Energy Storage News

The Bioenergy Insight Conference, a world-leading bioenergy event, will be held in Edinburgh, Scotland, on 4 and 5 October 2017, covering the whole bioenergy supply chain. ...

Aug. 11, 2017

By BEA Institut für Bioenergie GmbH

Instead of rebuilding about 20 miles of transmission and distribution poles and wires, Arizona Public Service (APS) will install two battery storage systems in rural Punkin Center, Arizona, making it one of the first electricity companies in the nation to use batteries in place of traditional infrastructure. The two 4-megawatt-hour (MWh) ...

Aug. 10, 2017

By Smart Grid Observer

Siemens AG and The AES Corporation announced recently their agreement to form a new global energy storage technology and services company under the name Fluence. The joint venture will bring together AES' ten years of industry-defining experience deploying energy storage in seven countries with Siemens' energy technology leadership and its ...

Jul. 26, 2017

By Smart Grid Observer

New York's legislature took an important step to ensure its position as a first-mover among states in accelerating energy storage and the advanced energy economy. Led by Senator Joseph Griffo, Assemblywoman Amy Paulin, and a bipartisan coalition of other state legislators, both chambers voted unanimously to pass NY Senate Bill 5190 and Assembly Bill 6571 to establish an Energy Storage Deployment ...

Jun. 23, 2017

By Smart Grid Observer

DN Tanks’ Energy Division Manager, Guy Frankenfield, will co-present with P2S Engineering and Mt. San Antonio College at the Association of Energy Engineers (AEE) West Coast Energy Management Congress (EMC) conference at the Long Beach Convention Center in California. The presentation will highlight the fully buried 2.0 MG Thermal Energy Storage (TES) tank recently installed at Mt. San ...

Jun. 7, 2017

By DN Tanks

Green Charge today announced a new solution for the solar industry providing a simple, bankable way to add energy storage to new and existing projects. Designed for commercial solar developers and asset owners, the Green Charge solution includes design services, advanced control software, proven hardware, operations monitoring, and a kilowatt reduction-based performance guarantee. With ...

Jun. 6, 2017

By Green Charge

E.ON North America celebrated the grand opening of its Iron Horse Energy Storage & Solar Project at the University of Arizona's Tech Park in southeast Tucson. The 10 megawatt (MW) lithium titanium oxide storage facility and accompanying 2 MW solar array is now helping Tucson Electric Power (TEP) to maintain reliable electric service for more than 400,000 customers by providing frequency ...

Jun. 2, 2017

By Smart Grid Observer

USTDA is partnering with Kenyan renewable energy developer Xago Africa and US battery storage manufacturer Alevo USA, Inc and analytics service provider Alevo Analytics to support the development of a utility scale solar photovoltaic power plant with integrated battery storage in Siaya County, Kenya. The project will utilize battery storage technology from Alevo and will be among the first ...

May 25, 2017

By Alevo Group S.A

The wall forms are being assembled on the 940,000 gallon Thermal Energy Storage (TES) tank in Cypress, California and stand at 56 feet tall x 48 feet long. The DN Tanks crew will pour the first of four walls for this stratified chilled water storage tank. ...

May 22, 2017

By DN Tanks

A new tool published by the independent Interstate Renewable Energy Council, Charging Ahead: An Energy Storage Guide for State Policymakers," (http://irecusa.org) provides regulators and other decision makers with specific guidance on key issues for policy consideration, including foundational policies for advanced energy storage a new generation of technologies ...

Apr. 20, 2017

By Smart Grid Observer

The 26 inch mat slab floor for this 940,000 gallon Thermal Energy Storage (TES) tank in Cypress, California was cast using 270 CY of concrete. The crew will begin constructing the four walls, each standing at 54.5 feet tall. ...

Apr. 11, 2017

By DN Tanks

In the Smart Grid Technology Lab, researchers of the TU Dortmund are developing and testing components for smart grids. To this end, they have created an infrastructure which is to be expected in a future low-voltage grid. In addition to electric vehicles, PV systems and a controllable local power transformer, these are also efficient energy storages. Soon a Vanadium Redox Flow Battery from ...

Apr. 11, 2017

By Smart Grid Observer

The Energy Storage Association (ESA) recently joined with 52 private companies and business associations to tell leaders of Congress that any dialogue on enhancing and rebuilding America's infrastructure must include consideration of advanced energy storage systems. The U.S. is currently the global leader in advanced energy storage innovation, markets, and investment, spurring more than 50,000 ...

Apr. 8, 2017

By Smart Grid Observer

A new federal study seeking to get beyond “the hype” on residential energy storage and set baseline costs puts the price of including a home battery with a solar photovoltaic (PV) installation at $12,000 to $14,000. “There has been a lot interest recently and a lot of hype,” said Kristen Ardani, principal author of the study and an analyst at the Golden, Colorado-based ...

Apr. 4, 2017

By Electric Utility Consultants, Inc. (EUCI)

For over 30 years, Superior Tank Co., Inc. (STCI) has designed, manufactured, installed and serviced bolted tanks and welded tanks for oil storage. STCI is one of the only bolted steel manufacturers which can proudly display the prestigious American Petroleum Institute ...

Apr. 3, 2017

By Superior Tank Co., Inc.

ViZn Energy Systems (ViZn) has been awarded a 1MWh utility energy storage contract to ensure electrical grid stability in India. ViZn's systems will be installed and integrated by Raychem RPG at Power Grid Corporation of India Limited (PGCIL) facilities in Puducherry, India. The country of India is projected by  ...

Mar. 28, 2017

By Smart Grid Observer

iemens and Allgäuer Überlandwerk GmbH (A ÜW), based in Kempten, Germany, have formed a joint venture named egrid to commercially implement the results from IRENE and IREN2, two joint smart grid research projects in Wildpoldsried. It was agreed that Siemens would acquire a 49-percent share in the AÜW subsidiary, egrid applications & consulting GmbH. The transaction is ...

Mar. 22, 2017

By Smart Grid Observer

SDG&E recently unveiled a new vanadium redox flow (VRF) battery storage pilot project in coordination with Sumitomo Electric (SEI), which stemmed from a partnership between Japan's New Energy and Industrial Development Organization (NEDO) and the California Governor's Office of Business and Economic Development (GO-Biz). During the four-year demonstration project, SDG&E will be ...

Mar. 17, 2017

By Smart Grid Observer

ComEd recently announced the launch of a pilot project to test the use of battery storage technology to reduce the impact of power outages in residential areas where customers experience service interruptions, particularly in extreme weather events. ComEd's Community Energy Storage (CES) pilot is being conducted in Beecher, Ill., approximately 40 miles south of Chicago. The pilot will focus on ...

Mar. 17, 2017

By Smart Grid Observer

Ormat Technologies, Inc. (“Ormat”) (NYSE:ORA) today announced that it has closed its previously announced acquisition of substantially all of the business and assets of Viridity Energy, Inc. (VEI). VEI is a privately held Philadelphia-based company with nearly a decade of expertise and leadership in demand response, energy management and storage. Using proprietary software and ...

Mar. 15, 2017

By Ormat Technologies, Inc.