Tesla’s home battery is finally rolling out. First stop: Australia According to Nick Pfitzner, the Tesla Powerwall is “a thing of beauty.” Pfitzner, who lives in Sydney’s Hills District, was one of the first homeowners in Australia to have the highly anticipated energy storage battery installed at his home on Thursday. Tesla announced in September … Continue reading #Tesla’s home battery is finally rolling out. First stop: Australia →

Solar-storage system helps Hawaii aquaculture facility operate off grid Mari’s Garden faces high energy consumption due to aquaponics on site that combine growing plants hydroponically with growing fish through aquaculture. Because the facility is located in Hawaii, they are faced with expensive electricity and vulnerability to power outages. The company sought out renewable energy generation … Continue reading Solar-storage system helps Hawaii aquaculture facility operate off grid →

World Energy Council Report: Energy Storage Has Solid Future Renewable energy storage endeavors appear to be highly attractive business models worldwide for the year 2016. A report from the World Energy Council states worldwide solar energy storage platforms will become more competitive as new battery technologies drive prices down. On the wind storage front, technical … Continue reading World Energy Council Report: Energy Storage Has Solid Future →

Arizona regulators approve APS residential energy storage pilot In October, the ACC ordered a cost-benefit analysis of rooftop solar in the state after almost a year of bitter debate between utility representatives and solar advocates over proposed grid access fees for distributed solar systems. Now, Arizona Public Service has been approved to develop a develop … Continue reading #Arizona regulators approve #APS residential energy storage pilot →

Tesla Powerwall Has Competition Energy storage has a number of applications for residential and commercial customers. First and foremost, homes with solar panels could benefit from energy storage, especially if net-metering laws, which let customers use the grid for “virtual storage,” disappear. (Off-grid users with PV systems obviously need storage as well, but that’s a … Continue reading #Tesla Powerwall Has Competition →

Are There Alternatives To Lithium For Energy Storage? As energy storage and new battery technologies continue to gain momentum, an October 2015 report published by Lux Research made a bold prediction. In a report titled, “The Next-Generation Battery Roadmap: Quantifying How Solid-State, Lithium-Sulfur, and Other Batteries Will Emerge After 2020”, analysts from Lux Research predicted … Continue reading Are There Alternatives To #Lithium For Energy Storage? →

Bringing Molten Batteries to Large-Scale Energy Storage A newly formulated liquid based battery may be supplying us grid power in the near future. A team of researchers at MIT have developed a molten metal battery that can operate at 500C. This lower operating temperature makes it much more likely that these batteries can be manufactured … Continue reading Bringing #Molten_Batteries to Large-Scale Energy Storage →

Flow-Battery Energy-Storage System Expands Capabilities ViZn Energy Systems Inc. (ViZn) recently announced that it has bolstered its proprietary flow-battery technology to enhance the capabilities, reliability, and lifetime of all next-generation flow-battery systems for multi-megawatt energy storage applications. Designated “Vanguard II,” the battery stack further expands the operating range of ViZn’s systems by enhancing the fast … Continue reading #Flow_Battery Energy Storage System Expands Capabilities →