Science and Technology:
¶ “Invinity Unveils Next-Generation Battery” • Energy storage company Invinity Energy Systems has introduced Endurium, its next-generation vanadium flow battery. The technology has no cycle limits, no fire risk, high efficiency, and a modular, scalable architecture optimized for large scale projects, according to a statement by Invinity. [reNews]
Invinity Endurium battery (Invinity image)
¶ “German Researchers Learn New Way To Store Solar Energy” • Researchers at Johannes Gutenberg University Mainz and the University of Siegen in Germany have found a way to store solar energy for weeks or months. Instead of using sunlight to create electricity, they use it to store heat in molecular bonds in what are known as photoswitches. [CleanTechnica]
World:
¶ “More Electric Buses for Victoria, With Innovative Charging Solutions” • Kinetic is bringing 137 new Zero Emission Buses to join the Melbourne metropolitan bus network, in line with Victoria’s Zero Emission bus transition plan. The transition begins formally on July 1st 2025, and all new public buses for Victoria will be zero emission. [CleanTechnica]
Charging (Department of Transport and Planning Victoria)
¶ “BYD Sells 1 Million Plugin Vehicles In Just 2 Months!” • BYD keeps shattering records for plugin vehicle sales. After delivering over 500,000 plugin vehicles in October, the company sold a few thousand more than that in November. Extrapolate that out to 12 months, and we see that BYD could be selling 6 million plugin vehicles per year. [CleanTechnica]
¶ “XPENG Sales Soar 54%” • All the talk about declining EV sales is getting to be good for a laugh. In November, XPENG delivered 30,895 pure EVs to customers. That’s a whopping 54% increase over November 2023, and it’s up 29% over October 2024, which may be the even more impressive point. Naturally, it’s also a new monthly sales record for XPENG. [CleanTechnica]
XPENG EV (XPENG image)
¶ “Recurrent, PVH Ink 426-MW Spanish Solar Tracker Deal” • Recurrent Energy awarded PV Hardware the contract to supply solar trackers for its 426-MW Rey solar complex in Spain. The agreement concerns the Rey solar project in Seville. PVH will supply its AxoneDuo Infinity solar trackers for the project, which is to be operational in December 2025. [reNews]
¶ “Tata Power Renewable Switches On 431-MW Solar Park In India” • Tata Power announced that its Tata Power Renewable Energy unit commissioned a 431 MW solar project in Madhya Pradesh, which it won in competitive bidding. The project has single-axis trackers, as well as 560-W and 565-W bifacial glass-to-glass modules. [pv magazine International]
Solar farm (Tata Power Renewable Energy image)
¶ “‘No-Cost’ Home Solar And Battery Start-Up Raises Funds To Target 2,000 Homes Per Month” • The Sydney-based renewable energy startup National Renewable Network, which pioneered a no-cost solar and battery service, closed a $4.28 million funding round, helping the company prepare for a Series A funding round in 2025. [RenewEconomy]
¶ “Wind, Solar, And Rooftop PV Set Output Records, And Send Coal And Gas Plunging To New Lows” • The record season for renewable energy has extended from its traditional period over spring into summer, with numerous output records tumbling for the instantaneous generation of large scale wind, solar farms, and rooftop PVs in Australia. [RenewEconomy]
Solar farm (Courtesy of Nextracker)
US:
¶ “US Commits To $7.54 Billion Loan For Stellantis Venture To Build Two EV Battery Plants” • A Stellantis joint venture with Samsung SDI won a commitment from the US government for up to a $7.54 billion loan to help build two EV battery plants in Indiana. The project is expected to create at least 2,800 jobs at the plants and hundreds more nearby. [ABC News]
¶ “Automakers Attempt To Cultivate Trump’s Good Side – While They Push To Stay The Course On EV Mandates” • A coalition of 42 automakers, including Ford and General Motors, sent a letter to President-elect Donald J Trump requesting to continue the current EV policies favoring existing EV tax incentives and emissions regulations. [CleanTechnica]
Ford Mustang EV (Adrian Newell, Unsplash)
¶ “Texas Could Become A Major Producer Of Another Source Of Renewable Energy” • Texas could become a major producer of green hydrogen due to its existing energy infrastructure, a study in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences found. That infrastructure makes Texas a “valuable case study” as a fossil fuel producer being decarbonized. [ABC News]
¶ “Small US State Launches Game-Changing Agrivoltaic Project” • One of our smallest states has been punching way above its weight for installed solar capacity for almost 25 years. Now, a New Jersey project is in the works to draw more farms into the agrivoltaic movement, in which solar panels and agriculture combine for mutual benefit. [CleanTechnica]
Cows and PVs together (Courtesy of Rutgers University)
¶ “Confederated Tribes Of Warm Springs, Partner Start Work On Solar Project” • Warm Springs Power & Water Enterprises, manager of the Confederated Tribes of Warm Springs’ energy assets, announced that it will collaborate with renewable energy developer BrightNight to develop a solar-plus-battery project on the Warm Springs Reservation. [KTVZ]
¶ “NextEra Risked Seabrook Meltdown For Profit, According To Lawsuit” • NextEra, owner of Seabrook Station, allowed the plant to degrade to the point of risking a nuclear meltdown as part of a scheme to keep competitors at bay, alleges a lawsuit brought by the clean energy company Avangrid in the US District Court of Massachusetts Western Division. [InDepthNH.org]
Thanks to Tad Montgomery
Have an inwardly jubilant day.
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