Pumped Storage Electricity Station Planned in Orange, California
Eagle Crest Energy plans to transform the Kaiser Eagle Mountain Mine, a disused mine near Desert Centre in the Colorado Desert, into a pumped storage... Read More
Japanese company Develops New Flywheel System For Energy Storage
A prototype flywheel has been developed by Osaka-based company, Kubotek, intended to integrate new energy sources into local power grids. The prototype is one of... Read More
Team From UT Arlington Develops Solar Energy Storage Cell For Nighttime Conversion
The new solar cell is an all-vanadium photo-electrochemical flow cell that can function in the dark, providing large-scale solar energy storage even during nighttime. The... 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
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
SunEdison Buys 100MWh Vanadium Batteries For Microgrids in India
World’s largest renewable energy developer SunEdison has purchased 1000 energy storage systems from Imergy to supply electricity to villages in rural India. Microgrids with battery... Read More
Feature Article: What Renewables Really Need Is Not New Technologies In Energy Storage
The argument going around now is that energy storage is the only solution for balancing the grid and renewables. Without breakthrough technologies, the prospect of... Read More
Solar Panel Company Now To Sell Lithium-ion Batteries
What started out as a solar cell and panel company is now incorporating lithium-ion batteries in its range of products. SunPower’s CEO Tom Werner, explained... Read More
Charge Your Remote Control With Your Window
Solar energy storage can be much closer to home than we think. In fact, it’s staring back at us when we gaze out of the... Read More
Subsidized Storage Needed To Meet Germany’s Renewables Target
Some worry that as Germany moves towards a total of 33 gigawatts of solar power, the grid might behave more unpredictably. Energy storage then, should... Read More