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SolarCity Introduces Energy Storage for Businesses

SolarCity® (Nasdaq: SCTY) has unveiled a smart energy storage system to address two major pain points for business: rising utility demand charges and increasing grid outages SolarCity DemandLogic™ can allow businesses to reduce energy costs by using stored electricity to reduce peak demand, and can also provide backup power during grid outages. Developed with advanced battery ...

Dec. 4, 2013

By GLOBE SERIES

Con Edison Clean Energy Businesses and Johnson Controls Announce Battery Storage Technology Joint Venture

Consolidated Edison Solutions, Inc., a Con Edison Clean Energy Businesses, Inc. subsidiary, and Johnson Controls recently (10/1) announced a joint venture to expand the market for the energy storage technology developed over the last several years by Johnson Controls. Con Edison Solutions will be the majority owner and operating partner of the joint venture, while Johnson Controls will ...

Oct. 2, 2018

By Smart Grid Observer

FERC’s Energy Storage Ruling - How This Will Affect You?

(Gigaom) - The Federal Regulatory Energy Commission recently passed a mandate to support energy storage technologies that can provide quick bursts of power to the grid to help it run more smoothly. This new rule could play a crucial role in nurturing the growth of the young energy storage market, though energy storage companies won’t be the only beneficiaries of the new rule. What’s ...

Nov. 30, 2011

By Marcus Evans

U.S. energy storage market to exceed $5 billion in 2014

The U.S. energy storage market totaled $3.06 billion in 2011 and is expected to exceed $5 billion in 2014, according to new estimates released by Climate Change Business Journal (CCBJ). A proprietary survey conducted by CCBJ and the Electricity Storage Assn. (ESA) in October 2011 revealed that the utility energy storage market is expected to contribute sales of $220 million to this ...

Dec. 15, 2011

By GLOBE SERIES

GE Demonstrates Battery Dominant Fuel Cell Bus Using New Durathon™ Battery

Researchers at GE Global Research, the General Electric Company’s (NYSE: GE) technology development arm,haveachieved a first step in reducing the cost of clean fuel, zero emission buses, with a vehicle powered by GE’s new Durathon™ battery in tandem with a lithium battery and a hydrogen fuel cell. This promising development of a new energy management system could help accelerate ...

Dec. 13, 2012

By General Electric

S&C Awarded $7.9MM Contract to Construct 2.5 MW Solar PV Site in New Mexico

S&C Electric Company, a global leader in renewable energy integration, today announces it was awarded a $7.9 million USD contract by Green States Energy to construct a 2.5 MW solar photovoltaic farm near Roswell, N.M. S&C will provide procurement and construction services for the entire project. To qualify for the local utility's renewable energy incentive program, the project needs ...

Apr. 23, 2013

By S&C Electric Company

U.S. Energy Storage Market Forecast to Exceed $5 Billion in 2014

The U.S. energy storage market totaled $3.06 billion in 2011 and is expected to exceed $5 billion in 2014, according to new estimates released by Climate Change Business Journal (CCBJ). A proprietary survey conducted by CCBJ and the Electricity Storage Assn. (ESA) in October 2011 revealed that the utility energy storage market is expected to contribute sales of $220 million to this total, ...

Dec. 1, 2011

By Environmental Business International (EBI)

GE Japan provides its high capacity energy storage system, gas engine for cogeneration, and LED lighting equipment energy solutions to realize the “Future Disaster-Proof Factory Plan” for Sekisui House’s Tohoku Factory

GE Japan (Headquarters: Minato Ward, Tokyo; President: Akihiko Kumagai) today announces the installment of its high capacity energy storage system, gas engine for cogeneration, and LED lighting equipment for the “Future Disaster-Proof Factory Plan,” a project that is being undertaken by Sekisui House’s Tohoku Factory. Sekisui House’s Tohoku Factory proactively promotes ...

Feb. 24, 2015

By General Electric

Infocast`s 5th Annual Storage Week Returns

Infocast brings its highly acclaimed Storage Week Summit to San Jose, CA this coming June 25 - 27, 2012 at the DoubleTree by Hilton San Jose. Top industry thought leaders such as Luminant, CPUC, SunEdison, BrightSource Energy, Inc., SDG&E, SunPower, Starwood Energy Group Global, LLC, Statnett, PJM, NYISO, MISO, Hawaiian Electric Co., PG&E, APS, CPS Energy, PNM Resources, DNV-Kema, and ...

May 30, 2012

By Infocast

Saft Acquires Go Electric Inc.

Saft has acquired 100 percent of the shares of Go Electric Inc., a leading US-based developer of distributed energy resiliency solutions for microgrids and Commercial & Industrial customers.Go Electric’s microgrid power controller technology, combined with energy storage, plays a key role in enabling customer sites to ‘keep the lights on’ by islanding them from the grid should a power outage ...

