On April 16 an explosion occurred when Beijing firefighters were responding to a fire in a 25 MWh lithium-iron phosphate battery connected to a rooftop solar panel installation. Two firefighters were killed and one injured. CTIF can now publish a translation of the Chinese report from the incident.
[pdf] Variable renewable energy (VRE) and energy storage systems (ESS) are essential pillars of any strategy to decarbonize power systems. However, there are still questions about the effects of their interaction i.
[pdf] A new energy storage plant featuring sodium- and lithium-ion batteries has opened in China's Yunnan province. The energy storage station, operated by China Southern Power Grid, is approximately 33,333 square meters in size and features over 150 battery compartments, according to CnEVPost.
[pdf] The 100,000-mu (6,666 hectares) project is providing clean energy for China's power grid while helping improve the environment of the desert, showing China's latest efforts at eco-development.
[pdf] Researchers at Tsinghua University in Shenzhen, China, have turned to the panel arrangement used in solar cells to harness electricity from raindrops falling from the sky.
[pdf] Concentrating solar power plants use sensible thermal energy storage, a mature technology based on molten salts, due to the high storage efficiency (up to 99%).
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