First Flywheels Is Installed at Pennsylvania Energy Storage Plant
Flywheels have been used for storing energy for a long time – think of a potter’s wheel. But only in recent years have high-tech utility-scale... Read More
Compressed Air Batteries Becomes a Reality
A 1.5 megawatt battery has just been unveiled by SustainX in New Hampshire. This compressed air battery system has a 20-year operating life with a... Read More
Over 400 Microgrid Projects Underway En Route to $40 Billion Market
Microgrids are an increasingly important factor in distributed generation, grid reliability, and the green economy. Base on Navigant Research’s two new reports, there are more... Read More
Electricity Shortage Powers Energy Storage
UK residents are turning to residential energy storage solutions in the droves after the country’s Office of Gas and Electricity Markets warned two months ago... Read More
California’s Green Ambitions A Boon for Storage
With its mandate for serve at least 33% of its electrical load with renewables by 2020, California recently reinforced its status as one of America’s... Read More
How Many Storage Projects Worldwide?
All told, 633 advanced energy storage projects have been or are being completed at this moment. Navigant Research has spun the globe, tallied the figures,... Read More
Connecticut Cuts the Grid Cord
$18 million has been awarded to nine off-grid projects in Connecticut in an attempt to keep the city’s vital services powered during grid outages. These... Read More
Decade-old Electricity Storage “Bible” Revised
The Electric Power Research Institute, together with the U.S. Department of Energy and Sandia National Laboratory has published an update on their decade old primer... Read More
Will Solar Really Usher Off-grid Era?
With the recent rash of positive prognoses for the solar-storage segment, one would be forgiven for thinking that we are truly on the cusp of... Read More
California to Assess Value of Energy Storage to the Grid
The California Independent System Operator will kickstart a two-month market simulation to assess the commercial-scale energy storage services provided by the University of California at... Read More