Tesla’s Musk asks utilities: How can we take battery storage ‘to a whole new level’? NEW ORLEANS — The co-founders of Tesla Motors Inc. yesterday invited executives of the nation’s dominant utilities to partner with the Silicon Valley electric carmaker to boost battery storage capacity across the U.S. power grid. Speaking before the year’s largest … Continue reading #Tesla ‘s Musk asks utilities: How can we take battery storage ‘to a whole new level’?→
Batteries Charge for Energy Role SAN FRANCISCO – The rise of smart cities and the decreasing cost of renewable energy systems is rapidly changing the power management market. The resulting decentralization of electricity sources requires new power management solutions and business models, which will drive a multi-billion dollar market in the next 10 years, market … Continue reading #Batteries Charge for #Energy Role→
Can Cigarettes Beat Tesla At The Energy Storage Game? A scientific breakthrough in a laboratory in Seoul, South Korea could soon give Tesla, and other companies, a run for their money in the energy storage game. Scientists have developed a new technique to store energy from the unlikeliest of sources – a cigarette butt. Cigarette … Continue reading Can Cigarettes Beat #Tesla At The Energy Storage Game?→
Alaskan Energy Storage Project Will Use Flywheels Too A Beacon Power project in Anchorage, Alaska, will use the company’s flywheel technology combined with electrochemical battery storage to construct a 320 kW system. The project is a pilot to see if it will work in conjunction with renewable forms of energy to counterbalance their periods of … Continue reading Alaskan Energy Storage Project Will Use #Flywheels Too→
California Dreaming: 5,000MW of Applications for 74MW of Energy Storage at PG&E A massive number of bids are submitted in a utility procurement assessing the value of energy storage. California’s 1.3-gigawatt energy storage mandate is bringing a lot of would-be grid battery project developers out of the woodwork. But there won’t be nearly enough room … Continue reading California Dreaming: 5,000MW of Applications for 74MW of Energy Storage at #PG&E→
Duke Energy to build energy-storage system in southern Ohio Duke Energy, LG Chem and Greensmith announced Tuesday, May 26, that they will build a battery-based energy storage system in southern Ohio. The project’s aim is to “enhance reliability and increase stability on the electric power grid,” the companies said in a news release. The 2-megawatt … Continue reading Duke Energy to build energy-storage system in southern Ohio→
New Storage Technologies Open Doors For Wind And Solar On April 30, 2015, Tesla Motors unveiled its Powerwall and Powerpack lithium ion batteries for homes and utility-scale applications, which could facilitate an increased role for wind and solar energy resources that have so far been limited by a need for storage options to address the … Continue reading New Storage Technologies Open Doors For Wind And Solar→
Elon Musk’s Space Dream Almost Killed Tesla SpaceX started with a plan to send mice to Mars. It got crazier from there. In late October 2001, Elon Musk went to Moscow to buy an intercontinental ballistic missile. He brought along Jim Cantrell, a kind of international aerospace supplies fixer, and Adeo Ressi, his best friend … Continue reading #ElonMusk’s Space Dream Almost Killed #Tesla→
SolarCity Taking Orders for Tesla Batteries Starting at $5,000 SolarCity Corp. has begun taking orders for energy-storage systems, starting at $5,000 installed. The battery, called Powerwall, is being offered to new solar customers with two payment options, SolarCity spokesman Jonathan Bass said in an e-mail Friday. It was announced Thursday by Elon Musk, SolarCity’s chairman. … Continue reading #SolarCity Taking Orders for #Tesla Batteries Starting at $5,000→
Battery Storage Payback Takes Only a Few Years in PJM, S&C Finds After four months, a battery pilot at S&C Electric Company’s Smart Grid Solutions Demonstration Center in Chicago has earned nearly $7,000. When extrapolated to a larger scale, that means the technology could pay for itself in as little as two to three years. … Continue reading Battery Storage Payback Takes Only a Few Years in PJM, S&C Finds→
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