AES to partially replace California gas plant with 300 MW of battery storage AES is already developing 100 MW of battery storage operating at the Alamitos facility, according to the Long Beach Post, which will operate under a 20-year contract with Southern California Edison when it comes online in 2021. But AES plans to triple … Continue reading #AES to partially replace California #gas plant with 300 MW of battery storage→
Hybrid Energy Storage System Combines Ultracapacitors and Batteries Investment in grid-level energy storage is expected to triple over the next five years, with a multitude of players delivering a wide variety of technologies, each with its own benefits and drawbacks. Duke Energy recently installed a hybrid energy storage system (HESS) that combines high-capacity batteries with … Continue reading Hybrid Energy Storage System Combines Ultracapacitors and Batteries→
Fast-charging everlasting battery power from graphene Swinburne University researchers have invented a new, flexible energy-storage technology that could soon replace the batteries in our cars, phones and more. Han Lin’s new super battery (actually, a supercapacitor) can store as much energy per kilogram as a lithium battery, but charges in minutes, or even seconds, and … Continue reading Fast-charging everlasting battery power from #graphene→
State Regulators Approve APS Battery Storage Program State regulators have approved a program to promote battery storage technology in Arizona Public Service territory. The program is one of the utility’s energy efficiency programs, known as a demand-side management plan, for 2016. The residential battery storage program is a new endeavor for the state’s largest utility … Continue reading State Regulators Approve #APS Battery Storage Program→
Energy veterans back disruptive solar power battery group Moixa Surge of interest in systems that store power from panels and sell it to the grid Sam Laidlaw, the former Centrica boss, has invested in a British home battery company with two other veteran UK energy executives in a sign of surging interest in disruptive solar … Continue reading Energy veterans back disruptive solar power battery group #Moixa→
First battery storage project begins operating in MISO The Midcontinent ISO has been working to reform market rules, aiming to entice storage providers to develop projects. IPL’s facility, which has now been online almost two months, is the first project in the market to connect to the grid. “IPL is committed to developing energy solutions … Continue reading First battery storage project begins operating in MISO→
Money Flows Into Batteries For Buildings, Power Grid Big investors are now willing to fund the sector. Over the past half decade, the solar market has boomed thanks to falling solar panel prices. Now the same thing is happening with technology for storing energy. Lithium-ion battery prices have started to drop, helping to create a … Continue reading Money Flows Into Batteries For Buildings, Power Grid→
Plug-In Vehicle Battery Market Expected to Swell to $10 Billion The plug-in vehicle battery market, which is currently being led by Tesla, China’s BYD and Volkswagen, is expected to rise to $10 billion in 2020, with electric vehicles (EVs) emerging as the drivetrain of choice, according to a recent report from Lux Research. The report … Continue reading Plug-In Vehicle Battery Market Expected to Swell to $10 Billion→
Elon Musk thinks Tesla can sell batteries much faster than cars Tesla is going hard after a new customer: the power grid. In a presentation at the company’s annual shareholder meeting on Tuesday (May 31), CEO Elon Musk said he thinks half of the company’s batteries will go toward electricity storage for the power grid … Continue reading Elon Musk thinks #Tesla can sell batteries much faster than cars→
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