Trinasolar and A*STAR partner for battery technology: In an announcement, global smart PV and energy storage solutions, Trinasolar, said that it has partnered with Singapore's leading R&D agency, A*STAR (Agency for Science, Technology and Research). The focus of this partnership will be to optimize and upgrade industrial battery manufacturing technologies. Leveraging on each other’s strengths, both parties aim to address the core technical challenges faced in the commercialized energy storage batteries space. The Executive President of Trinasolar, Helena Li thanked the Singapore government for their proactive role in building a platform for new energy and green transition.
JinkoSolar's SunGiga C&I BESS sets for Guangdong: Module supplier JinkoSolar announced that it has supplied 220 sets of its flagship C&I energy storage system SunGiga (JKS-215KLAA-100PLAA) to a PV and storage project in Guangdong province of China. SunGiga comes with a liquid cooling system that has multi-level monitoring devices. The temperature difference between batteries is controlled within 2 degrees Celsius, which maximizes the overall charging and discharging efficiency at a round trip efficiency (RTE) of 94%. Of late, Guangdong has been launching a variety of programs with a view to increase C&I ESS installations.
Trina Storage launches fully integrated ESS in North America: Trina Storage, the storage unit of Chinese solar module manufacturer Trinasolar announced that it has launched its first fully integrated 10MWh Elementa 2 Elevate energy storage solution for the North American market. Elementa 2 Elevate boasts of an AI bionic liquid cooling system, P67 Pack Pro design, and C5-level anti-corrosion coating. This, the company says, will significantly improve energy density and system efficiency, thereby continuously reducing the cost per kilowatt-hour of storage. In June this year, Trina Storage and Trina Solar Evergreen had introduced their latest BIPV & BESS solution at SNEC 2024 (see Trina Solar’s Latest BIPV & BESS Solution At SNEC 2024)
BIT develops tandem solar cells with 32.5% efficiency: Beijing Institute of Technology (BIT) research team, along with other units, developed a perovskite/crystalline silicon tandem solar cell with an efficiency of 32.5%. Speaking about this achievement, Professor Chen Qi from BIT's Frontier Interdisciplinary Science Research Institute, said that the team proposed an innovative wide-bandgap perovskite crystallization control strategy. Adding long-chain alkylamines to the precursor solution, the team accelerated the growth of high-quality crystal nuclei, while inhibiting the growth of low-quality nuclei, resulting in a uniform high-quality wide-bandgap perovskite film. The areas of the produced tandem cells are 1 square centimeter with 32.5% efficiency and 25 square centimeter with 29.4% efficiency. This feat has been published in the Science journal.
China releases action plan for new power system construction: Recently, the Action Plan for Accelerating the Construction of a New Power System (2024-2027) was jointly issued by China's National Development and Reform Commission (NDRC), National Energy Administration (NEA), and National Data Administration (NDA). Some of the key points included:
· Enhancing the performance of wind and photovoltaic power stations, upgrading a batch of new energy stations with new energy storage that is not effectively utilized, and raising the new energy output to over 10%.
· Increasing the proportion of green electricity in data centers and reducing the grid's capacity assurance demand.
· Exploring the joint operation model of solar thermal power generation with wind and photovoltaic power generation for stable green electricity supply.
· Constructing a batch of smart microgrid projects with complementary wind, solar, and storage at the grid's end and in areas not covered by the large grid to improve local power supply levels
· Building a batch of source-grid-load-storage coordinated smart microgrid projects in areas with good new energy resource conditions to enhance the self-use ratio of new energy generation.
GCL Green Energy & OPP to build zero-carbon services park: In an announcement, GCL Green Energy, a wholly-owned subsidiary of smart integrated energy system integrator GCL SI, said that it will partner with electric vehicle manufacturer, OPP, to build a low-carbon/near-zero-carbon park and to manage carbon services for China Communications Future Technology City. With an investment of RMB 17.2 billion ($2.40 billion), the park will be spread across 881 acres in Xiongan High-Tech Zone in Hebei. Both the companies will build an Energy Management System (EMTS) platform, which will include photovoltaic storage and charging facilities, ultra-low energy buildings, energy-saving hotels, electric carbon asset trading services, and the like. With this approach, the barriers between different energy forms in the park will be broken, leading to optimized management of energy supply and consumption.
Canadian Solar and Australia FRV seal partnership: Canada headquartered Chinese solar power company, Canadian Solar, announced the signing of an EPC contract by its subsidiary, e-STORAGE, with Fotowatio Renewable Ventures Australia (FRV Australia), a global sustainable energy solutions developer. As per the contract, Canadian Solar's latest SolBank 3.0 energy storage system solution will be used for a energy storage project located in Victoria, Australia called Terang. The construction will begin in August 2024. e-STORAGE and Australia FRV have also signed a storage supply agreement and a long-term service agreement for the project, which will have a capacity of 100MW/200MWh.
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