookhaven National Laboratory that aims to send lithium-ion batteries spinning into a new era of high capacity energy storage. Among other things, that means more wind and solar grid integration, and that’s kind of funny considering that right now DOE is making yet another stab at finding a way to save old coal and nuclear power plants from the dust bin of history. Good luck with that!
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9. Lockheed Says 'Flow' Battery will Boost use of Renewable Power
  
  Explore reuters.com Apr 23 2018 Solar Photovoltaic , Utility Grid , Flow Battery , Lithium
  
  WASHINGTON - Lockheed Martin Corp hopes to launch a new “flow” battery made of inexpensive, nontoxic materials that can help utilities save money and use more renewable energy, company officials said on Monday.
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10. Latest Trump Tariffs Spare Batteries Used in EVs
  
  Explore chron.com Apr 5 2018 Solar Photovoltaic , Commercial & Industrial , Utility Grid , Lead , Lithium
  
  A new wave of tariffs on Chinese goods targets batteries, but those tariffs are unlikely to have a major impact on batteries used for energy storage or electric vehicles, according to the Energy Storage Association, an industry trade group.
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11. Biggest U.S. Nuclear Owner Exelon Invests in Storage Startup
  
  Explore Bloomberg Dec 12 2017 Solar Photovoltaic , Utility Grid , Lithium
  
  Exelon Corp., the biggest U.S. nuclear operator, is investing in the batteries of the future. The company is a lead backer of Volta Energy Technologies, a startup that plans to evaluate and test new energy-storage technologies. Albemarle Corp., the Charlotte-based lithium supplier, is also a lead investor in Volta.
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  Mentions: DoE U.S. Argonne
12. Younicos commissions 3MW battery-based energy storage system in Alaska | Energy Storage News
  
  Explore Energy Storage News Nov 17 2017 Solar Photovoltaic , Utility Grid , Lead , Lithium
  
  Younicos has completed the installation and commissioning of an upgraded 3MW battery-based energy storage system on Kodiak Island, Alaska. Younicos replaced the previously installed lead-acid systems with advanced lithium-ion batteries — expanding the system’s operational lifetime while boosting performance.
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13. Flow Batteries Leading the Way in Lithium-Free Niches
  
  Explore Energy Storage News Sep 19 2017 Solar Photovoltaic , Utility Grid , Flow Battery , Lead , Lithium
  
  While lithium-ion is rapidly racing ahead to become the “de facto grid storage solution” and is the most popular technology choice by far, vendors of other types of batteries are also targeting the market, with varying degrees of success. US firm Navigant Research published ‘Navigant Research Leaderboard: Non-lithium ion batteries for grid storage’, earlier this month, examining the technologies, business models and strategies for commercialisation and larger scale production of energy storage batteries that sit outside the many different sub-chemistries making up the lithium battery market ecosystem.
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14. Lithium-ion Predicted to Dominate Even in ‘Longer Duration’ Global Market
  
  Explore Energy Storage News Aug 24 2017 Solar Photovoltaic , Utility Grid , Flow Battery , Lithium
  
  There is a global trend towards longer duration energy storage and even in this segment, lithium-ion batteries are expected to dominate the market over flow batteries and other technologies, an I.H.S Markit analyst has told Energy-Storage.News. The research firm issued its bi-annual Grid-Connected Energy Storage Tracker to its clients at the end of July, predicting the rise of grid-connected systems from an installed base of less than 4GW today to hit 52GW by 2025.
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15. ‘Saltwater Battery’ Maker Aquion Energy Back From Dead Under New Ownership
  
  Explore Energy Storage News Jul 25 2017 Solar Photovoltaic , Lithium
  
  Aquion Energy, maker of energy storage batteries and whole systems based on a novel electrolyte with a chemical composition similar to saltwater, is back in business. The American company, which began production in 2014, went bust in March, offloading 80% of its workforce and sending its website offline. One British company, Solar PV Partners, which was selling Aquion Aqueous Hybrid Ion (AHI) batteries said Aquion had developed a “sustainable, clean and non-hazardous product”, also describing it as “cost-effective” and “scalable” compared to alternative storage technologies.
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16. Can a Flow Battery Steal the Throne From TEP's 4.5-Cent Solar-Plus-Storage PPA?
  
  Explore Greentech Media Jul 20 2017 Solar Photovoltaic , Flow Battery , Lithium
  
  Signing the cheapest PPA is like conquering the Iron Throne: Before you even have time to enjoy the accomplishment, someone's on their way to take it from you. In May, NextEra Energy Resources secured a 4.5-cent per kilowatt-hour solar-plus-storage PPA with Tucson Electric Power. That's low for just solar, but the 100 megawatts of generation will come backed by 30 megawatts of 4-hour-duration energy storage. The system is set to run by the end of 2019.
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  Mentions: CA U.S. Arizona
17. Energy Renaissance Building 1GWh of Lithium-ion Battery Storage Manufacturing in Darwin, Australia
  
  Explore Energy Storage News Jun 27 2017 Solar Photovoltaic , Commercial & Industrial , Utility Grid , Lithium
  
