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					</table>Beijing-based solar module maker <a href="https://www.jasolar.com/html/en/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">JA Solar</a> has signed a deal with <a href="http://www.samsungcnt.com/eng/index.do" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Samsung C&amp;T</a>, a South Korea-based construction and engineering company, to supply photovoltaic modules for the largest solar project in Qatar.
The project will be built in the Mesaieed Industrial City and the Ras Laffan Industrial City.
It is likely to be operational in 2024. Under the agreement, JA Solar will supply over 1.6 million DeepBlue 3.0 modules to the project.
Once the construction is complete, the company said the solar project would help transform the local energy infrastructure while driving sustainable economic, social, and environmental development locally in Qatar.
JA Solar DeepBlue 3.0 modules have received the PV industry&#8217;s first KS certificate for 182 modules.
To accelerate and promote renewable energy deployment, Qatar <a href="https://mercomindia.com/daily-wrap-up-uttar-pradesh-22-gw-solar-fy27/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">approved</a> the grid connectivity at full capacity to the 800 MW Al Kharsaah solar power project in November last year.
The project can supply 10% of Qatar&#8217;s peak power consumption and likely offset 26 million tons of carbon emissions during its lifetime. Al Kharsaah is said to be the world&#8217;s largest solar project using a tracking system and bifacial modules. The project is located 80 km west of Doha and is the third-largest single-location solar power project worldwide.
According to a <a href="https://mercomindia.com/early-rollout-fiscal-policy-reduce-emissions-middle-east-central-asia/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">study</a> published in November last year, to reduce annual greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions in 2030 by 13-21%, the Middle East and Central Asian nations must plan and introduce a fiscal policy to achieve the goal.
While 32 countries have pledged to limit GHG emissions, the IMF report outlined that governments must integrate climate policies into national economic strategies and reduce their per capita emissions by around 7% over the next eight years.
According to Mercom&#8217;s <a href="https://mercomindia.com/product/mercoms-india-solar-market-leaderboard-1h-2022-market-shares-and-profiles" target="_blank" rel="noopener">India Solar Market Leaderboard 1H 2022</a>, JA Solar was one of the five leading solar module suppliers to the Indian solar market during the first half of the calendar year 2022.

JA Solar to Supply Modules for 875 MW Solar Project in Qatar

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					</table>Asian consumer electronics players and carmakers are driving research and development in the battery and energy storage arena, according to a joint <a href="http://documents.epo.org/projects/babylon/eponet.nsf/0/969395F58EB07213C12585E7002C7046/$FILE/battery_study_en.pdf" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">study</a> by the European Patent Office (EPO) and the International Energy Agency (IEA).
The top five patent applicants for battery and energy storage between 2000 and 2018 were Samsung, Panasonic, LG, Toyota, and Bosch, according to the study. They generated over a quarter of all patent applications.
Developing better and cheaper electricity storage is a challenge for the future. Simultaneously, the world requires 10,000 GWh of batteries and other forms of energy storage by 2040 to meet climate and sustainable energy goals. It is close to 50 times the size of the current market, the study predicts.
Patenting Activity
Batteries also accounted for nearly 90% of all patenting activity in electricity storage. Advances in rechargeable lithium-ion batteries for consumer electronic devices and electric cars drove innovation in the sector.
Asian companies accounted for nine of the top ten global applicants behind international patent families (IPFs) related to batteries, and two-thirds of the top 25. Other applicants in the list were four German companies &#8212; Bosch, Daimler AG, BASF, and Volkswagen, two U.S. companies &#8212; Ford and General Motors, the French Alternative Energies and Atomic Energy Commission (CEA), and Ireland-based Johnson Controls. IPFs refers to the whole set of patents covering the same invention in one or more countries.
Samsung led the cell-level innovation, accounting for 9.1% of all applications. It filed 8.7% of all IPFs in cell manufacturing and 11.9% in cell engineering.
“The consumer electronics major was very active in battery integration (8.7%) and exhibited a strong specialization in lithium technologies compared with other chemistries,” EPO said in the study.
LG Electronics focused on Li-ion chemistry, with a relative specialization in the manufacturing of cells (7.4%) and its integration into equipment such as battery packs (7.2%).
Panasonic had a more diverse and balanced portfolio with relatively strong positions in both Li-ion and other chemistries &#8212; 7.1% in both cases.
Bosch’s strengths were not in developments at the cell level, but, thermal management and integration-related technologies (battery packs). Toyota held similar positions in these fields along with cell manufacturing.
The dire necessity to improve battery storage capacities have fuelled a flurry of research and a 14% rise in patent applications between 2005 and 2018 – four times higher than the average for all technologies, the study indicated. Since 2005, businesses have filed more than 65,000 patent applications in electricity storage. The annual number of IPFs rose steeply, from around 1,500 in 2005 to over 7,000 in 2018.
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Lithium-ion – Leading battery technology
The report finds that lithium-ion (Li-ion) technology, dominant in portable electronics and electric vehicles, fuelled most battery innovations since 2005. In 2018, advances in Li-ion cells were responsible for 45% of patenting activity related to battery cells, compared to 7% for cells based on other chemistries.
Inventive competition has mostly been focused on Li-ion battery cathodes, as they are the limiting factor in determining energy density and cost reductions.
According to the study on patents, battery prices dropped by nearly 90% since 2010 for Lithium-ion batteries for electric vehicles and around two-thirds over the same period for stationary applications, including electricity grid management.
Between 2000 and 2018, inventions in the battery segment accounted for nine out of ten electricity storage patents, far outweighing electrical (9%), thermal (5%), and mechanical (3%) electricity storage solutions.
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Countries leading the race 
Asia has been leading in lithium-ion battery manufacturing. Of the top ten global applicants behind IPFs related to batteries, nine are based in Asia. Japan and the Republic of Korea are leading the global battery technology race.
<a href="https://mercomindia.com/china-leads-lithium-ion-battery/" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">China</a> is likely to retain its recently acquired number one position over the next five years. The U.S. and Sweden may emerge third and fourth by 2025, respectively, according to a recent forecast by Bloomberg New Energy Finance’s (BNEF) ‘Global Lithium-Ion Battery Supply Chain Ranking.’
In Europe, innovation in electricity storage is dominated by Germany, which alone accounts for more than half of IPFs originating from Europe. Over the period 2000-18, U.K. companies and inventors filed a total of 652 IPFs in battery technology, putting the U.K. in third place among European countries, after Germany (with 5,080 IPFs) and France (1,354).
Smaller companies in the U.S. and Europe, universities, and public research organizations also played a significant role. For the U.S., small and medium enterprises accounted for 34.4%. Universities and research organizations filed 13.8% of IPFs.
Emerging Technologies
The report highlights two rapidly emerging energy storage technologies, which, if successful, have the potential to address several weaknesses inherent to li-ion batteries and other alternatives.
Redox flow batteries may provide a safer, more durable, and scalable alternative to li-ion batteries for some applications. Also, supercapacitors can complement li-ion batteries by addressing specific needs such as fast-charging and discharging.
The top five patent applicants in redox flow batteries during 2000-2018 include Sumitomo Electric Industries, Lockheed Martin, United Technology, Acal Energy, and LG Electronics.
Panasonic, Samsung, Toyota, Semiconductor Energy Laboratory, and TDK topped the list of patent applicants for supercapacitors.
Notably, battery energy storage companies <a href="https://mercomindia.com/battery-energy-storage-funding-1h-2020/" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">received</a> $536 million in VC funding in 1H of 2020, and Lithium-ion technology has received most of the funding to date.

