Swiss Battery Maker Leclanche Joins Portuguese Island Grid Project
Lithium-ion batteries from Leclanche will be deployed in what is believed to be “the world’s first MW-scale renewable energy plus storage system” on the Portuguese... Read More
APS Asks To Raise Grid Access Charges For Residential PV, Launches Pilot Home Energy Storage
Arizona’s largest utility APS proposed that regulator Arizona Corporation Commission (ACC) increase its grid access charge from 70cents/kW to $3/kW, or about $21 per month for future residential storage customers.... Read More
New Battery Energy Storage Project Shows Potential For Electricity Network
Research from Griffith University (Australia)’s School of Engineering published in the journal Applied Energy shows promise for a battery energy storage system that can provide... Read More
Duke Energy, Indiana State Partner With Research Institute For Energy Storage
Duke Energy and the state of Indiana’s Office of Utility Consumer Counselor (OUCC) are working together with Indiana’s Battery Innovation Centre (BIC) to advance clean... Read More
Solar-And-Battery Storage To Power Oil Field in Qatar
Battery manufacturer Saft will supply Sunica.plus batteries together with solar power installation at an oilfield in Duhkan, Qatar. The site, located west of Doha, covers... Read More
Scientists Now Have Microscopic Insight Into A Li-Ion Battery
Researchers at the Department of Energy’s Joint Centre for Energy Storage Research (JCESR) have developed a way of peeking into what goes during a Li-ion... Read More
Global Capacity Of Distributed Energy Storage Systems Will Grow 10-Fold In Next 3 Years
Navigant Research has released a report that finds that the worldwide capacity of distributed energy storage systems will grow by 10 times from 276 MW... Read More
Cheap Solar That We Cannot Take Advantage Of
Solar PV-generated energy may now cost just half the price of grid-based electricity. According to energy expert Gordon Weiss, levellised cost of solar PV might... Read More
We Need Battery Software That Acts Like The Brain: Adaptably
With technology evolving so rapidly, it’s imperative to ensure that your hardware doesn’t get left behind every time a new software emerges in the market.... Read More
New Subsidies For PV-tied Energy Storage Systems
The German Federal Ministry of the Environment recently announced a $67 million budget to subsidise its photovoltaic (PV)-tied energy storage (ESS) for PV systems with... Read More