Microgrids to Replace Diesel Generators in Rural Canada & U.S.
An initiative to replace diesel generators presently operating in remote communities in Northern Canada, First Nations communities, and the U.S. has been launched by American... Read More
U.S. Bolsters Solar Energy Research with $30 million
The United States’ Advanced Research Projects Agency – Energy, a government institution dedicated to funding research on emerging technologies in the field of energy, has... Read More
Japan Looks into Hydrogen-backed Solar
Japan’s Ministry of Economy, Trade and Industry is experimenting with a hydrogen storage system integrated with solar panels. The setup is also outfitted with controller... Read More
Microgrids an Afterthought in Obama’s $7 Billion Africa Electrification Push
In the second leg of his whistle-stop tour of Africa, U.S. President Barack Obama recently promised to provide $7 billion in funding to boost the... Read More
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