  Renewable energy company Energy Renaissance is constructing a 1GWh per annum lithium-ion battery storage manufacturing plant at Darwin, in the Northern Territory of Australia. The plant, named ‘Renaissance One’, will have seven production lines that are due to become operational in late 2018. The firm claims this will be the Southern Hemisphere’s first facility producing semi-solid state lithium-ion batteries, which it says are uniquely optimised for warm climates.
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18. Bankrupt Aquion's Salt Water Battery Assets Sold to Austria's BlueSky Energy
  
  Explore Greentech Media Jun 2 2017 Lithium
  
  A bid from Austria's BlueSky Energy for Aquion's assets was accepted by Aquion's U.S. owners. The CEO of BlueSky, Helmut Mayer, notes that the firm has been working with Aquion's batteries "for years" and sees "a future market for electricity storage in salt water technology." The CEO noted the environmental friendliness and low maintenance requirements of the battery. Mayer claimed the battery was suited for "homes and small- and medium-sized companies."
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19. First BTM Li-ion Battery Project Approved in New York City
  
  Explore utilitydive.com Apr 12 2017 Solar Photovoltaic , Residential & Community & Microgrid , Utility Grid , Lithium
  
  Demand Energy, a subsidiary of Enel Green Power North America, has begun construction on a microgrid with storage capability in New York City. The microgrid will comprise a 400-kW solar system and 400-kW fuel cell supported by a 300-kW, 1.2-MWh lithium-ion battery at Marcus Garvey Village, a mixed-income apartment complex owned by L+M Development Partners.
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20. Despite Technological Advances, Flow Batteries Struggle Against Market Giant Lithium-ion
  
  Explore utilitydive.com Mar 15 2017 Solar Photovoltaic , Flow Battery , Lithium
  
  Flow batteries have made strides recently in bringing down costs and improving efficiencies, but they are going to have a tough time competing with the entrenched market leader: lithium-ion batteries. More than half of the 1,280 MWh of worldwide battery installations on the power grid since 2010 have been li-ion batteries, according to Department of Energy data. Looking at just 2015 and 2016, that share rises to 60%. In the United States, li-ion has an even bigger market share at 78% since 2010 and 97% since 2015.
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21. Younicos to Upgrade Kodiak Island to Lithium Energy Storage
  
  Explore pv-magazine-usa.com Feb 28 2017 Solar Photovoltaic , Commercial & Industrial , Lead , Lithium
  
  In 2007, KEA set a goal to produce 95 percent of Kodiak’s energy from renewable sources by 2020, to reduce reliance on diesel fuel and lower the cost of generation to customers. Today, the island has achieved that goal through a combination of hydroelectric and wind energy, KEA officials say. The new batteries will permit greater harvesting of wind potential.
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22. Saft Seanergy® energy storage systems are now approved by the Norwegian Maritime Authority
  
  Explore saftbatteries.com Oct 19 2016 Commercial & Industrial , Military , Lithium
  
  Paris, October 19, 2016 – Saft has obtained approval of its Seanergy® marine energy storage system by the Norwegian Maritime Authority (NMA) for use in a variety of hybrid and fully electric propulsion applications. Saft is the only manufacturer of marine lithium-ion (Li-ion) batteries to use the Li-ion Super-Phosphate® (SLFP) chemistry which offers the highest levels of safety, performance and reliability. The approval process was based on simulated thermal runaway tests carried out on the Seanergy® systems by an independent laboratory in August 2016. During the propagation test 1, a cell was forced into a thermal runaway situation by a specific device inserted inside the cell. The test was performed three times. Thanks to the Super-phosphate® chemistry, the batteries passed the test on each occasion with no uncontrolled event, no fire and no explosion, with nearby cells remaining in a safe condition and no propagation to neighboring modules and without any active means of fire suppression.
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23. New Tech at Lockheed Martin Gives Boost to Our Electric Grid
  
  Explore Time Warner Cable News Oct 19 2016 Solar Photovoltaic , Utility Grid , Lithium
  
  LIVERPOOL, N.Y. -- The Grid-Star Lithium-Ion Energy Storage System, recently installed at Lockheed Martin's Liverpool facility, will reduce electricity bills and allow the aerospace, defense, security and advanced technologies company to provide services to the electric grid. That's according to company officials who believe this technology is a win-win for everyone involved. "We're delighted to do it at an important Lockheed Martin manufacturing facility to provide value both to ourselves and to the electric grid in a project that makes financial sense for us and demonstrates what we are doing with this new product line," said Richard Brody, Lockheed Martin sales and marketing director. Brody says four more systems will be installed at other Lockheed Martin facilities in the near future.
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24. Are Lithium-Ion Batteries Reaching the Point of Diminishing Returns?
  
  Explore Greentech Media Oct 11 2016 Solar Photovoltaic , Commercial & Industrial , Lithium
  
  A soon-to-be-released study from a supercapacitor manufacturer claims lithium-ion batteries could be reaching their physical energy density limits, calling their future usefulness into question. Using a “first-principles analysis,” Wolfgang Mack, vice president of business development at Menlo Park-based Capacitor Sciences, argues lithium-ion technology has reached 87 percent of its commercially achievable cell limit for energy density.
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