Industry News
RENEWABLE ENERGY WORLD: Energy Storage Crucial Step for Renewable Electricity
November 23, 2010U.S. policymakers must focus more closely on developing new energy storage technologies as they consider a national renewable electricity standard.
Read MoreRENEWABLE ENERGY WORLD: Energy Storage, the Grid and PV
November 17, 2010Energy storage will soon become an essential element of the smart grid, especially as more power generation from inherently intermittent sources such as solar and wind come online.
Read MoreRENEWABLES BIZ: The Keys to Energy Storage
November 9, 2010If energy storage holds the key to the fates of wind and solar energy, then Beacon Power Corp. thinks it has the answer.
Read MoreNEW YORK TIMES: In Presidio, a Grasp at the Holy Grail of Energy Storage
November 6, 2010This $25 million contraption is the largest battery system in the United States — locals have dubbed it Bob, for Big Ole Battery. It began operating earlier this year, and is the latest mark of the state’s interest in a nascent but rapidly evolving industry: the storage of electricity.
Read MoreSAN DIEGO UNION-TRIBUNE: Energy storage key to future of power grid
October 28, 2010What if you could store that power and do for the grid what millions do for their cell phones — charge at night when there’s excess power and use the power in the day?
Read MoreENERGYBIZ: Ontario's Crusade to Cut Coal
October 26, 2010The Canadian province is now updating its long-term energy plan that will attempt to phase out all of its coal-fired power plants and to replace them with carbon-friendly fuels.
Read MoreCLEAN ENERGY NEWS: Making Our Way To Energy Storage - Jimmy Buffett, The Holy Grail and The Manhattan Project
October 20, 2010But what is energy storage? Storage includes batteries large and small, compressed air, pumped water systems, fly wheels and a host of other ideas, both new and old.
Read MoreGIGAOM: Battle Over Cali’s Energy Storage Mandate Have Only Begun
October 1, 2010There’s been a lot of high-fiving among energy storage technology developers about a bill signed into law by California Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger this week. However, the bill doesn’t mandate energy storage, which means it’s far from determined which technologies and players will be the big winners.
Read MoreBLOOMBERG NEWS: California Law Calls for Energy-Storage Mandates for Utilities
October 1, 2010California has enacted a law that may mandate power providers to set up energy-storage facilities, potentially benefiting battery-makers such as A123 Systems Inc. and BYD Co.
Read MoreNEW YORK TIMES: In California, a Grid Storage Mandate
October 1, 2010The state will now require utilities (first, investor-owned utilities, and later, publicly owned ones) to have storage capacity on hand that can quickly be put into use when the wind dies down.
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