The US Department of Energy’s National Renewable Energy Laboratories (NREL, Golden, Colorado, US) has released a new report which quantifies the value that concentrating solar power (CSP) with thermal energy storage can add to California’s grid. “Analysis of Concentrating Solar Power with Thermal Energy Storage in a California 33% Renewable Scenario” puts the value of … Continue reading NREL study values Concentrated Solar Power with thermal energy storage above PV
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Smoothing Renewable Wind Energy in Texas
The Notrees Wind Storage Demonstration Project is a 36-megawatt energy storage and power management system, which completed testing and became fully operational in December. It shows how energy storage can moderate the intermittent nature of wind by storing excess energy when the wind is blowing and making it available later to the electric grid to … Continue reading Smoothing Renewable Wind Energy in Texas
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Researchers develop energy storage system
Canadian researchers have developed a ground-breaking method which may ultimately enable excess energy created by wind turbines and solar panels to be stored for later use. Two researchers at the University of Calgary report in the journal Science that they have invented a relatively inexpensive way of using rust to act as a catalyst for … Continue reading Researchers develop energy storage system
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Altairnano Lithium Titanate Energy Storage System Commissioned at Vestas Wind Farm
Altair Nanotechnologies, Inc. (Altairnano) (NASDAQ: ALTI) has commissioned a 1.2 megawatt (MW) ALTI-ESS lithium-titanate battery system at a Danish wind farm supplied by Vestas Wind Systems A/S (Vestas), a global leader in wind power. The demonstration project is one of several initiatives currently using Altairnano’s energy storage technology to advance renewable power integration. Headquartered in … Continue reading Altairnano Lithium Titanate Energy Storage System Commissioned at Vestas Wind Farm
Continue readingEnergy Storage Systems for Ancillary Services
Ancillary services are the services required to maintain safe, reliable, and secure transmission of energy on the grid. Designed to respond to the technical challenges of generating, transmitting and distributing electricity, these services are required to balance the grid regardless of the structure of the electricity market. It can be challenging for a new technology
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Concentrating Solar Power Thermal Energy Storage vital for utilities and grid operators
The modern age of CSP can arguably be traced back to the 354 MW Solar Energy Generating Systems (SEGS) in the Mojave desert, which now make up the oldest operating plant in the world, as well as one of the largest. However, recent developments in the industry will see SEGS eclipsed by 5 projects that … Continue reading Concentrating Solar Power Thermal Energy Storage vital for utilities and grid operators
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Commercial Building Energy Storage Systems Will Expand More Than Five-Fold by 2022
The market for energy storage in commercial buildings includes one mature segment – energy storage systems for uninterruptible power supply (UPS) systems – as well as two relatively nascent segments: electrical energy storage (EES) systems and thermal energy storage (TES) systems. In certain cities and regions where local utilities and governments allow building owners to … Continue reading Commercial Building Energy Storage Systems Will Expand More Than Five-Fold by 2022
Continue readingEnergy Storage in Commercial Buildings
The commercial buildings market is currently the largest source of revenue for stationary energy storage companies, primarily thanks to a robust uninterruptible power supply (UPS) industry, which requires an energy storage component. That segment alone is estimated to generate $3.7 billion in global sales in 2013. In addition, there is a relatively healthy market for thermal … Continue reading Energy Storage in Commercial Buildings
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California Sets 50M W Target for Grid Energy Storage
That’s how much energy storage capacity the California Public Utilities Commission (CPUC) is asking Southern California Edison to procure over the next eight years, according to a final decision issued. It’s not a lot, compared to the total of 1,400 to 1,800 megawatts CPUC is asking the massive Southern California utility to procure between now … Continue reading California Sets 50M W Target for Grid Energy Storage
Continue readingConcentrating Solar Power With Storage Can Benefit the Grid
The evidence is piling up that when the real value of energy is considered, electricity generated from concentrating solar power (CSP) plants with storage capability outperforms solar photovoltaic. Rigorous research studies cited throughout The Economic and Reliability Benefits of CSP With Thermal Energy Storage: Recent Studies and Research Needs, a report from the CSP Alliance, … Continue reading Concentrating Solar Power With Storage Can Benefit the Grid
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Energy storage projects highlight value of Concentrating Solar Power
