What The March 20 Solar Eclipse Tells Us About Energy Storage
The recent solar eclipse resulted in a sudden drop-off in solar production, potentially spelling trouble for the grid for countries heavily reliant on solar power... Read More
The Future Wearable Battery Pack Lies In Yarn
Combined with solar cells, a “capacitive yarn” developed by US-based private research institution Drexel University and the US Naval Academy, could become the next wearable... Read More
Behind-The-Meter Energy Storage Could Grow Exponentially in US
Behind-the-meter (or customer-sited) energy storage deployments grew more than three times in 2014, and accounted for 10% of total 2014 deployments in US. Of this,... Read More
Islands Could Be France’s Huge Battery Storage Opportunity
France’s mainland remains deeply reliant on nuclear power and a large majority of its existing continental energy storage comes in the form of pumped hydro.... 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
SolarCity Develops Community Microgrids That Include Tesla Batteries
Microgrids by SolarCity, that include generators and software with solar panels to manage the power will now incorporate Tesla Motors batteries to store the energy... Read More
Japanese, German companies partner to offer residential energy storage in Germany
Kyocera Corporation from Japan has teamed up with Energetik Solartechnologie-Vertriebs GmbH and Solare Datensysteme GmbH from Germany to provide homeowners with solar power generation and... Read More
The Importance Of Distributed Energy Systems
It’s all about distributed energy this week. First up, in hot-off-the-press news we hear the battery system integrator Demand Energy is installing 1MW of distributed energy storage systems across... Read More
Graphene-Based Electrodes: A Potential Game Changer For Energy Storage
Crucial to electrical energy storage is the understanding of their complex systems that change as the system is charged and discharged. Researchers at the Lawrence... Read More
It Might Be Useful To Listen To Energy Storage Skeptics Too
There is a lot of hype in recent years about energy storage and how it is going to change the world. Pessimists though, have a... Read More