Behind-the-meter energy storage
Traditional utility thinking would have it all congregated in a single location: a warehouse full of batteries ready to send power to and from the grid in a centralized fashion. A decentralized approach, however, adds…
Energy storage 2013 and beyond
Smart grid energy storage technologies, and related software applications, experienced significant advancements in 2013. Utilities around the world deployed new energy storage systems and participated in pilot projects aimed at producing a more dependable and…
New fuel cell uses solar and biomass
Despite the benefits of low-temperature fuel cell technologies, they cannot directly use biomass as a fuel because of the lack of an effective catalyst system. However, Georgia Institute of Technology researchers have developed a low-temperature…
Lithium ion “clear leader” in utility scale battery energy storage apps
The electricity distribution grid is one of the most complex networks in the modern economy, and one of the only advanced networks to not have any storage capabilities, according to Navigant Research. Batteries have not…
Is energy storage ready for primetime?
The last few days have been mixed for energy storage with Xtreme Power filing for bankruptcy and AES Energy Storage reaching the 1.5 million MWh milestone for delivered energy. But looking at the big picture,…
Fast path to renewable energy in the Middle East needs distributed energy storage
Middle Eastern countries are keen to move fast along a sustainable energy path, in particular using solar energy. Saudi Arabia has ambitious targets for renewable energy generation, and the United Arab Emirates (UAE) are also…
Trojan Battery launches Smart Carbon line of advanced lead acid batteries
Smart Carbon is a proprietary Trojan formula which provides improved performance when the batteries operate in partial state of charge, or PSOC. This technology, according to Trojan Battery, enhances overall battery life in off-grid and…
Energy Storage in Deregulated Power Markets
Written by Michael I. Henderson The large scale development of energy storage presents risks and opportunities. Storage devices can provide more efficient use of the transmission and distribution systems, facilitate the development of variable resources…
