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Ormat Technologies Announces Closing of the Acquisition of Viridity Energy
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 ...
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Opus One Solutions Seeks to Help Utilities Modernize the Grid
This week (4/30), Opus One Solutions (Opus One) announced the successful completion of a year-long joint project with Portland General Electric Company focused on Integrated Distribution Planning. By incorporating Opus One’s next generation software platform into PGE’s distribution planning process, PGE was able to demonstrate full situational awareness on their network. This allows ...
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NBI Releases Code Overlay for Electrification
New Buildings Institute (NBI) wants to help jurisdictions bite off however much electrification they can chew. Recently released model code language offers provisions for requiring all-electric buildings and alternative provisions for requiring electric-ready buildings. Cities and towns can layer whichever version of this “decarbonization overlay” they are ready for on top of the ...
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Smart Phases at the Un Global Compact Leaders Summit
SMART PHASES INC is a Cleantech company with a business model based on sustainability. Our aim is to respond to society’s main needs through the provision of hybrid energy storage, renewable energy, waste heat, energy consumption and peak management amongst others. We do business differently. We offer solutions to address the great energy challenges facing humanity that will ...
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Ormat Enters the Growing Energy Storage and Demand Response Markets by Acquiring the Business of Viridity Energy
Ormat Technologies, Inc. (“Ormat”) (NYSE: ORA) today announced that it has entered into a definitive agreement to acquire substantially all of the business and assets of Viridity Energy, Inc. (“Viridity”), a privately held Philadelphia-based company with nearly a decade of expertise and leadership in demand response, energy management and storage. The acquisition, which is ...
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Smart Grid Renewables Integration Market Skyrockets Over 300%, to Reach $13 billion by 2018
FARMINGTON, Conn., June 4, 2012/PRNewswire-iReach/ -- Global Information Inc. is pleased to announce the availability of two important new green energy distribution and storage market research reports: Smart Grid Renewables Integration - Transmission Upgrades, Energy Storage, Demand Response, Virtual Power Plants, and Microgrids as Enablers of Renewable Energy on the Grid Smart grid ...
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Eos Energy Enterprises Announces Project AMAZE,' a $500M Program to Address Storage Demand
Eos Energy Enterprises, a leading provider of zinc-powered long-duration stationary energy storage systems, this week (Aug 31) announced Project AMAZE American Made Zinc Energy, a $500 million planned expansion and a significant milestone to build 8 GWh of clean energy storage production capacity. Project AMAZE supports Eos' strategy to address increased long-duration energy storage demand driven ...
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NREL Analysis Identifies Where Commercial Customers Might Benefit from Battery Energy Storage
Commercial electricity customers who are subject to high demand charges may be able to reduce overall costs by using battery energy storage to manage demand, according to research by the U.S. Department of Energy's National Renewable Energy Laboratory (NREL). The analysis represents the first publicly available survey of commercial-sector demand charges across the United States. By determining ...
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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 ...
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WEC Energy Group Announces Project to Demonstrate Long-Duration Organic Flow Battery Storage
WEC Energy Group this week (Feb 2) announced that the company will lead a pilot project at its Valley Power Plant in Milwaukee to test a new form of long-duration energy storage. WEC Energy Group is collaborating with EPRI, an independent, nonprofit energy research and development institute, and CMBlu Energy, the developer and manufacturer of the long-duration battery based in California and ...
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Energy Storage Tracker 4Q12
Reportlinker.com announces that a new market research report is available in its catalogue: Energy Storage Tracker 4Q12 http://www.reportlinker.com/p01055986/Energy-Storage-Tracker-4Q12.html#utm_source=prnewswire&utm_medium=pr&utm_campaign=Renewable_energy Government investments in energy storage and related areas (such as smart grid) are clearly bearing fruit, particularly in the ...
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Xage Security and ComEd to Demonstrate New Use for Blockchain
ComEd announced recently (9/23) it will partner with Xage Security, Inc. to demonstrate how blockchain technology can enhance the security and operational efficiency of electric systems as they integrate distributed energy resources (DER), such as solar, storage, energy efficiency and demand management.Blockchains use multiple servers that operate like decentralized record-keeping and ...
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Honeywell Introduces New Energy Storage Flow Battery Technology
Honeywell this week announced a new flow battery technology that works with renewable generation sources such as wind and solar to meet the demand for sustainable energy storage. The new flow battery uses a safe, non-flammable electrolyte that converts chemical energy to electricity to store energy for later use while meeting the environmental, longevity and safety objectives of utilities. ...
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Advanced Microgrid Solutions Signs 500 MWh Energy Storage Deal with Tesla
Advanced Microgrid Solutions (AMS) has announced that the company has selected Tesla as the primary technology provider for its groundbreaking utility-scale energy storage projects. Under the agreement, AMS will install up to 500-megawatt hours (MWh) of Tesla batteries in its energy storage projects. AMS has also signed a master agreement with global firm Black & Veatch for engineering and ...
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World first: Siemens Gamesa Begins Operation of Innovative Eelectrothermal Energy Storage System
In a world first, Siemens Gamesa Renewable Energy (SGRE) has begun operation of its electric thermal energy storage system (ETES). During the opening ceremony, Energy State Secretary Andreas Feicht, Hamburg's First Mayor Peter Tschentscher, Siemens Gamesa CEO Markus Tacke and project partners Hamburg Energie GmbH and Hamburg University of Technology (TUHH) welcomed the achievement of this ...
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Black & Veatch: Renewable Energy, Technology Spur Utility Modernization Push
Faced with the rapid evolution of generation, transmission and distribution technology, utilities are poised to undergo their most visible transformation in more than a century. By actively pursuing grid modernization efforts now — deploying smart devices, predictive analytics and active network management strategies — they can overcome the pitfalls of aging infrastructure assets and meet rising ...
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White Paper: Why (and How) America Should Upgrade Our Vulnerable Electrical Grid
A new white paper from IEEE-USA, written by the nation's leading power engineers, addresses challenges and suggests solutions to current electrical grid shortcomings that are both technically feasible and economical. Challenges facing the U.S. electric power grid include aging equipment, physical and cyber security threats, transmission losses, wildfires and extreme weather, interconnection ...
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NREL Tool Finds Effective Behind-the-Meter Energy Storage Configurations
The Energy Department's (DOE) National Renewable Energy Laboratory (NREL) has used the Battery Lifetime Analysis and Simulation Tool (BLAST) to confirm that energy storage for demand-charge management can deliver attractive economic benefits. The analysis paired recent utility rate structures with historic data on solar photovoltaic electricity generation and commercial facility loads to evaluate ...
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Report Examines How DER Is Changing the Energy Landscape
Editor's Note: The following is reprinted with permission from Navigant Research's recently published report, DER Management Technologies. The fast growth of distributed energy resources (DER) is one of the most disruptive forces that has affected the power utility industry to date -- and numbers are only increasing. Navigant Research forecasts that installed DER capacity, including ...
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BSLBATT Shows Ultra-thin (<9cm) 5kWh Battery for Solar Storage
China lithium battery manufacturer BSLBATT shows the Most Trusted Premium-Quality ultra-thin wall-mounted 5kWh lithium-ion batteries for solar storage in the Industry. The thinnest Home ESS Ever built with just 90mm thickness. And up to 3C discharge capability. Up to 81,920 Wh in Low Voltage Connection. Designed for home energy storage. Amenities: Ultra-Thin, Safe, Simple, Strong, Smart, Secure, ...
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