In October 2012, the California Energy Commission approved a USD$1 million research grant for Pacific Gas & Electric (PG&E), a utility that serves two-thirds of the West Coast state, to demonstrate a compressed air energy storage (CAES) plant. CAES comes in a variety of flavours but essentially relies on the fact that air generates heat … Continue reading Energy storage projects highlight value of Concentrating Solar Power
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North America´s largest battery storage project at a Wind Farm
Duke Energy Renewables, part of Duke Energy’s Commercial Businesses, announced today the completion of its 36-megawatt (MW) energy storage and power management system at its Notrees Windpower Project in west Texas. The system completed testing and became fully operational in December, 2012. ‘Battery storage is an important innovation to address the variability of wind and solar … Continue reading North America´s largest battery storage project at a Wind Farm
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Solar Energy Storage Market to Touch Nearly $2 billion in 2018, Demand for Solar in Latin America Soars
Four new significant market research reports are available from Global Information (GII) for executives and their organizations seeking strong historic and forecast data to facilitate their decision-making concerning the global market for solar photovoltaics, solar storage and energy harvesting. The reports provide answers to key questions such as what are the growth prospects for solar … Continue reading Solar Energy Storage Market to Touch Nearly $2 billion in 2018, Demand for Solar in Latin America Soars
Continue readingCSP Alliance Report Highlights Economic Value of Concentrating Solar Power with Storage
CSP with thermal storage offers significant, quantifiable economic, reliability and operational benefits for utilities and grid operators. The Concentrating Solar Power Alliance (CSPA), an advocacy organization dedicated to educating U.S. regulators, utilities and grid operators about the unique benefits of Concentrating Solar Power (CSP) and of thermal energy storage, today issued a technical report titled, … Continue reading CSP Alliance Report Highlights Economic Value of Concentrating Solar Power with Storage
Continue readingConcentrated solar power with thermal energy storage can help utilities
The storage capacity of concentrating solar power (CSP) can add significant value to a utility company’s optimal mix of energy sources, a new report by the U.S. NREL suggests. The storage capacity of concentrating solar power (CSP) can add significant value to a utility company’s optimal mix of energy sources, a new report by the … Continue reading Concentrated solar power with thermal energy storage can help utilities
Continue readingEnergy Storage Tracker 4Q12
Government investments in energy storage and related areas (such as smart grid) are clearly bearing fruit, particularly in the North American and Asian markets. As the global energy storage project pipeline has grown, the number of deployed projects has increased as well. Meanwhile, the R&D strategies of each region are becoming more apparent, as Asian … Continue reading Energy Storage Tracker 4Q12
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Wind Energy and Solar Power Paired With Storage Could Power Grid 99.9 Percent of the Time
Renewable energy could fully power a large electric grid 99.9 percent of the time by 2030 at costs comparable to today’s electricity expenses, according to new research by the University of Delaware and Delaware Technical Community College. A well-designed combination of wind power, solar power and storage in batteries and fuel cells would nearly always … Continue reading Wind Energy and Solar Power Paired With Storage Could Power Grid 99.9 Percent of the Time
Continue readingAES Selects Mitsubishi-GS Yuasa and Parker-Hannifin to Supply Battery Energy Storage System
AES Gener and AES Energy Storage today announced the selection of Parker-Hannifin to supply advanced battery energy storage systems for their new Cochrane power station. The battery energy storage system will be supplied by Mitsubishi Corporation with the lithium ion battery module manufactured by GS Yuasa and the lithium ion battery cells by Lithium Energy … Continue reading AES Selects Mitsubishi-GS Yuasa and Parker-Hannifin to Supply Battery Energy Storage System
Continue readingMitsubishi Heavy Industries to Introduce Large-capacity Lithium-ion Battery Energy Storage System
Mitsubishi Heavy Industries, Ltd. (MHI), jointly with SSE plc (formerly Scottish and Southern Energy plc), will begin an energy storage system demonstration project using the power grid in the UK’s Orkney Islands, which has a high proportion of renewable energy generation in relation to demand. The project aims at demonstrating power supply stabilization in the … Continue reading Mitsubishi Heavy Industries to Introduce Large-capacity Lithium-ion Battery Energy Storage System
Continue readingResearchers Develop Effective Thermal Energy Storage System
Engineering researchers at the University of Arkansas have developed a thermal energy storage system that will work as a viable alternative to current methods used for storing energy collected from solar panels. Incorporating the researchers’ design into the operation of a concentrated solar power plant will dramatically increase annual energy production while significantly decreasing production … Continue reading Researchers Develop Effective Thermal Energy Storage System
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