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Kauaʻi Utility Signs Deal With SolarCity for First Dispatchable Solar Storage System

Kauaʻi Island Utility Cooperative (KIUC) has signed a power purchase agreement (PPA) with SolarCity (Nasdaq: SCTY) for electricity from the first utility-scale solar array and battery storage system designed to supply power to the grid in the evening, when demand is highest. The proposed SolarCity project next to KIUC’s Kapaia power plant is believed to be the first ...

Sep. 10, 2015

By SolarCity Corporation

Solar Storage 2013

Reportlinker.com announces that a new market research report is available in its catalogue: Solar Storage 2013 ...

Jan. 7, 2013

By ReportLinker

Concentrated solar power with thermal energy storage can help utilities’ bottom line, study shows

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. Department of Energy’s National Renewable Energy Laboratory (NREL) suggests. The report found that CSP with a six-hour storage capacity can lower peak net loads when the sun isn’t shining, enough to add $35.80 per ...

Dec. 20, 2012

By National Renewable Energy Laboratory (NREL)

Energy Department Announces $18 Million to Develop Solar Energy Storage Solutions, Boost Grid Resiliency

As part of the Energy Department’s Grid Modernization Initiative announced by Secretary Ernest Moniz last week to improve the resiliency, reliability and security of the nation’s electrical power grid, DOE today announced $18 million in funding for six new ...

Jan. 19, 2016

By US Department of Energy

Connecticut Municipal Electric Energy Cooperative and SolarCity Install Solar and Energy Storage Portfolio in the Northeast

Connecticut Municipal Electric Energy Cooperative (CMEEC), SolarCity (NASDAQ: SCTY) and Brightfields Development, LLC (Brightfields) today announced the development of 13 megawatts (AC) of solar power systems and at least 1.5 megawatts (6.0 megawatt hours) of energy storage systems located in southern Connecticut. CMEEC will ...

May 5, 2016

By SolarCity Corporation

SolarReserve Receives Technology Award for Energy Storage Solution

SolarReserve, a U.S. developer of large-scale solar power projects, today announced that the company received the "Increased Dispatchability Solution of the Year" award for the Crescent Dunes Solar Energy Project at the ...

Jul. 7, 2011

By SolarReserve

RES Canada Announces Completion of Energy Storage System

Renewable Energy Systems Canada Inc. (RES Canada), a leader in the development and construction of wind, solar, transmission, and energy storage projects in North America, is pleased to announce final certification of the company's second energy storage system, Amphora. RES Canada conceived, developed, and constructed the energy storage system, which it will own and operate. Located in Central ...

Aug. 5, 2014

By Energy Storage Association

Mainstream to test large scale battery storage at Irish wind farm

Global wind and solar company Mainstream Renewable Power, with assistance from Enterprise Ireland, will conduct a study to assess the commercial viability of attaching a large-scale storage device (such as a battery) to an operating wind farm in Ireland. If successful, the system could provide the solution to the single biggest challenge faced by wind power generation in the world today; what ...

Aug. 1, 2014

By Mainstream Renewable Power

CSP with storage to play a unique role in the South African energy market

One of the key features of concentrated solar power (CSP) technology is the potential to operate with storage and provide a truly dispatchable renewable energy supply. With energy stability and supply a critical issue for South Africa, CSP is set to play a leading role in the energy mix South Africa’s energy supply is currently characterized by uncertainty. There is not enough power supply ...

Feb. 20, 2014

By FCBI Energy

Duke Energy Renewables completes Notrees Battery Storage Project in Texas; 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 energy ...

Jan. 23, 2013

By Duke Energy

Preparing for large-scale solar deployment

Original story at MIT News Deploying solar power at the scale needed to alleviate climate change will pose serious challenges for today’s electric power system, finds a study performed by researchers at MIT and the Institute for Research and Technology (ITT) at Comillas University in Spain. For example, local power ...

