California Splashes Out $1.7 Million on Military Microgrid
A microgrid demonstration project at Camp Pendleton in San Diego will benefit from $1.7 million of research funding, courtesy of the California Energy Commission. The... Read More
Solar Energy Storage to Revolutionise the Energy Industry?
The answer is a tentative ‘possibly’. The 110MW Crescent Dunes Solar Power Plant (which is slated for completion early next year) in Nevada provides the... Read More
Wood Could be Key to Battery Energy Storage
Scientists at the University of Maryland has made some headway in improving batteries for large-scale energy storage applications. Sodium-ion batteries is one type of battery... Read More
Energy Storage Makes Lux Research’s Innovation List
Technology intelligence firm Lux Research has published its quarterly list of the ten most innovative companies in the broad field of emerging technology. Energy storage,... Read More
Ontario Dangles $50M for Energy Innovators
On the back of Australia and the UK’s recent grants for fresh ideas in clean energy and energy efficiency, Ontario has switched on the next... Read More
Third CAES Facility in the U.S. to Go Online by 2016
Apex Compressed Air Energy Storage is the energy behemoth behind what will only be the third ever CAES plant built on American soil. The company... Read More
Washington State Could House Wind Energy Deep Underground
Two locations in the eastern Washington State in America have been identified as ideal sites for compressed air energy storage. The findings are the result... Read More
Microgrid Deployment and Obstacles: An Infographic
For something a little more colourful and visual in the digit-dominated world of energy, energy industry dashboard Utility Dive and research firm Zpryme have teamed... Read More
Singapore Wises Up to Smart Grids with $10m Grant
Singapore’s Energy Market Authority, a government agency dedicated to improving the energy sector in the country, has awarded a total of $10m in research grants... Read More
GE’s Wind Energy Cheaper than Natural Gas or Coal
At the Windpower 2013 exhibition organised by American Wind Energy Association’s in Chicago early this year, General Electric removed the proverbial sheet to reveal its latest... Read More