Distributed Energy Storage News
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DOE Finds Energy Jobs Have Increased in Nearly Every County in America
The U.S. Department of Energy this week (Aug 16) released county-level data on energy employment across the United States finding that energy jobs grew in nearly every county in 2022. This data builds on national and state-level data that was published in June in the 2023 U.S. Energy and Employment Report (USEER) a comprehensive summary of national and state-level energy jobs, reporting by ...
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FSP Microgrid Energy Storage System Creates New Value for Renewable Energy
FSP, a Top 10 global power supply manufacturer, has been working with leading enterprises to promote ESG sustainability and green governance transformations to meet global targets of net zero carbon emissions by 2050. FSP and renewable energy partners are now investing heavily in the development of distributed energy storage systems (ESS) for microgrids to maximize the benefits of renewable ...
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Ameresco Announces Contract for Large Distribution Battery Energy Storage Systems in California
Ameresco, a leading cleantech integrator and renewable energy asset developer, owner and operator, this week announced that it has entered into a contract with Southern California Edison (SCE) to design and build three grid scale battery energy storage systems (BESSs) at existing substation parcels throughout SCE's service territory in California. Due to the impact of the extreme weather events ...
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Report Calls for 103 Gigawatts of Distributed, Local Solar Power by 2030
The U.S. must deploy a minimum of 103 gigawatts (GW) of distributed, local solar power and 137 GW of distributed energy storage by 2030 to achieve President Biden’s climate and equity goals at the lowest cost. This is one of the core findings of a new report issued this week by Local Solar for All, a broad coalition of local solar advocates, based on analysis from electric grid modeling experts ...
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GridWise Alliance Praises Senate Bipartisan Infrastructure Group on Electric Grid Investments
The GridWise Alliance applauds the U.S. Senate bipartisan infrastructure group for its leadership with the passage of the Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act. The grid provisions in the infrastructure bill will be an historic investment to accelerate the deployment of technologies and systems to modernize and enhance the electric grid."GridWise Alliance members and its Grid Infrastructure ...
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California PUC Issues Draft Distributed Energy Resources Action Plan
The California Public Utilities Commission on July 23 issued a Draft Distributed Energy Resources Action Plan 2.0, intended to coordinate development and implementation of policy, and will host a public workshop to discuss the draft and solicit comments.Distributed energy resources include rooftop solar and other distributed renewable generation resources, energy storage, electric vehicles, time ...
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Urgent Need for New Stationary Storage, According to IDTechEx
Starved of lithium-ion batteries and pumped storage sites, the stationary energy storage business is urgently looking for alternatives, according to a new report from IDTechEx.Tesla now sells its Powerwall house battery only to those buying the full solar house and, like its competitors, it has delayed electric vehicle launches also due to battery shortage. Metals shortages are taking over from ...
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Hunt Energy Network Announces New Energy Storage Venture
Hunt Energy Network this week announced it has formed a new venture, in collaboration with Manulife Investment Management, that will actively participate in the energy storage space within the Electric Reliability Council of Texas (ERCOT). Manulife Investment Management's commitment was sourced for the John Hancock Life Insurance Company (U.S.A.) balance sheet as well as third party managed ...
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White Paper: Why (and How) America Should Upgrade Our Vulnerable Electrical Grid
A new white paper from IEEE-USA, written by the nation's leading power engineers, addresses challenges and suggests solutions to current electrical grid shortcomings that are both technically feasible and economical. Challenges facing the U.S. electric power grid include aging equipment, physical and cyber security threats, transmission losses, wildfires and extreme weather, interconnection ...
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SimpliPhi Joins ‘America is All In,’ Supports Climate Action
SimpliPhi Power has joined the ‘America is All In’ campaign, the most expansive coalition of leaders ever assembled in support of climate action in the United States. Coinciding with the formal re-entry of the United States to the Paris Agreement, President & CEO Catherine Von Burg shared the following statement: “The climate crisis is an immediate and existential threat to ...
