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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.

District Energy Technology for Data Centers

By aggregating the thermal needs of multiple buildings, district energy systems create economies of scale that enable investment in highly-efficient, industrial-scale or renewable assets that may not make economic sense for an individual building.

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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.

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PVH USA Case Study Confirms Industry-Leading Tracker Resilience in U.S. Hurricane and Snow Belt Regions

Wind-tunnel-tested design, less than 2-minute storm-stow and AI-driven SCADA combine to protect solar assets in Florida and the Midwest

Risen Energy Launches Integrated Solar Storage Systems at SNEC 2025

Full-stack residential, C&I, and utility-scale solutions highlight seamless PV, storage, and energy management integration

LG Energy Solution and Toyota Tsusho Establish a Battery Recycling Joint Venture in the U.S.

-The joint venture company Green Metals Battery Innovations will construct a pre-processing facility in North Carolina to extract black mass, a key material for battery recycling -The new facility objective is to achieve an annual processing capacity of 13,500 tons of scrap, equivalent to over 40,000 automotive batteries -LG Energy Solution's first battery recycling JV in North America signifies a strong commitment to collaboration on a closed-loop system and circular economy

LF Energy Summit Europe to Examine Open Source Solutions for the Energy Transition, 10-11 September in Aachen, Germany

Premier event exploring open source technologies and standards for energy systems will gather speakers from grid operators, technology vendors, government, researchers, and more

Solar Power at the Edge of the Arctic: Sungrow Powers one of the worlds Northernmost large-scale PV Project

The project, developed by Solarigo Systems Oy and supported by distributor PVO International, demonstrates the viability of large-scale PV even in Arctic conditions. It is already the second project Sungrow supports in Simo after a 60 MWh Battery Storage Project earlier this year.

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