Tesla hires SunEdison’s energy storage lead as the company SunEdison, the world’s largest renewable-energy developer, has been going through some serious financial troubles for a while now and could reportedly file for bankruptcy as soon as this week. Its stock (SUNE) lost 98% of its value over the past 12 months and people are starting … Continue reading #Tesla hires #SunEdison ’s energy storage lead as the company
“Reversible” Energy Storage For Better, Cheaper, Non-Toxic Batteries Lithium-ion technology dominates today’s energy storage market, but new alternatives are beginning to bubble up from research laboratories. In the latest development, a team of researchers at Pacific Northwest National Laboratories has unlocked the secret behind a reversible formula that could be used for low cost grid … Continue reading “Reversible” Energy Storage For Better, Cheaper, Non-Toxic Batteries
Report: One-third of solar installers offer energy storage, number set to rise Energy storage made a big splash in the market last year when Tesla Motors unveiled its Powerwall battery aimed at the residential market, but storage still has ground to gain when it comes to installations. A report by Bonn, Germany-based research firm EuPD … Continue reading Report: One-third of solar installers offer energy storage, number set to rise
Bacteria Batteries In The Future? When it comes to storing electricity from renewable sources, bacteria may have a bright future alongside lithium. This may be great news as demand grows for storing renewable electricity. lithium batter pack. Scientists report in the American Chemical Society journal Environmental Science & Technology Letters a first-of-its-kind development toward that … Continue reading Bacteria Batteries In The Future?
Energy Storage: Thinking BIG The widespread deployment of cost-effective, grid-scale energy storage solutions may still be distant, but the technology appears to be commercially viable. The next step: Getting projects funded and online. Storing electricity on a large scale has been pursued for years by electric utilities in hopes of using the power to cover … Continue reading Energy Storage: Thinking BIG
SolarCity Closes $338 Million Round for Commercial Solar and Energy Storage, Plus Residential Can the company figure out the best way to pair C&I storage with PV? SolarCity closed two major rounds of funding this week that will give a boost to its residential and commercial solar businesses, and could possibly breathe new life into … Continue reading SolarCity Closes $338 Million Round for Commercial Solar and Energy Storage, Plus Residential
Storing Solar and Wind Power — in Molten Salt Alternative energy development has become major new policy goal of the United States, and innovators throughout the country are taking this goal seriously. Sustainable, reliable alternative energies require more than just generating power. It also needs to be stored. Gas is easy. It is already in … Continue reading Storing Solar and Wind Power — in Molten Salt
Michigan utility partners with university on energy storage pilot Michigan’s second-largest electric utility is partnering with researchers at Michigan State University on a two-year energy storage pilot project. Though details are still being worked out, Consumers Energy says the goal is to determine the extent to which storage can be deployed throughout its service territory … Continue reading #Michigan utility partners with university on energy storage pilot
The Tesla killer? Sonnen’s CEO on its US energy storage market strategy The German storage company’s CEO talks U.S. markets, partnerships with utilities and the competition with Tesla ’s a common trope in the U.S. power sector to talk about the day that energy storage “went mainstream,” and was introduced to a broader audience beyond … Continue reading The #Tesla killer? #Sonnen ‘s CEO on its US energy storage market strategy
Utility Adds 38.5 MWs Energy Storage, Efficiency Projects San Diego Gas & Electric (SDG&E) has added 20-megawatts of energy storage and 18.5 MW of energy efficiency projects that will allow the California utility to supply more renewable energy to its customers and help them reduce energy usage in commercial buildings. The 20-MW lithium ion battery … Continue reading Utility Adds 38.5 MWs Energy Storage, Efficiency Projects #SDGE
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