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Community and residential energy storage systems investment to soar

Situated at the edge of the power grid, either at the distribution transformer or at the customer premise, community and residential energy storage (CRES) systems are typically much smaller than utility-scale or bulk energy storage systems. Currently, utilities, vendors, and governments are testing CRES systems for the purposes of smoothing peaks in electricity demand, enabling ...

Feb. 29, 2012

By GLOBE SERIES

ComEd Conducting Illinois` First Community Energy Storage Pilot

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

First urban community energy storage project opens in Toronto

A consortium led by eCAMION Inc. with Toronto Hydro-Electric System Limited, the University of Toronto, and Dow Kokam LLC has unveiled the first energy storage system installed directly into an urban community. Located at the Roding Arena and Community Centre in North York, this community energy storage (CES) system will allow Toronto Hydro to monitor this technology, and help validate its ...

Jan. 24, 2013

By GLOBE SERIES

Energy Storage Tracker 2Q12

Reportlinker.com announces that a new market research report is available in its catalogue: Energy Storage Tracker 2Q12 ...

Jul. 5, 2012

By ReportLinker

Energy Storage Tracker 4Q12

Reportlinker.com announces that a new market research report is available in its catalogue: Energy Storage Tracker 4Q12 ...

Dec. 18, 2012

By ReportLinker

Future of energy storage

Original story at MIT News MIT professor Fikile Brushett is in the process of taking the power generated by wind and solar, chemically lashing it to molecules derived from flora and fauna, and storing it in liquids until it’s needed to electrify our homes. The fact that such a system — if it's feasible — is likely ...

Sep. 12, 2014

By MIT - Massachusetts Institute of Technology

Energy storage innovation showcase

Thank you, Ian Arbon, session chairman. And I’d like to thank the Electricity Storage Network, hosts of today’s conference - especially for providing an opportunity to showcase some of DECC’s low carbon innovation projects. I’ve come to you today straight from the launch of my Department’s Global Calculator, which we worked on in collaboration with Climate KIC, ...

Jan. 28, 2015

By Department of Energy and Climate Change

Community and Residential Energy Storage Systems Market to Surpass $872 Million by 2022, Forecasts Pike Research

Commonly located at the edge of the power grid, community and residential energy storage (CRES) systems use a range of technologies including flow batteries, advanced lead-acid batteries, and, most prevalently, lithium ion (Li-ion) batteries.As yet, most of the CRES market is still in the technical demonstration phase, as developers of energy storage systems use ...

Jul. 3, 2012

NEC Launches Household Energy Storage System

- Achieves Automatic Control and Visualization of Electric Power - Tokyo, July 13, 2011 - (JCN Newswire) - NEC Corporation (NEC; TSE: 6701) announced today the sales launch of a household energy storage system equipped with lithium-ion batteries that automatically controls electrical power in the home. Initially, 100 units of this industry first* system will be available for home construction ...

Jul. 13, 2011

By NEC Consultants (Pvt.) Ltd.

Advanced Batteries for Utility-Scale Energy Storage Applications

Reportlinker.com announces that a new market research report is available in its catalogue: Advanced Batteries for Utility-Scale Energy Storage Applications ...

Aug. 6, 2012

By ReportLinker

RWE tests innovative energy storage solution

On Monday, RWE officially launched its power-to-gas plant in the NRW location of Ibbenbüren. The state-of-the-art plant is part of new system that, for the first time ever, links together the supply of local electricity, natural gas and district heating. Any superfluous electricity from renewable sources is converted into hydrogen so it can be stored within the natural gas network. It can ...

Aug. 17, 2015

By RWE AG

Inclusive Energy Ltd. hires new wave media for marketing and communication strategies

Inclusive Energy Ltd. CEO Bilal Hydrie announced today that they have hired Calgary based marketing agency New Wave Media to develop and execute a number of marketing and communications strategies. Inclusive Energy Ltd. holds offices in Dubai, UAE with its Canadian corporate offices located in Calgary, AB, Canada. “We chose New Wave Media after meeting with several similar service providers ...

Jan. 18, 2011

By Inclusive Energy Ltd

Frost & Sullivan: Energy Storage is the Answer to Looming Power Shortages

The significant shortfall in electricity supply within the next three years highlighted by Ofgem in its latest report presents a strong case for energy storage technologies as they can de-couple production and consumption of electricity by creating a buffer. Electrical power generation in the UK has been facing many challenges in the last decade. Some of the most critical include: reduction in ...

Oct. 10, 2012

By Frost & Sullivan

SolarCity Introduces Affordable New Energy Storage Services Across the U.S.

In an important step toward the distributed electricity grid of the future, SolarCity(NASDAQ: SCTY) will make more affordable battery storage available to residential, business and government customers across the U.S., and remote communities around the world. SolarCity Co-founder and Chief Technology Officer Peter Rive provided additional detail about the rollout ...

Apr. 30, 2015

By SolarCity Corporation

Johnson Controls Teams Up With University of Wisconsin System in Energy Storage Research

Johnson Controls, Inc. (NYSE: JCI), the world's leading automotive battery supplier, is helping to position Wisconsin as a worldwide leader in energy storage. The company today announced it is endowing a professorship, research labs and graduate studies in energy ...

Jun. 30, 2011

By Johnson Controls, Inc.

New rechargeable flow battery enables cheaper, large-scale energy storage

Original story at MIT News MIT researchers have engineered a new rechargeable flow battery that doesn’t rely on expensive membranes to generate and store electricity. The device, they say, may one day enable cheaper, large-scale energy ...

Aug. 19, 2013

By MIT - Massachusetts Institute of Technology

VSHEW, IHK and Messe Husum stage energy storage forum

As part of the leading New Energy Husum trade fair, Messe Husum will be staging a storage forum in Husum on 22 March for regional energy suppliers and renewable energy industry specialists. The trade fair organisers are staging the five-hour event in association with the Schleswig-Holstein Chamber of Commerce and Industry (IHK) and the Schleswig-Holstein Energy and Water Resources Management ...

Mar. 8, 2013

By Krampitz Communications

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

VYCON's "Green" Energy Storage Flywheel Systems Selected to Protect Austin Energy's Control Center

VYCON (www.vyconenergy.com), a designer and manufacturer of environmentally friendly, high-speed energy storage flywheel systems, today announced that Austin Energy ...

Feb. 1, 2012

Electric Energy Storage Systems to Enhance Electric Grid Reliability and Support Expanded Renewable Energy Usage, States Frost & Sullivan

Electric energy storage systems are crucial for the further development and transformation of a range of sectors, including renewable energy, automotive, grid stabilization, smart grid, back-up power and portable devices. Big scale, reliable and durable electric energy storage technologies will enhance the usage and commercial attractiveness of intermittent renewable energy sources, such as ...

Apr. 17, 2012

By Frost & Sullivan

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