DOE Awards Lithium-Ion Battery Technology
Southwest Research Institute (SwRI) has been awarded a $712,500 contract from the U.S. Department of Energy to investigate the behavior of lithium-ion batteries during charge... Read More
E.ON Starts Power-to-Gas Pilot Plant Construction
Construction of E.ON’s new pilot plant to enable power generated by the wind to be stored in the gas grid is now underway. The plant... Read More
Regulators Push Energy Storage for Solar Farms
Pairing energy storage with solar power generation is not just a good idea, it could influence whether a project receives regulatory approval. Solar developer BrightSource... Read More
DECC Launches £16M Low Carbon Fund
The Department of Energy and Climate Change (DECC) has announced that the first phase of its £35 million low carbon Energy Entrepreneurs Fund is open... Read More
Smart Grid Drives Nuclear Energy Independence
Germany introduced a plan in 2011 to phase out nuclear energy gradually, following the Fukushima Daiichi nuclear disaster in Japan. Around eight nuclear reactors were... Read More
Financing Deal:US Battery Maker & China Firm
A123 Systems has reached a final agreement with Chinese company, Wanxiang Group that will provide emergency capital and eventually acquire a controlling stake in A123.... Read More
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