Solar & Battery Combination Could Dominate German Market
Germany, home to the world’s biggest distributed solar market, could be heading toward a large-scale adoption of energy storage for solar. Enabling this solar-backed storage... Read More
UK Government Plows Another £45 Million into Energy Storage
The Engineering and Physical Research Council, the main UK government agency for funding research and training in engineering and the physical sciences, will spend close... Read More
Rail Joins Uphill Battle Against Intermittency
A novel way of storing electricity is promising to boost California’s renewable energy industry, and provide a solution to the problem caused by the intermittency... Read More
Boom Time for Energy Storage in America and Europe?
If events of the recent past are anything to by, energy storage could very well be the next growth sector in the U.S. and Europe.... Read More
Battery Energy Storage Plant Opens in Germany
German chemical manufacturer Evonik Industries and power producer STEAG have pooled their resources together in unveiling the an industrial-scale lithium electricity storage system in Völklingen.... Read More
In Japan, Energy Storage Boosted by Abenomics
Japanese premier Shinzo Abe, on whom the financial neologism “Abenomics” is based, has unveiled the “third arrow” of his multi-pronged prescription to the economic affliction... Read More
Energy Storage Could Herald Doom for Central Utilities
A report by the Edison Electric Institute has warned that utilities could be struck a fatal blow by the the rise of distributed generation, especially... Read More
Hokkaido’s Vanadium Venture
After Fukushima, Japan’s gradual shift from nuclear sources has now seen the Hokkaido Electric Power Company employ the use of vanadium redox flow batteries for... Read More
U.S.Utility Eyes Microgrid Stake in Australia
America’s private utility NRG Energy is contemplating a move into the Australian energy market with off-grid and microgrid solutions. The installations will be outfitted with... Read More
Energy Storage Saves Germans 85% in Energy Cost
By May 2015, Germans will pay 85% less for electricity than their counterparts across the channel. Within two years, UK energy prices is predicted to... Read More