In 2021, satellite images revealed a 1MW solar farm near Nampo paired with what analysts believe is a vanadium redox flow battery setup. Why vanadium? It's like the kimchi of battery tech – durable, long-lasting, and perfect for harsh conditions.
[pdf] The US-based Pomega Energy Storage Technologies, specialising in lithium iron phosphate battery production, will install a 62-megawatt (MW)/104-megawatt-hour (MWh) battery energy storage system (BESS) at the Oslomej 80-megawatt-peak (MWp) solar plant in North Macedonia, operated by the Turkish renewables company Fortis Energy.
[pdf] The European research project NEXTBMS coordinated by the AIT Austrian Institute of Technology (long title: NEXT-generation physics and data-based Battery Management Systems for optimized battery utilization) aims to develop an advanced battery management system (BMS) on the basis of fundamental knowledge and experience with the physico-chemical processes of lithium-ion batteries.
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