Energy Storage News
California Cleantech Startup Readies U.S. Launch of Blockchain-based EV/E-Mobility Digital Wallet
Oxygen Initiative and Germany's Innogy SE are adapting the Share&Charge e-mobility payments solution for use in the U.S., a bid that may spur uptake of EVs and hasten the advent of fully autonomous vehicles.
Read more →Commissioning of Multi-Platform Solar-Storage Microgrid Under Way on Sardinia
Designed and built by Electro Power System and partner FZSoNick for Sardinia's water management agency, the hybidized microgrid integrates concentrating solar thermal and concentrating solar PV with thermal and intelligent battery-based energy storage.
Read more →USAID Adds Momentum to Sub-Saharan Off-Grid Solar with $4 Million of New SOGE Grant Awards
USAID will award Scaling Off-Grid Energy Development Grand Challenge grants of up to $500,000 each to Sub-Saharan start-ups that demonstrate commercially promising innovations and show they've raised sufficient capital from private sector investors.
Read more →Haiti Solar Micro-Utility Amps Up, 20x Expansion in Customer Base on Tap
The first to be awarded funding from ElectriFi, pioneering renewable energy micro-utiliy Sigora International aims to expand the customer base of its pilot, community solar microgrid from 5,000 to 136,000 (27,000 accounts).
Read more →Hybridized Maldives Microgrid Exceeds Expectations, Diesel Cuts 50 Percent Greater than Projected
Two hybridized solar PV-energy storage microgrids commissioned by Electro Power Systems (EPS) are up and running in the Maldives, part and parcel of efforts to reduce local greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions and environmental degradation, raise global climate change awareness and forestall the day when sea level rise forces residents to emigrate.
Read more →New Solar Cells, Supercapacitors, Blockchain Apps Expected to Drive Renewable Power Costs Down Further
Renewable power generation is now cost competitive with fossil fuels, and industry participants foresee further gains ahead in light of ongoing technological innovation, efforts to craft industry standards and revise regulatory structures.
Read more →Off-Grid Solar-Storage Program Just Scratches the Surface of Navajo Nation Sustainable Energy Potential
The Navajo Tribal Utility Authority has installed small-scale home solar PV-energy storage systems in 20,000 homes and counting. The sustainable energy drive just scratches the surface of the Navajo Nation's local solar and renewable energy generation capacity, however.
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How Batteries Will Enable Simplified Energy Trading with Blockchain and Peer-to-Peer Platforms
After it's generated at the source, electricity on the grid cannot be easily controlled or directed. Electrons do not adhere to fancy blockchain-based market designs. Instead, they go to the nearest load. If you have solar panels on your roof,…
Read more →Denver Solar-Storage Microgrid to Deliver Multiple Service Streams, Benefits Today
Project partners Panasonic, Xcel Energy and Younicos lay out the stream of benefits expected from Peña Station NEXT, a 382-acre, sustainabie transit-oriented “multi-stakeholder ‘portfolio microgrid’ under construction adjacent to Denver International Airport (DEN).
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Tesla Installs World's Largest Lithium Ion Grid Battery Project In Just 94 Days
Tesla has finished installing a project for Southern California Edison (SCE) that will provide enough energy to power 2,500 homes all day, or 15,00 homes for four hours. It is the largest operating Lithium Ion Battery Project in The World,…
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Eos Energy Storage and Northern Power Systems Partner to Supply Integrated Battery Storage Solutions
Eos Energy Storage (“Eos”) and Northern Power Systems Corp. have announced a strategic partnership to develop and offer integrated energy storage systems (ESS) for utilities and commercial/industrial customers. The initiative combines the safe, ultra-low cost Eos Aurora DC battery system…
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Eos Energy Storage and Siemens Partner To Launch New Battery Storage Solutions
Eos Energy Storage (“Eos”) – pioneer of the safe, ultra-low cost Znyth ® battery technology – today announced a partnership with Siemens to integrate, install and service energy storage solutions. “Working with such an established energy industry leader like Siemens…
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British Columbia Solar-EV Charging Microgrid Shines During Grid Outage
Vancouver and British Columbia have a long, rich history when it comes to natural resources and economic development – fisheries, mining and timber in particular. The capital city and province likewise have emerged as hubs for grass roots political movements…
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Tabuchi America Joins Electric & Gas Industries Association to Launch ¨Solar Plus Energy Storage¨ Loan Program
Selling homeowners on the idea of installing battery-based energy storage systems (BESS) wasn’t high up on the agenda for company executives aiming to gain an early lead in the nascent market. That was until Tesla CEO Elon Musk made a…
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Sharp Launches New Mid-Tier, C&I Solar-Energy Storage Financing Program
It wasn’t all that long ago that there was no mid-tier market for solar energy-energy storage. That’s changed pretty radically in a short span of time as a result of efforts by pioneering startup and government support for development of…
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India’s Fast Growing Number of Cloud Data Centers May Spur Energy Storage Investments
India has been a hotbed of activity on the part of leading cloud/data center hosting companies of late. Using 30-times as much energy as a typical office building and given India’s ambitious national solar and renewable energy goals, hybrid and…
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How Can Energy Storage, Mini-Grids and Utilities Become Best Buds?
The term microgrid used to give utility executives sleepless nights and indigestion. These small, self-reliant systems would pop up, seemingly like mushrooms, within a utility’s service territory, threatening both the utility’s resource plan and its obligation to serve reliable power.…
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Calculating Energy Storage Cost The Right Way
Calculating Energy Storage Cost can be intimidating, but it's really not all that complicated. Comparing apples to apples (kWhs to kWhs) is the most important thing to look out for. It's easy to mix up important data as not everyone…
Read more →South Carolina Marine Corps Microgrid To Be Built By Ameresco
Ameresco, Inc. , a leading energy efficiency and energy infrastructure company, announced it has been awarded the contract to build a 10 MW campus microgrid of new onsite generation and a battery energy storage system at Marine Corps Recruit Depot…
Read more →Self-Driving Batteries, Virtual Microgrids, and Other Uber-like Future Energy Models
This new slideshare from Professor Damien Ernst describes microgrids, V2G (Vehicle To Grid), autonomous vehicle energy delivery, and other futuristic models for the electrical industry. With seemingly daily announcement from car and technology companies, these models are much closer than…
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