U.S. energy storage market more than triples in 2015 The U.S. Energy storage market had a breakout year in 2015, as documented in the latest annual edition of GTM Research and the Energy Storage Association’s (ESA) Energy Storage Monitor. The market grew 243% by capacity with 221 MW installed over the course of 2015, and … Continue reading U.S. energy storage market more than triples in 2015
Federal Battery Research Could Transform Grid In A Decade Or Less Federal energy officials believe that newly developed technology could transform the nation’s electrical grid within the next decade. The Guardian reports that a division of the Energy Department helped bankroll breakthroughs in energy storage and related technologies that are already generating interest from the … Continue reading Federal Battery Research Could Transform Grid In A Decade Or Less
Why The Energy Sector Is Being Disrupted Solar and wind energy has become so cheap that it is now competitive with coal and natural gas even without subsidies. In the US wind and solar has actually become so cheap with the 30% ITC subsidy that it accounted for the majority of new capacity additions in … Continue reading Why The Energy Sector Is Being Disrupted
JLM Energy launches transformational energy storage technology ROCKLIN, CALIF., March 9, 2016 — JLM Energy today announced the launch of its grid synergistic residential energy storage system, Energizr 200. It is the first product of its kind combining solar and energy storage from the ground up. In light of all the changes imposed by utilities … Continue reading #JLM_Energy launches transformational energy storage technology
The Flaw Of “Zero Energy Buildings” Without Energy Storage Conceptually, a Zero Energy Building (ZEB) design is simple to understand and dozens of projects have undertaken the challenge of becoming zero energy. Some of them have even “succeeded.” The reason for the partial success is that there hasn’t been a clear, concise broadly accepted term … Continue reading The Flaw Of “Zero Energy Buildings” Without Energy Storage
Avista Utilities Develops Energy Storage Project In Washington This country’s utilities are addressing disruptive changes taking place in a number of different ways. Some adhere to more standard business models, moving at a painstaking snail’s pace in order to make any kind of change, no matter how timely the alterations. Then there are others who … Continue reading #Avista_Utilities Develops Energy Storage Project In #Washington
How Soon Can Tesla Get Battery Cell Costs Below $100 per Kilowatt-Hour? Its $100 per kilowatt-hour goal could be reached sooner than expected—and well ahead of the competition. Where does the lithium-ion battery industry — and most notably, Tesla/Panasonic — stand today on battery costs? Solar veterans will recall a time not so long ago … Continue reading How Soon Can #Tesla Get Battery Cell Costs Below $100 per Kilowatt-Hour?
Duke Energy Tries First-of-Its-Kind Hybrid Energy Storage System Duke Energy is testing a hybrid ultracapacitor-battery energy storage system (HESS) at its Rankin Substation in Gaston County, N.C., in an effort to find a more effective way to integrate renewable energy into its system. The project became operational in February, but there is still testing in … Continue reading #Duke_Energy Tries First-of-Its-Kind Hybrid Energy Storage System
Duke Energy to test energy storage system in North Carolina Duke Energy has started testing a battery energy storage technology at its Rankin Substation in Gaston County, North Carolina. The hybrid ultracapacitor-battery energy storage system (HESS) will demonstrate multiple service applications: extended operational life, rapid response, real-time solar smoothing and load shifting. “This approach will … Continue reading #Duke_Energy to test energy storage system in North Carolina
Why utilities are buying into storage Storage start-up investments by European utilities respond to a growing need for electricity firms to take the lead in energy market transformation, according to experts. “The current business models are broken,” said Gerard Reid, founder and managing partner of corporate advisory and financing firm Alexa Capital. “Batteries are providing … Continue reading Why utilities are buying into storage
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