October 7, 2020 - Renewable Solar

Experts react to Tesla Battery Day: The key technology takeaways

By Andy Colthorpe | Energy Storage News

One observer on Twitter noted of Tesla’s Battery Day livestream that nearly 300,000 people had tuned in to what was in some ways “a science lesson” about batteries.

Earlier this week, we collated some views on the overall strategy the company intends to implement to improve both battery cell design and battery manufacturing and integration. Experts from IHS Markit, BloombergNEF, EIT InnoEnergy and BAX & Company helped us along with that one. You can also read our report of the day itself here. In this final piece of in-depth Battery Day coverage, let’s take a closer look at the technology, manufacturing techniques and value chain improvements Elon Musk and Drew Baglino talked about.

Behind the rise of US utility-driven solar

By Jules Scully | PVTech

As the US tilts towards a presidential election that will very much decide the country’s path for the next four years, federal policy towards renewables and, indeed, climate action in general, hangs in the balance.

But in the absence of overarching federal policy, utilities in the US are increasingly taking matters into their own hands. Recent months have witnessed a slew of integrated resource plans (IRPs) published by utilities, each detailing ambitious plans to deploy swathes of solar and other renewables, as well as energy storage, in a bid to wrestle back control of climate action.Read More