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2014 Energy Storage Peer Review - Register by September 5

The 2014 Energy Storage Peer Review will be held September 19-19, 2014, in Washington, DC. The event is free but registration is required by Friday, September 5, 2014. This year's review will include the latest innovations across all spectrums of energy storage, spanning materials research all the way to the safe deployment of systems. OE's Dr. Imre Gyuk will be an opening speaker, providing the ...

Sep. 4, 2014

By US Department of Energy

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 storage at the University of Wisconsin-Madison and the University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee. "Between our scientists and the talented ...

Jun. 30, 2011

By Johnson Controls, Inc.

DOE Launches Design & Construction of $75 Million Grid Energy Storage Research Facility

The U.S. Department of Energy this week announced the beginning of design and construction of the Grid Storage Launchpad (GSL), a $75 million facility located at Pacific Northwest National Laboratory (PNNL) in Richland, Washington that will boost clean energy adaptation and accelerate the development and deployment of long-duration, low-cost grid energy storage. "The Grid Storage Launchpad ...

Mar. 11, 2021

By Smart Grid Observer

Get Recharged on September 27th at the Annual eMobility Forum

The following is being issued by the German American Chambers of Commerce: WHO: German American Chamber of Commerce of the Midwest and Germany Trade & Invest bring together US and German OEM industry experts from international electric vehicle companies and suppliers, government entities, academic institutions, and infrastructure providers. WHAT: ...

Jul. 28, 2011

By German American Chamber of Commerce, Inc.

Department of Energy Announces $120 Million for Battery Innovation Hub

Today (9/18), the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) announced plans to provide $120 million over five years to renew the Joint Center for Energy Storage Research (JCESR), a DOE Energy Innovation Hub devoted to advancing battery science and technology, led by Argonne National Laboratory. "Improvements in battery performance are paramount to the future of both transportation and the electric grid," ...

Sep. 20, 2018

By Smart Grid Observer

Sandia National Laboratories’ Stanley Atcitty Wins Presidential Early Career Award for Scientists and Engineers

Dr. Stanley Atcitty, an energy storage systems researcher at Sandia National Laboratories, has been named a winner of the Presidential Early Career Award for Scientists and Engineers (PECASE). President Obama named 13 U.S. Department of Energy-funded researchers as recipients of the award which is the highest honor bestowed by the U.S. government on outstanding scientists and engineers, who are ...

Jul. 24, 2012

By US Department of Energy

Innovative Johnson Controls education collaboration recognized by the Milwaukee Business Journal

Johnson Controls, the world's leading automotive battery supplier, and the University of Wisconsin (UW)-Milwaukee are being recognized for an unprecedented industry-academic partnership that advances research, development and commercialization of energy storage technologies. The Milwaukee Business Journal honored Johnson Controls and UW-Milwaukee with the Eureka Award for innovation in education ...

May 13, 2013

By Johnson Controls, Inc.

New Battery Design Could Help Solar and Wind Power the Grid

Researchers from the U.S. Department of Energy’s (DOE) SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory and Stanford University have designed a low-cost, long-life “flow” battery that could enable solar and wind energy to become major suppliers to the electrical grid. The research, led by Yi Cui, a Stanford associate professor and member of the Stanford Institute for Materials and Energy ...

Apr. 24, 2013

By US Department of Energy

New guide to commercialization of energy storage in the USA released

Energy Storage Update announces the release of their brand new guide to energy storage commercialization, which provides an exclusive breakdown of the challenges that must be overcome to deploy technologies at scale. Energy Storage Update has recently completed work on their guide to Commercializing Energy Storage in the U.S, that explores the role of funding bodies in bringing storage ...

Feb. 27, 2014

By New Energy Update

£5 million boost for energy storage innovation

Two British entrepreneurs have been awarded a share of over £5million to spur on innovation in energy storage, Energy and Climate Change Minister Baroness Verma announced today. Contracts have been awarded to REDT UK Ltd and Moixa Technology Ltd, as part of the Department of Energy and Climate Change’s innovation competition to support energy storage research and demonstration. REDT ...

Nov. 4, 2013

By Department of Energy and Climate Change

Team led by Argonne National Lab selected as DOE’s batteries and energy storage hub

U.S. Secretary of Energy Steven Chu was joined today by Senator Dick Durbin, Illinois Governor Pat Quinn, and Chicago Mayor Rahm Emanuel to announce that a multi-partner team led by Argonne National Laboratory has been selected for an award of up to $120 million over five years to establish a new Batteries and Energy Storage Hub. The Hub, to be known as the Joint Center for Energy Storage ...

