Energy Storage Could Herald Doom for Central Utilities
A report by the Edison Electric Institute has warned that utilities could be struck a fatal blow by the the rise of distributed generation, especially... Read More
Hokkaido’s Vanadium Venture
After Fukushima, Japan’s gradual shift from nuclear sources has now seen the Hokkaido Electric Power Company employ the use of vanadium redox flow batteries for... Read More
U.S.Utility Eyes Microgrid Stake in Australia
America’s private utility NRG Energy is contemplating a move into the Australian energy market with off-grid and microgrid solutions. The installations will be outfitted with... Read More
Energy Storage Saves Germans 85% in Energy Cost
By May 2015, Germans will pay 85% less for electricity than their counterparts across the channel. Within two years, UK energy prices is predicted to... Read More
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