Large Consumer Electronics Players are Leading Battery Storage Innovations Globally

Samsung’s Research and Development (R&amp;D) center in Bengaluru has switched to solar power and 88 percent of its power requirements are now likely to be met from a solar farm located in Kalburgi district of Karnataka.
Samsung, a global tech giant, has adopted a green energy solution called ‘energy wheeling’ and partnered with Bagmane Green Power based in Kalburgi for the supply of power.
Under the ‘energy wheeling’ method, the solar farm in Kalburgi adds the required power to the state electricity grid and Samsung’s campus in Bengaluru receives an equal amount of power from the local electricity grid.
This method reduces transmission and distribution losses, and makes it more energy efficient, the company said in a press release.
“Through this initiative, we have not only reduced our dependency on conventional sources of energy, but we will also have a positive impact on the environment by reducing our carbon footprint and passing on a greener planet to the next generation,” said Dipesh Shah, Managing Director of Samsung’s Bengaluru campus.
Samsung’s Bengaluru campus had initiated the process of going solar in March 2016 as part of its Go Green Initiative and has drawn 8 lakh units of solar power since December 2018.
Samsung, a leading smartphone maker, is a member of the RE 100 initiative. <a href="http://there100.org/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">RE 100</a> is a global initiative by companies committed to use 100 percent renewable energy. The initiative has brought around 140 multinational companies together to fight climate change.
Some of the other multinationals that have joined the RE 100 and committed to source 100 percent renewable electricity are the likes of Sony, McKinsey and Company and Royal Bank of Scotland (RBS).
Many other multinationals with their operations in India have  turned to solar energy to meet their energy requirements.
<a href="https://mercomindia.com/walmart-india-rooftop-solar-1-stores/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">In July 2018</a>, <a href="http://www.wal-martindia.in/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Walmart India</a>, a wholly owned subsidiary of Walmart Inc, said it is planning to incorporate sustainable sources such as solar energy, water harvesting, and recycling to run its stores in the country.
In <a href="https://mercomindia.com/infosys-electricity-43-percent-renewable-energy/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">June 2018, </a><a href="https://www.infosys.com/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Infosys</a>, India’s software multinational giant, had announced that it has developed a total capacity of 46.1 MW of rooftop and ground-mounted solar projects across the country.
<a href="https://mercomindia.com/microsoft-solar-deal-bengaluru/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">In March 2018</a>, <a href="https://www.microsoft.com/en-in/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Microsoft</a> announced the completion of its first renewable energy deal in India. Under the agreement, the company said it would purchase 3 MW of solar-power from Atria Power for its new office building in Karnataka’s capital city, Bengaluru. It will meet 80 percent of the projected electricity needs through this energy purchase.
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