Future of China’s Renewables
China is pushing ahead with renewables on a very large scale, with renewables and other non-fossil fuel options expected to provide around 15 % of... Read More
From Used Batteries to Microgrid Storage System
General Motors (GM) and ABB have successfully converted used Chevy Volt batteries into a modular microgrid energy storage system that can support distributed generation and... Read More
Too Much Wind Power? Use Smart Grid Storage
Is there such a thing as too much wind power? The small city of Summerside, located on Canada’s Prince Edward Island, is home to approximately... Read More
Battery Storage Key For Texas
Texas may be rich in fossil fuels like oil and gas, but it’s also awash in clean, renewable energy. Well, at least it could be.... Read More
Dust Thwart India’s Solar Plans
India, planning $1.4 billion of solar-thermal power stations, expects half of the projects to be delayed and some to be scrapped as U.S. supplies stall... Read More
Princeton’s Microgrid Withstands Sandy
Lessons learned since darkness descended on central New Jersey in the wake of Sandy’s wrecking winds include at least one tiny triumph: Princeton University’s campus... Read More
Rust + Solar Power = Free Hydrogen
Using the power of the sun and ultrathin films of iron oxide (commonly known as rust), Technion-Israel Institute of Technology researchers have found a novel... Read More
US Bridges Battery Funding Gaps
The Obama administration’s 2009 stimulus measures provided billions of dollars in new financing for clean energy projects. Some of this made its way to a... Read More
Financial Times: Energy Storage Still Young
The idea of so-called grid-scale storage has long been a holy grail in the worlds of technology and green energy. Wind farms are marvellous for... Read More
Hydrogen Can Lead Energy Revolution
Renewable energy production has the inherent flaw of the intermittency of its fuel source. For this reason, it is critical that new methods of energy... Read More