Nov. 30, 2012

By US Department of Energy

SwRI opens Energy Storage Technology Center

Southwest Research Institute has opened a new Energy Storage Technology Center, amassing its diverse scientific research, development and evaluation of energy storage systems under one roof.The facility houses SwRI technology to evaluate and develop battery and energy storage systems for electric, plug-in and hybrid electric vehicles; grid storage; flywheels; and stationary systems such as flow ...

Jul. 18, 2018

By Smart Grid Observer

Duke Energy Plans New Microgrid, Energy Storage Projects in Indiana

Duke Energy is planning to install battery storage equipment and solar panels that will operate as a microgrid at the Indiana National Guard's Camp Atterbury training operation in Johnson County, Ind. The company will also install battery storage equipment at a substation in Nabb, Ind., in Clark County. Plans for the projects must be approved by the Indiana Utility Regulatory Commission before ...

Nov. 1, 2017

By Smart Grid Observer

AES Energy Storage, NEC Energy Solutions, and RES Americas Score Highest in Navigant Research Assessment of Energy Storage Systems Integrators

A new Leaderboard Report from Navigant Research examines the strategy and execution of 12 leading energy storage systems integrators (ESSIs), including vendor profiles, ratings, and rankings, with the goal of providing industry participants an objective assessment of these companies’ relative strengths and weaknesses in the market. While ESSI players were few and far between just a few ...

May 27, 2015

By Navigant Consulting, Inc. (NCI)

£21million for carbon cutting technologies

£21million has been awarded to entrepreneurs to help bring a range of new and innovative low carbon products to market, the Department of Energy and Climate Change (DECC) has announced today. The Energy Entrepreneurs Fund, Energy Storage competitions and Advanced Heat Storage scheme are all designed to spur on innovation in the low carbon sector, helping to support jobs and create export ...

May 8, 2013

By Department of Energy and Climate Change

Renewable Energy Storage

Your one-stop ticket to learn from and network with senior decision-makers, policy-makers, strategizing planning and execution of future, critical renewable energy storage projects within the United States This is your opportunity to hear vital first-hand approaches to funding billion-dollar projects, while mitigating risk. Learn from the successes and mistakes of others. Addressing fundamental ...

Dec. 3, 2010

By American Conference Institute - C5 Group

Installed Energy Storage Enabling Technology Revenue Is Expected to Reach $21.5 Billion Annually by 2024

A recent Leaderboard Report from Navigant Research examines the strategy and execution of 12 leading energy storage systems integrators (ESSIs), including vendor profiles, ratings, and rankings, with the goal of providing industry participants an objective assessment of these companies’ relative strengths and weaknesses in the market. With battery prices continuing to decrease, increased ...

Sep. 24, 2015

By Navigant Consulting, Inc. (NCI)

UK Battery Storage and Flexibility Conference 2017

This week on the 31st of October 2017 saw the delivery of Aurora Energy Research’s UK Battery Storage and Flexibility conference in London. The event, sponsored by Clarke Energy, Anesco, EOn and Osborne Clarke covered subjects including batteries, gas fuelled peaking stations, the Capacity Market and fast frequency response. The event took place in the heart of the UK’s financial ...

Nov. 2, 2017

By Clarke Energy

U.S. Senate Energy Committee Examines Grid-Scale Energy Storage

Recently (6/4), the U.S. Senate Energy and Natural Resources Committee examined opportunities for the expanded deployment of grid-scale energy storage. Ranking Member Joe Manchin (D-WV) stressed the important role grid-scale energy storage will play in efforts to achieve carbon emission reductions and address climate change like he and Chairman Lisa Murkowski (R-AK) observed on their recent visit ...

Jun. 6, 2019

By Smart Grid Observer

New partnership will galvanize California`s battery industry

A new partnership has been established to launch CalCharge, a consortium uniting California's emerging and established battery technology companies with critical academic and government resources. The partnership was launched by CalCEF, a non-profit umbrella organization that pursues statewide and national investment vehicles for the clean energy economy, and Lawrence Berkeley National ...

May 29, 2012

By GLOBE SERIES

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