Energy Storage News

The Greater Boston Food Bank is starting the year off with a 75 percent reduction in energy use during targeted peak hours and substantial cost savings thanks to a partnership with Eversource and the installation of a new Viking Cold Solutions thermal energy storage (TES) system. The TES system for the Food Bank’s refrigeration units was installed at its ...

Mar. 8, 2019

By Smart Grid Observer

Recently (3/4), the U.S. Department of Energy announced up to $31 million in funding to advance the H2@Scale concept. The focus of H2@Scale is to enable affordable and reliable large-scale hydrogen generation, transport, storage, and utilization in the United States across multiple sectors. "Hydrogen is an energy carrier that can unite our Nation's abundant energy resources," said U.S. Secretary ...

Mar. 4, 2019

By Smart Grid Observer

The Advanced Research Projects Agency-Energy (ARPA-E) at the U.S. Department of Energy recently (2/14) announced $15 million in funding for four new projects as part of its seventh OPEN+ cohort, Data-Driven Grid. This cohort will focus on new ways to apply emerging data analytics and information technologies to grid management, helping to prepare the U.S. power system for the energy sources and ...

Feb. 26, 2019

By Smart Grid Observer

Shell* has agreed to acquire 100% of sonnen, a leader in smart energy storage systems and innovative energy services for households. This follows an investment by Shell in May 2018 and means that, post regulatory approval and completion, sonnen will become a wholly owned subsidiary of Shell. “sonnen is one of the global leaders in smart, distributed energy storage systems and has a track ...

Feb. 19, 2019

By Smart Grid Observer

Hydrogen is an essential element in the energy transition and can account for 24% of final energy demand and 5.4m jobs by 2050, says the new study by the FCH JU, “Hydrogen Roadmap Europe: A sustainable pathway for the European Energy Transition“.  The Fuel Cells and Hydrogen Joint Undertaking (FCH JU) is a unique public private partnership supporting research, technological ...

Feb. 17, 2019

By Future Energy Publishing Ltd - Carbon Capture Journal Ltd

Sterlite Power has submitted bids for two storage projects in the recently concluded auction of Salt River Project utility. The bids submitted are for a cumulative capacity of 400 MW. This marks the first foray of Sterlite Power into grid connected battery energy storage systems (BESS). Grid connected BESS are rapidly achieving commercially viability for utilities around the world as total system ...

Feb. 14, 2019

By Smart Grid Observer

Tata Power, AES Corporation, and Mitsubishi Corporation recently (2/13) inaugurated India’s first grid-scale battery-based energy storage system in Rohini, Delhi. The 10 Megawatt MW grid-connected system, owned by AES and Mitsubishi Corporation will pave the path for wider adoption of grid-scale energy storage technology across India. Fluence, a market-leading supplier of energy storage ...

Feb. 14, 2019

By Smart Grid Observer

Ice Energy, a leading provider of distributed thermal energy storage solutions, recently announced that it has completed the first phase of what will be the largest installation of its Ice Bear systems in the U.S., under a 21.6-megawatt (MW) energy ...

Feb. 12, 2019

By Smart Grid Observer

NEC Energy Solutions announced recently (1/31) the completion of an energy storage system for Consumers Energy.  The NEC energy storage solution, located in Grand Rapids, Michigan, includes two independent 280kW/340kWh DSS®energy storage systems and NEC's proprietary AEROS controls software. The energy storage system will enable Consumers Energy to investigate how energy storage can be ...

Feb. 3, 2019

By Smart Grid Observer

by Stuart Ravens, Navigant Research (reprinted with permission)EVs present utilities with the single largest opportunity for load growth in a generation. However, other industries are eyeing the following alternative opportunities in the electrification of ...

Jan. 29, 2019

By Smart Grid Observer

New York State Electric & Gas along with Rochester Gas and Electric, subsidiaries of AVANGRID, Inc., have completed construction and deployed four energy storage pilot projects. These initiatives will test electric distribution system benefits, new technologies, and the capability to store energy, which could create opportunities for cost savings and provide environmental ...

Jan. 15, 2019

By Smart Grid Observer

The AES Corporation and Kaua’i Island Utility Cooperative (KIUC) recently (1/8) inaugurated the Lāwa’i Solar and Energy Storage Project, the largest operational solar and storage system in the world. The project, owned and operated by AES Distributed Energy, consists of a 28 MW solar photovoltaic (PV) and a 100 MWh five-hour duration energy storage system, and will help Hawaii meet its goal of ...

Jan. 8, 2019

By Smart Grid Observer

Malta Inc, a pioneer in electro-thermal energy storage, recently (12/19) announced it has raised $26M in a Series A round of funding led by Breakthrough Energy Ventures with participation from other investors including Concord New Energy Group and Alfa Laval. The Malta energy storage system stores energy in the form of a thermal differential between hot and cold storage media. It is based on ...

Dec. 19, 2018

By Smart Grid Observer

ContourGlobal has agreed to sell 49% of 250 MW of Spanish CSP assets to a fund advised by Credit Suisse Energy Infrastructure Partners (CSEIP), ContourGlobal announced December 6. ContourGlobal purchased the five 50 MW assets from Spain's Acciona earlier this ...

Dec. 11, 2018

By New Energy Update

Maintenance windows, system degradation and future upgrade profits are all impacted by dispatch and charge decisions during operations, PV plus storage experts told the PV Operations USA conference. The U.S. PV plus storage market is set to soar in the coming years as falling prices create new market openings. PV plus storage projects are set to spread from Southwest markets ...

Dec. 5, 2018

By New Energy Update

Peak Power Inc., a leading energy services provider, announced today that it has successfully completed the installation of 375 kW / 940 kWh of battery energy storage with GHP Realty, a division of Houlihan-Parnes Realtors, LLC, at their headquarters at 4 West Red Oak Lane, White Plains, New York. This project was funded in part through an incentive from a Con Edison Energy Efficiency ...

Dec. 5, 2018

By Smart Grid Observer

The U.S. Department of Energy's National Renewable Energy Laboratory has been awarded nearly $2.8 million in funding from DOE's Advanced Research Projects Agency-Energy to develop a system for grid electricity storage and power generation. The system includes a high-temperature charging device, low-cost thermal energy storage modules, a high-performance heat exchanger, and a closed-loop Brayton ...

Nov. 26, 2018

By Smart Grid Observer

KEPCO president and CEO Kim Jong-gap announced on November 18 that the company is pursuing its "KEPCO Open MG Project" to develop the future microgrid."KEPCO Open MG" refers to an open energy community that combines existing microgrid technology, digital energy solutions and blockchain.  Previously, ...

Nov. 21, 2018

By Smart Grid Observer

Mitsubishi Electric Corporation recently announced that the company has received an order for its BLEnDer RE energy-management system to monitor and control the battery and power conditioners (PCS) of what the company believes will become the world's largest energy-storage system (240MW output and 720MWh rated capacity) at Kita-Toyotomi Substation in Toyotomi, Teshio, Hokkaido, which is owned by ...

Nov. 20, 2018

By Smart Grid Observer

DNV GL recently released its first annual Battery Performance Scorecard, to help equip energy storage product buyers with objective data to guide their purchase strategies. The Battery Performance Scorecard provides independent ranking and evaluation of battery vendors based on ...

Nov. 19, 2018

By Smart Grid Observer