Amazon’s Data Centres To Be Powered By Wind Energy
Amazon Web Services has announced the construction of a 208 MW wind farm that will be built in North Carolina- which will also be the... Read More
First Compressed Gas Energy Storage Facility In UK
The European Union will provide up to 6.5 million euros for the financing of a compressed air energy-storage project near Larne, Northern Ireland. The project... Read More
ABB And RTE France Integrates Offshore Wind Energy Into French Grid
ABB has signed a $25 million contract with electrical transmission system operator, RTE France, which will enable the integration of offshore wind parks into the... Read More
New Energy Storage Company Launched
Blue Planet Energy Systems LLC is a new energy storage company launched by Hawaiian entrepreneur Henk Rogers, (the creator of Tetris), in a partnership with... Read More
Delay in Hawaii’s Largest Electric Utility’s Energy Storage Systems
Hawaii’s largest electric utility, Hawaii Electric Co. has delayed plans for improvements of major energy storage systems. The company has its goal set back by... Read More
Sumitomo Engages RES, Toshiba For Energy Storage Project In Ohio
Japanese trader Sumitomo Corp is investing in a battery power storage system in Ohio to balance the electricity grid serving the northeastern United States. It... Read More
World Bank Highlights Complementary Role Of Energy Storage In Grids With Renewables
A new report from the World Bank’s Energy Sector Management Assistance Program (ESMAP) looks at new approaches to facilitate the scaling up of variable renewable... Read More
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
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
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