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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).

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.

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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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.

Will Renewable Propane Be the Next Big Thing? Discovering its Scalability

The variability of sustainable vehicles is expanding, including bioethanol and hydrogen fuel cells. What is renewable propane’s role in this market? It has the potential to become an accessible, affordable and scalable offering.

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OneEthos Launches 'FastTrack' Program to Make Commercial Solar Significantly Easier and Faster for Small Business Owners

Nationwide program creates first-ever, instant-approval commercial solar loan

Haven Energy and Clean Energy Alliance (CEA) Launch Program Offering No-Cost Battery Storage for Eligible California Homeowners

The Battery Bonus Connect Program will provide over 300 qualifying, single family homeowners with battery systems at no purchase or installation cost

Nature's Generator Exhibits MyGrid 10K Whole-Home Solar-Powered System at Santa Barbara Home Show

Expandable to a Mindboggling 140 Kilowatt-Hours the MyGrid 10K Saves Homeowners Money and Provides Energy Security

EDP Renewables North America Announces Start of Commercial Operations at Bar Harbor Solar in Maine

Bar Harbor Solar is EDPR NA's second operational solar project in the Pine Tree State

Europe's largest flow battery project launched to boost energy security

To mark the start of the construction phase, leaders from Flow Batteries Europe (FBE) and the FlexBase Group met in Laufenburg, Switzerland to solidify cooperation on addressing energy security at the European level as the growing reliance on renewables continues to drive the need for long-duration storage.

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A One-In-Portrait (1P) solution for a wide range of solar projects within utility scale, distributed generation (DG), and community solar markets manufactured and factory preassembled in the USA at OMCO Solar with full-scale support, and design for quick, easy and safe installation, and fewer trackers per MW. OMCO makes all structural components with domestic steel and this balanced design allows for more accurate targeting and reduced energy consumption. OMCO Origin® Factory-Direct Trackers include universal module mounts with options for all commercially available modules, labor-saving bearings with 6 adjustable ways to compensate for posts and terrain issues, and foundation solutions for every terrain including OMCO C Piles.

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US Battery

US Battery

Since 1926, we have been designing and manufacturing the highest quality deep cycle batteries in the world. Starting out as a small manufacturing operation in San Diego, California and growing to the global company that you see today, having loca­tions in Corona, California, Evans, Georgia and Augusta, Georgia, we work each day to supply our customers with the best batteries available. Through innovation and technology our products are the go-to energy storage batteries for a variety of applications including: scissor lifts, sweeper/scrubbers, golf carts, boats, RVs, renewable energy, and many other industries that require the constant energy delivered by quality deep-cycle batteries.