Jan. 4, 2016

By MIT - Massachusetts Institute of Technology

Eskom wants CSP storage to supply early-morning demand

South Africa's Renewable Energy Independent Power Producer Procurement Program (REIPPPP) provides a peak rate tariff for CSP plants which is 270% of the base rate. The extra incentive was introduced for the last two bidding rounds of the REIPPPP but it is yet to be offered for power generated after 10 PM and before 5:00 AM. Rajpaul said CSP developers could benefit from more extended peak rate ...

Mar. 9, 2016

By FCBI Energy

NREL quantifies significant value in concentrating solar power

Researchers from the U.S. Department of Energy’s National Renewable Energy Laboratory (NREL) have calibrated the significant value that concentrating solar power (CSP) plants can add to an electric grid. The NREL researchers evaluated the operational impacts of CSP systems with thermal energy storage within the California electric grid managed by the California Independent System Operator ...

Apr. 24, 2013

By National Renewable Energy Laboratory (NREL)

Xago Africa and Alevo Analytics partner with US Trade and Development Agency to provide technical assistance for energy storage in Kenya

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

Advanced Microgrid Solutions to Operate Energy Storage Systems at Select U.S. Walmart Stores

Advanced Microgrid Solutions (AMS) recently announced they would work with Wal-Mart Stores, Inc. to deploy AMS's Hybrid Electric Building technology in select Walmart stores in the U.S. Under the agreement, AMS will design, install and operate advanced energy storage systems at Walmart stores that are designed to improve efficiency, guarantee energy savings, and provide flexible grid support to ...

Apr. 12, 2017

By Smart Grid Observer

NEC Energy Solutions to Supply Largest Battery Grid Energy Storage Installation in New England

NEC Energy Solutions (NEC ES), a subsidiary of NEC Corporation, recently announced that it is supplying the Sterling Municipal Light Department (SMLD) of Sterling, MA with a 2 MW, 3.9MWh GSS grid energy storage solution. Once complete in December of this year, it will be the largest battery-based energy storage system installed in New England and the first utility scale project in Massachusetts. ...

Oct. 13, 2016

By NEC Energy Solutions

SolarReserve Project Receives Unanimous Approval From California Public Utilities - Energy Storage Sited as Key Benefit

SANTA MONICA, Calif., Jan. 28, 2013 /PRNewswire/ -- SolarReserve, a U.S. developer of large-scale solar power projects, received unanimous approval from the California ...

Jan. 28, 2013

By SolarReserve

NEC Energy Solutions to Supply Largest Battery Grid Energy Storage Installation in New England

EC Energy Solutions (NEC ES), a subsidiary of NEC Corporation, recently announced that it is supplying the Sterling Municipal Light Department (SMLD) of Sterling, MA with a 2 MW, 3.9MWh GSS grid energy storage solution. Once complete in December of this year, it will be the largest battery-based energy storage system installed in New England and the first utility scale project in Massachusetts. ...

Oct. 13, 2016

By Smart Grid Observer

Hanwha SolarOne Makes Aggressive Push into Energy Storage Market Through Partnership with Silent Power

Hanwha SolarOne Co. Ltd., (Hanwha SolarOne), a top-10 global photovoltaic manufacturer of low-cost, high-quality solar photovoltaic modules, today announced a strategic partnership with Silent Power, the innovative energy storage systems company. The Hanwha Group, Korea’s top-10 business group, led Silent Power’s Series B funding round with an $8 million ...

Jul. 9, 2012

By Hanwha SolarOne Co., Ltd.

PG&E Battery Storage Systems Are First to Successfully Participate in California Electricity Markets

Pacific Gas and Electric Company (PG&E) has successfully completed a technology demonstration project to explore the performance of battery storage systems participating in California's electricity markets. The project, funded by California's Electric Program Investment Charge (EPIC) program, began in 2014 and utilized PG&E's 2 megawatt (MW) Vaca-Dixon and 4 MW Yerba Buena battery storage ...

Nov. 11, 2016

By Smart Grid Observer

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