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
Energy Storage In Israel Uses Dead Sea’s Salt
The Dead Sea is overflowing with salt, and what better use for it than storing energy for our ever-increasing demands? Enstorage, an energy storage company,... Read More
Attend The Microgrid Forum 2013
With the increasing frequency of natural disasters these days, and the growing energy demand in developing countries with poor infrastructure, the calls for microgrids are... Read More
$250,000 Grant For Zinc-Air Battery Project
Eos Energy Storage has announced a $250,000 grant from Consolidated Edison, which will be channelled towards deploying its zinc-air batteries on the New York City’s... Read More
A Little Electricity From Microgrids, A Big Deal For India
The rural areas of Uttar Pradesh and Bihar in India have no access to electricity from the grid. Come nightfall, the states are pitch dark.... Read More
Why Distributed Energy Storage?
For the energy consumer, distributed energy storage (DES) can help to put a limit on the price of energy during the day. This is because... Read More