$3.3m Grant For Sodium-Sulfur Battery Storage Smart Grid Project
The California Energy Commission recently added $3.3 million to PG&E’s coffers for a smart grid pilot project incorporating utility-scale sodium-sulfur battery storage. The Yerba Buena... Read More
Bright Future In Sight For Grid Storage Market
Thanks to the rising popularity of renewable energy such as wind and solar, the grid storage market will see a staggering 50-fold growth, from $200... Read More
North America Leads The World In Microgrids
Of the world’s total proposed, planned, and completed microgrid capacity of 3.8 gigawatts, more than 2.5 gigawatts of microgrid capacity is located in North America,... Read More
CAES Could Benefit 85,000 Homes In Washington, Oregon
The U.S. Department of Energy’s Pacific Northwest National Laboratory (PNNL) and Bonneville Power Administration suggest that up to 85,000 homes in Washington and Oregon could... Read More
Bring Your Microgrid Wherever You Go?
At first, the U.S. military was merely pioneering microgrids in a Texas military facility. Now, EnerDel is already suggesting that the military can bring their... Read More
Vanadium Redox Flow Batteries To Be Sold In North America
German battery giant Gildemeister Energy Solutions will now market its vanadium redox flow battery, called the CellCube, in North America via American Vanadium Corp. The... Read More
Irish Group Spends €10m On Smart Grid Heating System
Irish electrical heating technology company Glen Dimplex is spending €10m on a new space and water-heating energy-management system they call Quantum. The company will test... Read More
Generate Hydrogen Directly From Solar Cells
Instead of using the sun’s rays to generate electricity and then use excess electricity to generate hydrogen, the US National Institute of Standards and Technology... Read More
Flywheels May Be The Next Big Move For Ontario’s Grid
Ontario’s grid is now turning to flywheel company Temporal, to solve its increasing renewable energy storage woes. Ontario energy minister Bob Chiarelli explained that investing... Read More
Solar Panel Company Now To Sell Lithium-ion Batteries
What started out as a solar cell and panel company is now incorporating lithium-ion batteries in its range of products. SunPower’s CEO Tom Werner, explained... Read More