.@BYDCompany announced the launch of Blade Battery, developed to increase #EV safety. The company said it emitted no smoke or fire during the nail penetration test. Read more: slashgear.com/byd-blade-batt…

Toshiba Energy Systems & Solutions Corp will provide EPC services for Thai Solar Energy’s 147MW #solar project in the Miyagi prefecture of Japan. The facility will consist of 362,960 panels, and is scheduled to start power generation in Dec 2022. renewablesnow.com/news/toshi…

.@Genex_Power signed a revised offtake agreement with @EnergyAustralia for its 250MW K2 hydro #EnergyStorage project. Read more: renewablesnow.com/news/genex…

.@Vestas received an order to deliver 62MW of turbines for a #wind project in China. They expect to start delivering in Q2 of 2020 and to commission them in Q4. Read more: renewablesnow.com/news/vesta…

“We are entering a critical period for the future of the UK’s energy supply”. Harmony Energy has been given the go ahead for its largest grid-scale battery #EnergyStorage project yet, a 49.5MW lithium-ion system in Salisbury, Wiltshire. Read more: solarpowerportal.co.uk/news/…

Sweden reached 26% #EV market share! Approx 80% of the country’s #EVs are plug-in hybrids, with 20% as fully electric vehicles. Read more: cleantechnica.com/2020/03/25…

Oman’s largest pv power plant, the 500MW Ibri II #solar project, achieved financial closure. At peak generation capacity, the plant will provide enough energy for 33,000 homes. Read more: tdworld.com/grid-innovations…

.@ForesightGroup set up a joint venture with Belltown Power Ltd to develop their over 300MW pipeline of #wind projects in the UK. Read more: renewablesnow.com/news/fores…

According to an @EIAgov report, almost all of Hawaii’s utility-scale #EnergyStorage is paired with #wind or #solar. Hawaii plans to generate 100% of its electricity from #RenewableEnergy by 2045. Read more: renewablesnow.com/news/most-…

.@Sonnedix commenced commercial operation at its 38.7MW Sonnedix Oita #Solar park in Japan’s Oita prefecture. They expect the facility to generate enough #RenewableEnergy to power 15,500 households. Read more: renewablesnow.com/news/sonne…

.@GM is pledging to invest $20 billion through 2025 to roll out new #EVs across the company’s range of vehicle segments. Read more: designnews.com/batteryenergy…

A Copenhagen Infrastructure Partners affiliate agreed to acquire a 350MW #solar project in Texas. Construction is set to begin in the second half of 2020, with commissioning to be held by the summer of 2022. Read more: renewablesnow.com/news/cip-b…

“Minety is a landmark project for UK battery storage”. Penso Power will extend 50MW to the 100MW Minety project, Europe’s largest battery #EnergyStorage development. Read more: renewableenergymagazine.com/…

Greencoat Renewables agreed to invest EUR 30.3 million to buy a portfolio of #wind farms in France, increasing their total operational wind portfolio’s capacity to 528.1MW. Read more: renewablesnow.com/news/green…

Micro Mobility Systems’ Microlino #EV is designed to be a mix between a car and a motorbike. They are awaiting a design approval for the US, and the European version is set to ship in 2021. Read more: businessinsider.com/microlin…

Gresham House Energy Storage Fund Plc entered a conditional agreement to buy the 50MW Thurcroft #EnergyStorage project in South Yorkshire, England. It will be its largest utility-scale battery storage project once commissioned in Q2 2020. Read more: renewablesnow.com/news/gresh…

.@SECI_Ltd issued a tender for a 34MW #solar plant at Singareni Collieries Company Limited in Telangana. The last date for bid submission is April 20th, 2020, and contractors will have 1 year to complete the work. Read more: saurenergy.com/solar-energy-…

“This new partnership means Good Energy can offer businesses a full range of EV charging needs”. @GoodEnergy and @engenieUK are partnering to prepare the UK for the 11 million #EVs predicted to be in use by 2030. Read more: businessgreen.com/news/40124…

.@iberdrola is ramping up its sustainability mobility plan with a $168 million investment to provide 150,000 new #EV charging stations over the next 5 years. Read more: newmobility.global/smart-inf…

“Due to the increase in sustainable renewable energy on the grid, there is an increasing need for energy storage”. @NECEnergySol has been awarded a 12MW #EnergyStorage project by GIGA Storage in the Netherlands. Read more: power-eng.com/2020/03/13/nec…