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
Energy Storage Is Progressing Faster Than We Think
According to the World Bank’s 1996 estimates, China was set to produce 9 gigawatts of wind energy and 0.5 gigawatts of solar PV by 2020.... Read More
Storage Solutions Competition Attracts Wide Range Of Candidates
12 projects have entered the first stage of the UK Department of Energy and Climate Change’s (DECC) energy storage competition. Those that reach the second... Read More
More Than $5b In Funding For CSP In North Africa, Middle East
Over 1.1 gigawatts of concentrated solar power (CSP) capacity will be installed in parts of North Africa and the Middle East. The Climate Investment Funds... Read More
U.S. Army Base In Texas Installs Microgrid Facility
The U.S. Army’s base in Fort Bliss, Texas, launched its first solar and battery-powered microgrid. The system has a storage capacity of 300 kilowatts and... Read More
Underwater Compressed Air Energy Storage
Toronto-based energy storage firm Hydrostor plans to store energy by pumping compressed air underwater. The technology works by using excess energy generated by wind or... Read More