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Electricity Storage & Smart Grid Research Programs Launched By Indiana & New York

Electricity Storage & Smart Grid Research Programs Launched By Indiana & New York Renewable energy technologies using wind or solar have long stirred questions about electricity storage for those times when it is either dark or windless. Add demand for a smart grid and a lot of work still needs to be accomplished. To this … Continue reading Electricity Storage & Smart Grid Research Programs Launched By Indiana & New York

First Hybrid-Flywheel Energy Storage Plant Announced For Europe

First Hybrid-Flywheel Energy Storage Plant Announced For Europe The first grid-connected hybrid flywheel project in Europe was recently announced by Ireland’s Minister of State at the Department of Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation. SchwungradEnergie Limited, an Irish company, is behind the project and will collaborate with the Dept. of Physics and Energy at the University of … Continue reading First Hybrid-Flywheel Energy Storage Plant Announced For Europe

Energy Storage Emerges as the Smart Answer to Big City Power Needs

Energy Storage Emerges as the Smart Answer to Big City Power Needs PRINCETON, NJ–(Marketwired – Mar 24, 2015) – Princeton Power Systems, a leading global designer and manufacturer of technology products and embedded software for energy management, micro-grid operations, and electric vehicle charging, is providing technologies at the heart of breakthrough energy storage projects that … Continue reading Energy Storage Emerges as the Smart Answer to Big City Power Needs

Further advances in battery technologies are needed for smart grid

Further advances in battery technologies are needed for smart grid A factor of five reduction in cost will be necessary if batteries are to become commercially viable for grid-scale electricity storage, according to the head of the Department of Energy’s battery research center. George Crabtree, director of the Joint Center for Energy Storage Research (JCESR) … Continue reading Further advances in battery technologies are needed for smart grid

STATE INVESTS IN BACKUP STORAGE FOR SOLAR POWER AND WIND ENERGY SYSTEMS

STATE INVESTS IN BACKUP STORAGE FOR SOLAR POWER AND WIND ENERGY SYSTEMS BPU awards more than a dozen grants to develop and demonstrate energy storage for renewables The state is funding more than a dozen projects to help make solar and wind power more reliable by providing backup energy-storage systems for the electricity they produce. … Continue reading STATE INVESTS IN BACKUP STORAGE FOR SOLAR POWER AND WIND ENERGY SYSTEMS

Tracking the Rise of Intelligent Energy Storage

Tracking the Rise of Intelligent Energy Storage Power industry regulators around the world are increasingly coming to realize the multiple benefits of intelligent energy storage solutions. As Navigant highlights in the Q1 2015 edition of its Energy Storage Tracker, new regulatory mandates in the U.S., Europe and across the Asia-Pacific were key factors that made … Continue reading Tracking the Rise of Intelligent Energy Storage