Jun. 18, 2019

By Smart Grid Observer

ReneSola Wins 1.8 MW New Mexico Solar Project

SAN FRANCISCO, April 15, 2013 /PRNewswire/ -- ReneSola Ltd ("ReneSola" or the "Company") (NYSE: SOL), a leading global manufacturer of solar photovoltaic ("PV") modules and wafers, today announced it has been contracted to provide 7,200 of its 250-watt high-efficiency polycrystalline solar PV modules for a solar project to be built by S&C Electric Company ("S&C"), a Chicago-based ...

Apr. 15, 2013

By ReneSola Ltd.

Mobile Network Realizes 60 Percent Site Energy Cost Reductions through Backup Power System from GE

Dominican Republic’s Viva-Trilogy Dominicana S.A. Mobile Network Records 88 Percent Reduction in Backup Power Costs and Diesel Fuel Expenses and a 60 Percent Decrease in Site Energy Costs While Maintaining Site Uptime GE Durathon* Battery Paired with Remote Monitoring System from OmniMetrix™ Provides Real-Time Battery and Grid Data Viva-Trilogy Dominicana S.A., a Dominican ...

Dec. 5, 2013

By General Electric

California’s Discovery Science Center Selects GE Energy Storage System for Southern California Edison Project

10-20 Percent of Center’s Daily Electrical Consumption to be Shifted to off-Peak Hours 500-Kilowatt-Hour System to Provide Backup Power in the Event of Power Outages GE Energy Storage (NYSE: GE) today announced that it will participate in a load-shifting project at Discovery Science Center in Santa Ana, Calif., a non-profit education organization. The 500-kilowatt-hour GE storage and ...

Oct. 29, 2013

By General Electric

Now you can Get What You Want, and It’s Just What You Need

In our recent announcement, SimpliPhi Power showcased an entire line of equipment certified by UL according to the 9540 standard – PHI batteries, AccESS, BOSS.6 and BOSS.12 – allowing more than 60 different, scalable combinations of resilient, reliable and safe energy storage solutions for homes and businesses. In addition to our unparalleled standard of safety and performance, our ...

Feb. 1, 2021

By Simpliphi Power, Inc.

Gaelectric completes $84 million funding round for on-shore wind energy portfolio in Ireland

Renewable energy generation and energy storage group, Gaelectric, has raised $84 million in funding for its portfolio of on-shore wind energy projects on the island of Ireland. The portfolio comprises 164 MW of generation capacity across 13 projects which the Group plans to develop out by 2017, representing a total investment in the region of $325 million. Gaelectric is developing a further ...

Mar. 25, 2013

By Enercon Services Inc

Africa’s Largest Self-Sufficient Solar Microgrid Project Created through Technologies from MAECI, GE and Princeton Power Systems

Annobon Province, Equatorial Guinea, to Install 5-MW Self-Sufficient Solar Microgrid MAECI Solar Project includes GE and Princeton Power Systems Technology Reliable, Predictable Power Enabled through GE Energy Storage Solar Installation to Supply Electricity for 100 Percent of Annobon Province’s Current Demand The government of Equatorial Guinea has selected MAECI Solar, a division ...

Jun. 4, 2014

By General Electric

SEPA, ESA Explore Utility Business Models for Energy Storage

Grid-connected storage can provide value as a resource to support renewable integration, provide grid services, and deliver customer benefits. A new report from the Smart Electric Power Alliance (SEPA) and the Energy Storage Association (ESA) summarizes the key factors that influence utility business models for energy storage and provides four case studies highlighting projects employing creative ...

Feb. 1, 2021

By Smart Grid Observer

Secretary Chu to travel to China and Japan

U.S. Energy Secretary Steven Chu will travel to China and Japan November 14 - 19 to meet with government officials, business leaders and others to discuss the Department's ongoing clean energy and scientific collaboration with both countries. More information about the trip is as follows: Shanghai, China On Sunday, November 14, Secretary Chu will tour clean energy businesses, including Huaneng ...

Nov. 5, 2010

By US Department of Energy

Energy Storage to Become a Key Part of Microgrid Deployments in the Decade Ahead

The microgrid market is expected to expand rapidly over the next 10 years, bringing with it increased demand for energy storage associated with these systems. Energy storage systems (ESSs) deliver services to microgrids similar to the services that ESSs deliver to the traditional grid: resource optimization (fuel, solar photovoltaic, wind), resource integration (photovoltaic, wind), stability ...

Feb. 5, 2014

By Navigant Consulting, Inc. (NCI)

SolarCity Announces New Solar Power and Energy Storage Projects with Walmart

SolarCity (Nasdaq: SCTY) today announced it has entered into contract with Walmart for the installation of new solar projects at facilities in up to 36 states over the next four years. SolarCity has completed more than 200 solar projects at Walmart locations since 2010. SolarCity has also installed and tested energy storage projects co-located with solar power generation at 13 Walmart facilities ...

Nov. 20, 2014

By SolarCity Corporation

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