2016 Marks A Year of Maturity For Energy Storage Industry
Corporate investment in energy storage nearly hit $660 million in the third quarter this year, a five-fold increase from third quarter 2015, according to the... Read More
AEP Seeks Okay to Invest $52M in 8-10 Utility Microgrids
American Electric Power (AEP) unveiled plans this week to invest $52 million to build 8-10 utility microgrids as part of a smart city design for Columbus,... Read More
European Commission To Bet €2 billion On ‘Disruptive’ Clean Technologies
The European Commission is betting on disruptive clean technologies to give the EU a competitive edge, as part of its energy and climate “winter package”.... Read More
New Jersey State Investing In Storage For Renewables
The New Jersey Board of Public Utilities will be awarding nearly $3million to 13 projects across the state to develop and demonstrate energy storage for... 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
Energy Storage To Hit Mass Markets In 5 Years-Deutsche Bank
According to a recently released study by Deutsche Bank titled “Crossing the Chasm”, published on 2 March 2015, large-scale energy storage will become available within... Read More
Batteries, Batteries, Everywhere In The Future
Battery technology is a rapidly expanding market, with big companies and utilities investing in them lately. In Texas, Xtreme launched a $27 million project with... Read More
Bulk Energy Storage Investment Expected To Expand To $30b By 2022
Bulk energy storage on the grid, or ESG, is expected to grow exponentially to some $30 billion by 2022, according to a recently released report.... Read More
New Investments Renew Hope For Compressed Air Energy Storage
LightSail Energy, a grid-scale energy storage startup, just added $5.5 million to its coffers. New investor Total, the French Energy giant, joined Peter Thiel, Bill... Read More
Companies Attempt Mountaintop Energy Storage
Caves and mountaintops for electricity storage? That seems to be the newest development as companies ranging from Siemens to General Electric to Energy Cache are... Read More