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
Energy Storage Could Help Americans Save $20 Billion by 2050
Solar energy could potentially power a third of Western U.S. by 2050 , if the U.S. Department of Energy’s Sunshot Initiative meets its targets. The... Read More
Kuwait Explores Renewable Energy Storage
Through the Shagaya Project, Kuwait is taking the initiative in building a sustainable energy future. Long neglected in the country, research in renewable energy has... Read More
Worldwide Residential PV Storage Capacity to Reach 2.5 GW by 2017
Incentives and subsidies will drive the adoption of residential PV storage over the next 4 years, according a report by IHS. The residential segment for... Read More
Graphene May be Springboard for Energy Storage Leap
Supercapacitors made from graphene, a carbon-based high-tech material, represent another breakthrough that could drive the energy storage industry forward. The innovation can be attributed to... Read More
Scientists Refine Hydrogen Storage for Solar Energy
A group of scientists from the Helmholtz-Zentrum Berlin research institute and the Delft University of Technology have created a solar fuel device that is economical,... Read More
Microgrid Goes for Gold in San Francisco
Over 4 days this October in a San Francisco hotel, a microgrid will demonstrate how distributed energy and smart power systems can be a promising,... Read More
Prospects for Solar – Storage Combination Still Cloudy
The deployment of solar energy in tandem with energy storage solutions has a fair few obstacles to overcome yet, before reaching mainstream status. At first... Read More