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https://www.pv-tech.org/news/siemens-buys-kacos-string-inverter-business

Nice to see and has scope for expansion. https://www.businessinsider.co.za/take-a-look-south-african-farmers-have-built-the-first-floating-solar-park-in-africa-2019-3

https://moderndiplomacy.eu/2019/03/03/batteries-can-help-renewables-reach-full-potential-in-africa/

https://www.edie.net/news/8/Shell-set-to-buy-Limejump--acquiring-large-UK-battery-storage-portfolio/ The announcement from Shell comes shortly after the firm revealed that it was exploring the feasibility of doubling its annual green energy investments to $4bn (£3.2bn), as it begins to transition away from fossil fuels and move into the low-carbon and renewables sectors.

Vanadium prices show some volatility Ferro-vanadium prices rose in Western Europe yesterday by 0.8% to $76.2-78.03/kgV. Vanadium pentoxide prices rose by 5.7% to $16.88-17.56/lb in Rotterdam But ferro-vanadium prices fell in the US by 5.5% to $37.5-40/kgV highlighting differences between the two markets and some uncertainty over US construction. Ferro-vanadium prices in China remain unchanged at $74-76kgV. On balance vanadium prices appear to feeling their way higher again with European prices heading higher probably on a lack of available supply out of China

Their Stony Brook company, StorEn Technologies, is adapting vanadium-flow batteries—typically the size of shipping containers and found in utility or industrial settings—for light commercial or household use. https://m.phys.org/news/2019-02-ny-startup-aims-tesla-powerwall.html

Nice summary https://cleantechnica.com/2019/02/27/global-oil-plows-billions-into-solar-energy-storage/

What they had to deal with https://www.esi-africa.com/former-eskom-ce-couched-consultancy-firms-to-win-contracts/

VRFB........? https://www.scientificamerican.com/article/an-arizona-utility-is-betting-big-on-energy-storage/ “I think it’s a game changer for storage because it is a utility-generated proposal,” said Mike O’Boyle, director of electricity policy at Energy Innovation, a clean energy think tank. “I think utilities have been generally slow to embrace these technologies. To have a big utility like APS say that storage is the most cost-effective option is remarkable given that the default option for APS and others have been natural-gas-fired generation.”

https://www.dataweek.co.za/61939N “One of the knock-on effects is a spike in the rate of crime across the country. Over and above the advantage provided by reduced visibility during the night time, and the shutting down of security systems, Johannesburg City Power’s website has a handy schedule to help criminals plan where and when to commit their crimes – whether those schedules are actually kept to is another story.“

https://www.dailymaverick.co.za/article/2019-02-21-privatisation-is-inevitable-in-sa-but-you-may-not-recognise-it/

https://www.pv-magazine.com/2019/02/22/bnef-cheap-finance-is-key-to-pv-deployment-in-the-developing-world/ “Concessional finance has the potential to take developing nations’ clean energy markets to the next level,” said Luiza Demôro, lead author of the report. “With access to cheaper finance, many emerging countries would be able to kick-start their battery storage sectors and avoid capacity additions from fossil fuel fired plants.”

https://www.forbes.com/sites/ellenrwald/2019/02/21/forget-the-green-new-deal-the-future-is-batteries/#756069c31512 “If governments truly value the environment as they claim, perhaps they should be focusing more on battery research and less on centralized grand reorganizations of the economy.”

It may be on “small scale” at present but they are all getting involved. https://www.designnews.com/electronics-test/shell-buys-sonnen/25734993760288

https://www.greentechmedia.com/articles/read/new-path-to-market-for-flow-batteries-rent-an-electrolyte#gs.KT6cnuCm

https://insideclimatenews.org/news/20022019/100-percent-renewable-energy-battery-storage-need-worst-case-polar-vortex-wind-solar

https://www.metalbulletin.com/Article/3859322/Latest-news/GLOBAL-VANADIUM-WRAP-Chinese-export-offers-tick-up-following-return-from-Lunar-New-Year.html

https://stockhead.com.au/resources/the-world-is-now-running-on-a-10-day-supply-of-copper-heres-why-shortages-are-the-new-outages/amp/

Today, the domestic vanadium-based market as a whole is mainly rising. It is understood that the overall transaction price of vanadium products in the last week did not fluctuate much overall. With the price increase of the vanadium-vanadium plant and the bidding price of the vanadium-nitrogen alloy of Handan Iron and Steel, the vanadium enterprise’s psychological price of vanadium products has increased. The market opening price rose this week. At present, the tender price of vanadium-nitrogen alloy steel mills is 355,000 yuan/ton of cash and tax price, and the changes in the later market should pay close attention to the bidding trends of large steel mills and the market demand. Ignore, and the supply is sufficient, the impact on the supply and demand relationship of vanadium should not be underestimated. At present, there are still considerable price gaps between domestic and international vanadium prices. In addition, the domestic market is waiting for the steel move to have a strong wait-and-see mood, and the transaction status is not as good as the export. Therefore, the domestic list of ferro-vanadium manufacturers that exported in February has done less, indicating that they are exporting. 25-260,000 yuan / ton is very good, but the domestic is still between 2-4,500,000 yuan / ton, and there are not many trades, but the domestic market has the raw material price support of vanadium and vanadium, the latest steel of vanadium-nitrogen alloy The cash price of 355,000 yuan / ton is also close to the market price, and the overall market outlook is optimistic. 　　According to the monitoring data of Lange Steel Cloud Business Platform, the domestic ferro-manganese FeV50 price is around 252,500 yuan / ton. (Article source: Lange Steel Network)

Battery-based energy storage has an essential role to play in helping India realize its vision for a more sustainable energy future,” said Andrés Gluski, AES President and Chief Executive Officer. “ https://reneweconomy.com.au/indias-first-grid-scale-battery-storage-project-comes-online%E2%80%A8-18638/