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…
Energy storage solutions to enhance grid economics – Renewable Energy Focus
By Nick Ni – Verde LLC, Massachusetts, USA Renewable energy has grown at a dramatic rate in recent years. The US Energy Information Administration has recently reported that renewable energy sources provided 9.81% of US energy consumption and…
Energy innovations to follow in 2017
1. DEMAND RESPONSE Balancing the supply and demand of energy across the National Grid is a constant game of careful planning and skillful execution. Add the intermittent nature of wind, solar and tidal energy into…
Residential energy storage systems to increase 3800% by 2025
Residential energy storage has been a growing market in certain areas for a number of years. To date, though, it has been a niche product for clean energy connoisseurs that utilities have mostly ignored. Momentum…
Emergence of the Behind-the-Meter Energy Storage Market
By Jerry Melcher The market for behind-the-meter energy storage has recently been reported growing by 15 times year-over-year. This is a significant development in direction and magnitude with over 13 megawatts installed in the third…
Large scale penetration of renewables through Behind-the-Meter tightly Integrated Photovoltaic and Storage System
By Matt Kromer, Sidharth Choudhary, Christof Wittwer, Felix Braam and Robert Kohrs A combination of the rapid growth of distributed solar photovoltaic (PV) generation in Germany, a changing regulatory regime that has limited price supports…
Energy Storage for Demand Response Program
The Glasgow Electric Plant Board is installing Sunverge Energy’s smart energy storage devices as part of the utility’s effort to significantly reduce emissions during times of peak demand for its customers in southern Kentucky. The…
