Blaze at South Korea lithium battery plant kills 22 workers
Hwaseong, South Korea Reuters A lithium battery factory in South Korea was set on fire after multiple batteries exploded on Monday, killing 22 workers, most of them Chinese nationals, fire officials said. The fire and a series of explosions ripped through the factory run by primary battery manufacturer Aricell in Hwaseong, an industrial cluster southwest […]
Hit by drought and power cuts, Zimbabwe steps up battery storage
Bulawayo, ZimbabweThomson Reuters Foundation As worsening drought slashes the country’s hydropower production, creating lengthy power cuts, Zimbabwe’s industries are beginning to turn to solar panels and battery storage systems to keep business humming. Distributed Power Africa, a subsidiary of mobile phone provider Econet Global, has over the last year begun installing solar panels and Tesla-supplied […]