Energy Storage Articles
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Energy Storage 301: Solar + Storage Economics - Case Study
In this post we examine the economics of solar + storage. Specifically, we calculate the value of solar and storage for two commercial buildings in each of three markets: California, New York, and Hawaii. We find solar and storage are strongly synergistic in all three markets. The NPVs of solar + storage investments are greater than the sum of the NPVs of solar investments and storage ...
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Why smart utilities are embracing distributed electricity
Power companies that take initiative now can position themselves for a bright future in tomorrow’s clean energy economy The growth of distributed energy generation, particularly in the form of solar energy, leaves the aging, monopolistic electric utility system a daunting choice: Come out swinging in defense of the status quo or boldly jump into the cockpit, put on the co-pilot’s hat ...
By Ensia
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Farah Hospital to save 416,085 USD per year with TES solution - Case Study
ARANER, is not only the leading company in Turbine Inlet Air Cooling and innovative District Cooling Solutions, but has also designed and implemented some of the world’s biggest Thermal Energy Storage Systems. Just as we did with Farah Hospital located in Amman (Jordan), which is considered the biggest and most prestigious hospital in the Middle East. We take on each Thermal Energy Storage ...
By Araner
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Solar-Plus-Storage – Why 1 + 1 = 3
In April 2016, Geli partnered with the Rocky Mountain Institute to host a webinar explaining the value of solar-plus-storage for commercial and industrial customers. Watch our video recordings to learn how combining energy storage and solar PV can increase customer savings and boost project ROI. Solar-Plus-Storage: Building the Business Case This first video walks through a ...
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CSP cost forecasts undervalue benefit to future grid balancing
CSP generation costs could drop to $77/MWh by 2025 but storage and hybrid solar plants can provide further value by following load, Jose Alfonso Nebrera, Director of Spanish engineering firm ACS SCE, said at the MENASOL 2016 conference on May 26. Global renewable energy expansion is reducing the cost of solar and wind energy while increasing grid intermittency and the need for dispatchable power ...
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What’s the Future of R&D in the Wind Industry?
When the wind industry finally reacted to the world’s financial crisis—it didn’t fully hit us until 2010—at once, we lost both an incredibly vibrant global wind market and sufficiently robust profit margins. The market recovery is rebounding nicely now, thanks largely to government incentives, but profit margins will probably never fully recover—at least, not to the ...
By NRG Systems
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Con Edison to pilot $15M virtual power plant project
New York utility Consolidated Edison (Con Edison) plans to launch a pilot virtual power plant (VPP) project in June to test out the business case for integrating aggregated fleets of residential solar-plus-storage systems into the grid, Jamie Brennan, director of demonstration projects at Con Edison, told Energy Storage Update. The project will link hundreds of solar and battery storage systems ...
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Phytotoxicity of soluble graphitic nanofibers to model plant species
Carbon nanomaterials are considered promising for applications in energy storage, catalysis, and electronics. This has motivated study of their potential environmental toxicity. Recently a novel nanomaterial consisting of graphene oxide (GO) wrapped around a carbon nanotube (CNT) core was synthesized. The resulting soluble graphitic nanofibers (SGNFs) were found to have superior catalytic ...
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Marine AC UPS for Critical Offshore Installations
Equipment installed in ships or offshore installations typically operate under tough conditions, and any possible equipment failures can have serious cost impact. Despite this, products not really suited for the applications are often chosen based on the initial cost rather than looking at the total cost of ownership. One example is the use of a modular marine AC UPS versus the use of a modified ...
By Eltek AS
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US LNG: A new era in the European economy
Recent news from the gas market make it clear that the US starts its new energy policy with LNG. In April, the US Cheniere Energy for the first time delivered nearly 100,000 tons of LNG on a tanker to Portugal. It’s clear that the first cargo serves to test the route to Europe, but it’s obvious that this is already the beginning of a new era in the European economy of oil and gas, ...
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How Do Stratified Thermal Energy Storage Tanks Work?
The world is facing two headaches in regards to energy development: new sources of energy and innovation of affordable and efficient energy storage systems. Energy wastage is a chief concern and the solutions provided by stratified thermal energy storage systems give a massive boost to cost saving measures. At ARANER, we are constantly innovating and looking for the solutions that will help you ...
By Araner
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Closing The California Clean Energy Divide
Reducing Electric Bills in Affordable Multifamily Rental Housing with Solar+Storage Executive Summary BATTERY STORAGE IS EMERGING AS AN effective new strategy for reducing electricity costs for affordable multifamily rental housing in California. Battery storage systems not only provide economic returns today, they can also preserve the value of solar in an evolving policy and regulatory ...
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Twelve principles for introducing sustainable energy storage to the electrical grid
Researchers have provided a set of guidelines to help policymakers, designers and operators develop sustainable solutions for energy-storage systems for electricity grids. The guidelines cover a range of energy-storage technologies and grid-integration options. As societies move towards decarbonising the world’s energy supply and reducing greenhouse gas emissions, energy storage is playing ...
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Statoil backs wind storage; LG Chem eyes Australia growth
Battery maker LG Chem plans to expand its footprint in the Australian residential solar and battery storage market, the company announced on March 24, citing the “exponential traction” for its RESU6.4EX residential energy storage system in Australia and the “untapped opportunity” for solar energy storage in the country. LG Chem launched its lithium-ion 6.4 kWh RESU6.4EX ...
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Is nuclear power our energy future — or a dinosaur in a death spiral?
Identical data yield drastically different conclusions about the role nuclear will play in meeting climate goals. Nuclear power is dead. Long live nuclear power. Nuclear power is the only way forward. Nuclear power is a red herring. Nuclear power is too dangerous. Nuclear power is the safest power source around. Nuclear is nothing. Nuclear is everything. It is now generally agreed that the ...
By Ensia
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7 Theses on Storage Systems in Commercial Applications
Solar storage systems are now the focus of attention more than ever before. The application areas are as different as the requirements. While private PV system operators work toward optimizing self-consumption, storage systems in industry are mainly used to provide control reserve and thus ensure grid stability. In commercial storage system applications, the main focus is on efficiency and a ...
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UAE’s MISP center accelerates pre-commercial tech development
Almost three years after launching the Middle East’s first CSP plant, Masdar joined with Masdar Institute to launch late last year the region’s first CSP research and demonstration centre. Masdar Institute Solar Platform (MISP) builds around a set of unique facilities including a 100kW beam-down concentrating tower and its solar field, a hot-oil loop and thermal energy system (TES), ...
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Morocco calls for IPP projects; UAE uses sand for storage
Solar thermal news you need to know. Morocco calls for Midelt solar projects The Moroccan Agency for Solar Energy (MASEN) has called for Expressions of Interest (EOIs) to develop the first phase of the Noor Midelt Solar Complex (NoorM 1). In a document published on December 31, MASEN said this phase will include “one or more projects expected to be developed under an [Independent Power ...
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Green Energy: The highlights of 2015 - 2015 was a banner year for green energy
No question, 2015 will be remembered as a banner year for clean energy in Canada. Perhaps surprisingly Alberta led the way as the new government there pledged to invest in clean energy. “Alberta is going to move away from coal and towards clean power,” said Premier Rachael Notley when, in November, she announced a sweeping plan to accelerate the phase out of coal electricity and ...
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The effect of water hammer on a confined air pocket towards flow energy storage system
This research studies the behavior of a fully confined air pocket under the effect of water pulses induced by a water hammer phenomenon using several experimental tests in a pressurized transient condition. A compressed air vessel (CAV) has been tested under transient conditions to show its ability to absorb the pressure surges and to demonstrate the energy storage capability of the air ...
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