Integrating Solar Into Evolving Smart Grid
An economically feasible way to store solar energy in existing residential power networks is the subject of an award winning paper written by two Virginia... Read More
Company Wins Chinese Pumped Storage Deal
China State Grid Corp., the nation’s largest energy provider, bought four pumped-storage units from Germany’s Voith GmbH for a renewable-power plant in Jiangxi province. The... Read More
Self Charging Battery Stores/Generates Energy
Researchers from the Georgia Institute of Technology have recently published their study on combining energy generation and storage in a single unit. Renewable energy technologies... Read More
Scientists Develop Fast-Charging Li-Ion Battery
A group of scientists from the Ulsan National Institute of Science and Technology (UNIST) have developed a fast-charge lithium-ion battery that can be recharged 30... Read More
$5.9 Million Study on Hybrid Solar Systems
As part of SMUD`s $5.9 million SolarSmart program, which is backed by the Department of Energy, California Energy Commission and SunPower, lithium-ion batteries have been... Read More