This article was written by Mark Anderson and was posted on November 7th on IEEE Spectrum Grid-scale energy storage is the lesser-publicized half of the clean energy story. As solar and wind farms scale up, so does the grid’s need to put electricity on layaway for...
This article was published by Anna Golubova on Energy and Mines Storage solutions are dramatically changing the resource sector’s energy landscape by allowing solar and wind to provide 24/7 energy supply to remote mines. Glencore’s Raglan mine Currently, mines are...
By Mark Anderson Posted 21 Oct 2016 | 17:00 GMT Illustration: Advanced Rail Energy Storage As the electric grid is increasingly powered by renewables, it will need energy storage for when the wind isn’t blowing and the sun isn’t shining. But the three top grid-scale...
This story was reported by Rob Nikolewski for the San Diego Union Tribune. Call it a hybrid system with multiple applications for the electric grid. Southern California Edison (SCE) has signed on to be the first utility in the country to buy a project that will...
An insider’s view from ESNA 2016 What we heard most frequently at ESNA last week… Both in the sessions we attended and on the show floor we heard again and again that utilities and policy makers need to restructure electricity markets to create new value...
New ESS board member & utility veteran Mike Niggli discusses the importance of long-duration energy storage and solar for utilities with Jason Deign of Energy Storage report. Check out the full article here. By Jason Deign An executive appointment last month has...
ARPA-E Awards $37 Million to Develop Innovative Solutions to Overcome the Limits of Battery, Fuel Cell Technologies WASHINGTON — The Energy Department’s Advanced Research Projects Agency-Energy (ARPA-E) today announced $37 million in funding for 16 innovative new...
This article was originally published on Utility Dive, September 7, 2016. In the report, ARPA-E also highlights technology developed by Energy Storage Systems that uses iron chemistry to bring down the cost of the prevalent vanadium-based flow batteries. Of 475...
This article was originally published in the September – October issue of North American Clean Energy. The owner of Stone Edge Farm (SEF), a premier boutique winery in Sonoma, California, wanted to develop a microgrid with assets that could not only bring its...
This post was originally published in North American Clean Energy September – October issue. The value of long-duration (>6 hours) energy storage is increasingly recognized by regulators, utilities, and thought leaders for its flexibility in addressing...
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