Financing Deal:US Battery Maker & China Firm
A123 Systems has reached a final agreement with Chinese company, Wanxiang Group that will provide emergency capital and eventually acquire a controlling stake in A123.... Read More
Integrating Solar Into Evolving Smart Grid
An economically feasible way to store solar energy in existing residential power networks is the subject of an award winning paper written by two Virginia... Read More
Company Wins Chinese Pumped Storage Deal
China State Grid Corp., the nation’s largest energy provider, bought four pumped-storage units from Germany’s Voith GmbH for a renewable-power plant in Jiangxi province. The... Read More
Self Charging Battery Stores/Generates Energy
Researchers from the Georgia Institute of Technology have recently published their study on combining energy generation and storage in a single unit. Renewable energy technologies... Read More
Scientists Develop Fast-Charging Li-Ion Battery
A group of scientists from the Ulsan National Institute of Science and Technology (UNIST) have developed a fast-charge lithium-ion battery that can be recharged 30... Read More
$5.9 Million Study on Hybrid Solar Systems
As part of SMUD`s $5.9 million SolarSmart program, which is backed by the Department of Energy, California Energy Commission and SunPower, lithium-ion batteries have been... Read More
2017:Vanadium Flow Batteries 1/5 of Storage Market
A study conducted by Lux Research predicts that vanadium flow batteries could capture about 17 percent of the energy grid storage market by 2017, representing... Read More
Storage Systems Balance Peaks in Power Grid
Energy storage systems are one of the key technologies for the energy turnaround. With their help, the fluctuating supply of electricity based on photovoltaics and... Read More
2 Weeks News Review: 2
(A review of several groundbreaking events in the energy storage industry by Andrew Crossland, Research Analyst, Dufresne) In this fortnightly “news in brief” segment, I... Read More
Advanced Batteries Market Near $30 Billion By 2022
Amid rising demand for electricity and increasing penetration of renewable energy resources, advanced batteries represent a unique asset, offering the promise of grid flexibility and... Read More