Microgrid Keeps Power Cheap and Reliable
A recently completed distributed energy project at the Santa Rita Jail in Alameda County, California, ties together power from fuel cells, solar panels, wind turbines,... Read More
European Grid Energy Storage Project
A consortium of seven European partners – regional authority ARTI, Italian electricity distributor Enel Distribuzione, electrolyser manufacturer Hydrogenics, French hydrogen storage specialist McPhy Energy; and... Read More
Longer-lasting Hydrogen Fuel Cells
Materials scientists at Harvard have created a fuel cell that not only produces energy but also stores it, opening up new possibilities in hydrogen fuel... Read More
$2 million Grant To Develop PV Storage Solutions
Satcon Technology Corporation, A123 Systems, Renewable Energy Services, and the Sacramento Municipal Utility District (SMUD) have been awarded US$2 million by the California Energy Commission... Read More
Triazine Boosts Polymer Energy Storage
Researchers from the Dresden University of Technology have demonstrated a novel energy storage principle for storing energy in lithium ion batteries using a porous organic... Read More
Grid Storage Batteries Getting Cheaper
Lithium-ion and molten-salt battery costs will approach $500/kWh by 2022, reducing the high capital cost of emerging grid energy storage technologies. However, expectations of half... Read More
Spray Battery Could Revolutionize Energy Storage
A team of mechanical engineers from Rice University have invented revolutionary, spray-on rechargeable batteries that could be combined with solar cells to create self-sufficient, energy... Read More
1900s Battery For Future Low-carbon Technology?
Stanford University scientists are looking to the past to answer the present’s need for energy storage technologies, by upgrading a rechargeable nickel-iron battery technology developed... Read More
Alstom & CEA-Liten:Energy Storage Focused Lab
Alstom Grid and the teams of the French state-owned research entity CEA – INES (Institut national de l energie solaire) will be establishing a joint... Read More
Researchers Develop New Grid Storage Technology
An interdisciplinary team of researchers from Drexel University have reported the development of a new technology for grid-scale energy storage which could provide a fast,... Read More