advanced energy storage

exponential solar growth?

Adding 1,200 GW of new solar to electricity grids each year will quickly see solar power saturating. Will we figure out how to store electricity on a multi gigawatt scale within a decade?[read more]

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Twenty years from now, when it is likely that electric drive will be a far more ubiquitous technology than it is today, we will look back on Better Place and other early failures as the natural price that had to be paid for innovation.[read more]

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Lux Research have released a new report which states that grid storage demand will grow to $10.4 billion in 2017. The market has grown surprisingly fast, starting from a modest $200 million in 2012, making the $10.4 billion figure extraordinary.[read more]

energy return on investment

Many people believe that we can realistically build a 100% renewable energy society by 2050, thereby totally getting off fossil fuels in time to avoid the problems related to peak oil and climate change.[read more]

energy storage the holy grail?

Energy storage is often called the holy grail of renewable energy. The problem with the "grail" language is that the grail was never located. At least not with a compelling business case.[read more]

energy storage

A host of startups are working on software to optimize on-site energy storage systems to avoid peak demand charges, meet demand response calls, or keep the lights on during emergencies.[read more]

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Wind and solar power generated 3.5% and about 0.1%, respectively, of US electricity last year. To what extent could more and cheaper storage enable wind and solar to function as the equivalent of high-utilization, baseload generation?[read more]

new AES energy storage

AES’s new software platform isn’t the first to address the energy storage and energy markets nexus. Projects around the globe are testing value propositions to be derived from storage, as stand-alone or linked to renewable power.[read more]

military microgrid?

Never-fail military microgrids are breaking new ground in distributed energy management. Now one of them is getting connected to the grid at large.[read more]

GE's Brilliant wind turbine

After premiering its 2.5-megawatt, 120-meter rotor Brilliant wind turbine in February, GE is now announcing the commercial installation of the first three models that will integrate energy storage capability.[read more]

Clear Edge fuel cell

Verizon has announced it will invest $100 million in a solar and fuel-cell energy project that will help power 19 of its facilities in seven states across the country.[read more]

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In a grid dominated by unsequestered coal and gas, and treating PV as a non-essential add-on to an electricity meter, PV provides a legitimate source of emission abatement with high, but declining costs.[read more]

pumped storage

This is an out-of-the-box idea for a massive energy storage scheme, the largest potential pumped storage opportunity anywhere in North America: the Lake Erie/Lake Ontario System.[read more]

energy storage

Newer and emerging technologies are changing the energy storage field. These innovations will help enable grid operators to optimize assets and integrate renewable energy sources.[read more]

energy storage

If energy efficiency is going to be a top priority of the Obama Administration over the next four years, electricity storage technology should be able to benefit.[read more]