Alternative Energy - Articles, Stories & Interviews
Harnessing Wind Intelligence to Safeguard Solar Arrays
Seeing the storm before it arrives can mean the difference between shutdown losses and uninterrupted solar yield. Beyond rattling panels or nudging trackers out of place, the wind can quietly rack up costs and downtime and even shorten the life of critical equipment.
Major Demo Keeps Quaise Energy on Track to Power the World with Clean, Renewable Geothermal Energy
The mother lode of geothermal energy is some two to 12 miles beneath the Earth’s surface where the rock is so hot that if water could be pumped to the area it would become supercritical, a steam-like phase that most people aren’t familiar with.
Ultimate Guide to Battery Aging - How to Prevent Aging in Battery Energy Storage
This article will explain aging in lithium-ion batteries, which are the dominant battery type worldwide with a market share of over 90 percent for battery energy stationary storage (BESS).
Future Proofing Off-Grid Systems Against Obsolescence
The ReadyEdge is a system monitoring and site management device that connects to one or multiple compatible Morningstar charge controllers to aggregate their operating data and enable remote management.
Battery Manufacturer Cuts Scrap by 90% and Streamlines Prototyping
Lithos has now built a repeatable system through PICO to speed up prototyping, minimize losses, and ensure every change is intentional, traceable, and scalable.
Battery inspection using machine vision – fast, reliable, and variable
Averna has developed a procedure for automating battery inspection for one of its customers. The fact that potential errors are extremely varied increases the complexity of the inspection process.
Jinko Solar Expands into Energy Storage
Although contracts for solar and energy storage are inherently different, many of the terms and conditions remain the same, so customers can enjoy a more streamlined purchasing process, reducing cost and time.
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Reliability in Extreme Latitude: Sungrow Deploys 60MWh Battery Storage Project Close to the Arctic Circle
This project supports Finland's renewable energy grid and is part of the FRV AmpTank joint venture. The company is developing battery storage projects for both short-duration and long-duration storage at multiple locations.
Sungrow Releases the Groundbreaking PowerTitan 3.0 Energy Storage System Platform
The 30ft PowerTitan 3.0 Plus version is the world's largest BESS both in capacity and energy density, reducing land footprint by 45% and cabling by 10%.
Record-breaking energy density with up to 684Ah stacking battery cells and 12.5MW/50MWh per AC block.
Kiwa PVEL Releases 11th Edition of the PV Module Reliability Scorecard
In the 11th edition, Kiwa PVEL names a total of 50 manufacturers as "Top Performers" in one or more of the tests, with nine manufacturers named as Top Performers with at least one model type listed in each of the seven test categories.
Alternative Energy - News Headlines
GameChange Solar Expands LATAM Footprint with Eight New Solar Projects Totaling 715 MWp
GameChange Solar announced a significant expansion in Latin America today with eight new solar projects, including three in Chile, one in El Salvador, and four in Colombia, totaling 715 MWp. GameChange Solar's continued growth demonstrates the ability to provide high-performance tracker and fixed-tilt systems optimized for diverse geotechnical and climatic conditions in Latin America's evolving energy infrastructure.
Sungrow Signs Strategic Distribution Agreement with PM Service to Deliver 100 Units of PowerStack C&I ESS in Italy
The agreement includes the purchase of 100 units of the ESS PowerStack to be delivered throughout 2025. Sungrow's PowerStack is a fully integrated, modular ESS designed for commercial and industrial (C&I) applications.
APAC on course to become world's largest CO2 shipping market, forecasts new Xodus CCUS report
expected to lead CCUS demand; storage need could require offshore industry similar in scale to Australia's gas infrastructure
Cadiz Signs Second MOU for Hydrogen - Solar Development at Cadiz Ranch
Clean energy and digital infrastructure projects at Cadiz expected to generate $7- $10 million per year in lease revenue and water supply sales, in addition to supporting sustainable water and farming operations and data center development.
Natural Power supports Brookfield's $1.74 billion acquisition of National Grid Renewables
Global independent renewable energy consultancy, Natural Power, has provided technical due diligence on behalf of Brookfield Asset Management, one of the world's largest clean energy investors, in support of its acquisition of National Grid's U.S. onshore renewables business for $1.74 billion.
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U.S. BATTERY RENEWABLE ENERGY SERIES DEEP CYCLE BATTERIES
Our RE Series batteries are designed to provide the highest peak capacity, longest cycle life, and greatest reliability for use in industrial or residential renewable energy applications. Renewable Energy Series batteries utilize the company's exclusive XC2™ formulation and Diamond Plate Technology® to create the industry's most efficient battery plates, delivering greater watt-hours per liter and watt-hours per kilogram than any other flooded lead-acid battery in the market. Our Deep Cycle batteries are engineered to work with solar panels as well as other renewable energy applications.
Alternative Energy - Featured Company
Morningstar Corporation
With over 4 million products installed and sold since 1993-in some of the most extreme environments and mission-critical applications in the world-Morningstar Corporation is the world's leading supplier of solar controllers and inverters. The US-based, privately-owned company is headquartered in Newtown, Pennsylvania, with an engineering research and development center in Maryland, and a global network of dedicated, best-in-class distribution and manufacturing partners. With some three decades of consistent, independent ownership and management behind it, Morningstar today enjoys stability and staying power unique in the industry- a result of the high morale, independent culture carefully cultivated by its founders and their original vision.
