Oil giants pile into energy storage
By Jason Deign The last week has seen two Big Oil firms move into energy storage as continuing low prices for crude force petroleum sector players to diversify. On Monday the French oil giant Total…
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Bosch eyes PV energy storage
All this recent talk of integrated solar and battery energy storage has got a lot of people thinking of market opportunities. Take German manufacturer Bosch, for example, which is now targeting its snapily-titled BPT-S 5…
Rail drives Indian battery boom
Battery giant Saft has just announced that it has cut the ribbon on a new factory in Bidadi, Bangalore, with its partner Amalgamations. The factory, which will double Saft’s local capacity, will produce advanced rechargeable…
Saft in new US$98m deal with US military
Saft will be providing the US Defense Logistics Agency (DLA) with lithium-sulphur dioxide batteries for portable devices such as radios,reports New Energy Network. The DLA will then pass the units onto the US Army, Navy,…
US military vehicles go electric
It is not just tree-huggers who are embracing electric vehicles: the US Army has several in the pipeline. This means opportunities for energy storage companies, such as Saft, which has just been awarded USD$1.3 million from weapons…
Saft breaks into wind with lithium-ion battery
Advanced battery manufacturer Saft will be supplying two Intensium Max 20E lithium-ion battery containers as part of the High Wind and Storage Project near the City of Regina in Saskatchewan, Canada. Commissioned by Cowessess First Nation to design,…
ACCIONA adds energy storage to solar
ACCIONA has made history by integrating a battery and smart control system into a photovoltaic (PV) plant, connected to the main electricity grid. Located in Navarre, Northern Spain, the ILIS Innovative Lithium-Ion System management design for…