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Pumped hydro storage project moves forward in Faroe Islands


SEV, the utility for the Faroe Islands, has secured funds from Nordic Investment Bank to build a pumped hydro storage facility on the island of Streymoy. The Mýruverkið II project, valued at DKK 1.3 billion ($174 million), is set to go online in the 2027-28 period.
https://www.pv-magazine.com/2022/08/23/pumped-hydro-storage-project-moves-forward-in-faroe-islands/
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Australian electrolyzer invention enables green hydrogen under US$1.5/kg by ‘mid 2020s’


“We’re not talking about incremental improvement, this is a really giant leap,” Hysata CEO Paul Barrett told pv magazine Australia. Hysata is commercializing a breakthrough made at the University of Wollongong which effectively, Barrett says, invented a “brand new category of electrolyzer,” vastly improving efficiency.
https://www.pv-magazine.com/2022/03/16/australian-electrolyzer-invention-enables-green-hydrogen-under-us2-kg-by-mid-2020s/
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Australian researchers announce lithium-sulfur battery breakthrough


Researchers from Australia’s Monash University have created a new generation of lithium-sulfur batteries to provide a cheaper, cleaner and faster-charging energy storage solution that outlasts lithium-ion alternatives and is rechargeable hundreds of times without failing.
https://www.pv-magazine.com/2022/03/07/australian-researchers-announce-lithium-sulfur-battery-breakthrough/
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Full organic battery with 2.8V ouput voltage


The realization of biodegradable batteries is a step closer thanks to research from South Australia’s Flinders University, which has developed a 2.8V organic polymer battery. While this battery was made from synthetic polymers, research lead Zhongfan Jia told pv magazine Australia the team’s future iterations will source “materials directly from nature” saying this promises to reduce waste and reliance on mined materials and could have novel applications in fields like biotech.
https://www.pv-magazine.com/2022/03/02/full-organic-battery-with-2-8v-ouput-voltage/
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