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SimpliPhi CEO Honored as Global Power & Energy Elite for 2021
SimpliPhi Power’s CEO and president, Catherine Von Burg, has been honored as an Elite Leader as part of the Global Power & Energy Elites for 2021, among only ten individuals selected for this prestigious recognition. The company’s battery-powered microgrid at a migrant camp along the US-Mexico border in Matamoros was also selected as an Elite Project for its humanitarian impact ...
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SimpliPhi Receives UL9540 Certification for AccESS, BOSS Products
Following completion of rigorous evaluation by nationally recognized testing labs, a wide range of SimpliPhi Power’s energy storage products and system configurations are approved for Certification under UL 9540. The AccESS, BOSS.6 & BOSS.12 systems can be used individually or in combination to achieve multiple, robust solutions across residential and commercial applications, both on ...
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SimpliPhi Power CEO Awarded Meaningful Business 100
SimpliPhi Power CEO Catherine Von Burg has been named one of the 2020 Meaningful Business 100 global leaders who combine profit and purpose to help achieve the United Nations Sustainable Development Goals (UN SDGs) in the Energy Industry. Von Burg has been recognized by the MB100 for her work in spearheading projects at SimpliPhi Power that advance the Affordable and Clean Energy and Climate ...
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Award Winning CHP District Energy Scheme Brings Low Cost Energy to Gateshead
Two combined heat and power (CHP) engines, supplied by Edina, are delivering low cost, low carbon to the award-winning Gateshead Energy Company. Edina was selected by Gateshead Council to supply and install two MWM 2MW gas-fired CHP engines to provide electricity and heat to domestic, municipal and commercial buildings in the town centre. Together, these engines can generate enough electricity ...
By Edina Group
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Array Technologies Announces SmarTrack Production Boost of up to 5%
Array Technologies, a market leader in single-axis solar tracking, have made its performance enhancing software SmarTrack even smarter – adding functionality to increase utility-scale energy harvest. Detailed research and projections from independent engineers at DNV GL spotlight the real-world and accurate energy gains now available to Array customers with SmarTrack. During extensive beta ...
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Ameresco Completes First Phase of Department of Defense-Funded Flow Battery Investigation
Ameresco, Inc., a leading energy efficiency and renewable energy company, recently announced the completion of phase-one of a multi-stage investigation of how flow battery technology could support microgrids with the U.S. Department of Defense (DoD). Conducted in partnership with 2ndPath Energy, this research is funded by the Department of Defense's Environmental Security Technology Certification ...
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U.S. Sees Busiest Quarter Yet For State and Utility Grid Modernization Activity
The N.C. Clean Energy Technology Center (NCCETC) has released its Q1 2020 edition of The 50 States of Grid Modernization. The quarterly series provides insights on state regulatory and legislative discussions and actions on grid modernization, utility business model and rate reforms, energy storage, microgrids, and demand response. The report finds that 47 states, as well as the District of ...
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SimpliPhi CEO: CA Must Reform its Energy Market & Infrastructure
Catherine Von Burg, CEO of SimpliPhi Power Inc., an Oxnard-based provider of innovative energy storage systems, today called on California officials to reform the state’s antiquated energy laws, regulations and infrastructure, and adopt distributed energy generation and storage to provide real long-term solutions and greater safety than the state-approved “Public Safety Power ...
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NEC to Develop Energy Storage Systems with Cells from Ambri, Inc.
NEC Energy Solutions (NEC) and Ambri today announced they have signed a joint development agreement (JDA) in which NEC will design and develop an energy storage system based on Ambri’s Liquid Metal Battery technology. NEC will employ its proprietary AEROS® energy storage operating system and controls to optimize system performance of the Ambri-based energy storage systems for NEC ...
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SimpliPhi Power and Heila Technologies Announce Distributed Intelligent Network Microgrid Solution
SimpliPhi Power, a California manufacturer of non-toxic, safe, residential, commercial and mobile energy storage systems, has partnered with Heila Technologies, a developer of software and hardware that integrates diverse generation and storage assets into microgrids, to deliver a dynamic platform that aggregates multiple customer-cited SimpliPhi battery systems into a ...
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