energy storage safety News
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SwRI to Launch Energy Storage System Evaluation and Safety (EssEs) Consortium
Southwest Research Institute (SwRI) will launch a new cooperative research project focusing on safe, reliable, cost-effective energy storage systems for electric and hybrid-electric vehicle applications. The Energy Storage System Evaluation and Safety (EssEs) consortium is intended to help vehicle manufacturers and battery suppliers develop precompetitive, detailed ...
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Urgent Need for Public Utility Companies to Provide Backup Power Storage
On the eve of Independence Day, we are closer than ever to once again becoming dependent on outside influencers when it comes to our energy resources. We have all heard of rolling blackouts and rumors and stories of the growing risk to our electrical grid. Now, there is a new threat looming which is the growing DEMAND and what may well become an Electricity SHORTAGE. With the curtailment of the ...
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NEC Energy Solutions to Supply SCE With First "Plug-And-Play" Battery Grid Energy Storage Solution
November 3, 2016 -- NEC Energy Solutions, a subsidiary of NEC Corporation, recently announced that it is supplying Southern California Edison (SCE) with its first grid energy storage pilot system under a pre-approved energy storage procurement program initially conceived of and announced by SCE last year. The NEC ES GSS grid storage solution product line is the first in the "plug-and-play" ...
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Itron Invites Innovators to Participate in Smart Community Challenge
Itron, Inc. is calling for hardware and software vendors to submit their products and solutions to the Itron Smart Community Challenge. This challenge follows Itron's 2019 Smart City Challenge, which sought IoT solutions for challenges in London and Glasgow. For this challenge, Itron is inviting solution providers and developers to tackle challenges facing utilities and the communities they ...
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PNNL: The Future of Grid Energy Storage Starts Today
by JoAnna Wendel, PNNL In a decarbonized, electrified future, next-generation batteries will improve the reliability and resilience of the electrical grid while allowing increased integration of renewable energy. These batteries will also be able to provide backup power during or after natural disasters, like ice storms, extreme heat waves, hurricanes, and more. A new facility called the Grid ...
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Wärtsilä Delivering a 70MW Energy Storage System In California To Optimize Renewable Energy System Performance
The technology group Wärtsilä is finalizing a 70MW energy storage and energy management system project in the California Independent System Operator energy market. The energy storage system will be paired with Wärtsilä GEMS platform to maximize system efficiencies and will add renewable power to the grid at times when it otherwise wouldn't be available. The order was booked by ...
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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 ...
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New York's First State-Owned Utility-Scale Energy Storage System Now Operating in North County
Governor Kathy Hochul this week (Aug 25) announced that New York's first state-owned utility-scale battery energy storage project is now operating in the North Country's Franklin County. The 20-megawatt facility installed and operated by the New York Power Authority connects into the state's electric grid, helping to relieve transmission congestion and pave the way for the utility industry and ...
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Forum launched to shape the future of pumped storage hydropower
At the inaugural meeting of the International Forum on Pumped Storage Hydropower, keynote speaker and former Australian Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull urged governments and industry to move quickly to develop projects at the scale needed to support the rapid roll-out of variable renewables. “I believe we urgently need to raise awareness of pumped hydro and its vital role in the clean ...
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Eaton Showcases Solutions and Expertise for Power System Reliability, Efficiency and Safety at 2014 Energy Storage Association Conference
Power management company Eaton today announced it is showcasing products and services designed to enhance power system reliability, efficiency and safety at the Energy Storage Association (ESA) 24th Annual Conference, from June 4-6 at the Wardman Park Marriott Hotel in Washington, DC. Visitors to Eaton booth #706 will have the opportunity to learn about Eaton’s energy storage solutions and ...
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Lockheed Martin Selected to Provide GridStar Energy Storage for New ComEd Microgrid Project in Chicago
Lockheed Martin (NYSE: LMT) signed an agreement to supply a GridStar Lithium energy storage system to ComEd, Illinois' largest electric utility. The 2 MWh system will be integrated into ComEd's Bronzeville community microgrid project in Chicago. A microgrid is a small power grid with defined boundaries that can operate both when connected to the larger electrical grid and as an "island" when ...
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MOP Environmental Solutions and Inclusive Energy sign distribution agreement
MOP Environmental Solutions, Inc. (PINKSHEETS: MOPN) announces the September 30th, 2010 signing of a Distribution Agreement with Calgary, Canada-based Inclusive Energy Ltd. This Distribution Agreement is a strategic partnership that reaches throughout Canada and across the globe to Pakistan. Pakistan Native and Canadian resident Bilal Hydrie, CEO of Inclusive Energy, and his family have been ...
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SimpliPhi Receives UL9540 Certification for AccESS, BOSS Products
Following completion of rigorous evaluation by nationally recognized testing labs, a wide range of SimpliPhi Power’s energy storage products and system configurations are approved for Certification under UL 9540. The AccESS, BOSS.6 & BOSS.12 systems can be used individually or in combination to achieve multiple, robust solutions across residential and commercial applications, both on ...
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Tampa Electric Company Readies for Solar-Plus-Storage Microgrid Pilot
Emera Technologies announced this week that utility Tampa Electric Company (TECO) has successfully purchased, installed and received regulatory approval for its BlockEnergy® microgrid platform for use in a pilot program serving Southshore Bay residential development, a community south of Tampa, Florida. The BlockEnergy™ solar-plus-energy storage microgrid, fully owned and operated by ...
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NYPA and NYSERDA Announce New Battery Energy Storage Technology
The New York Power Authority (NYPA) and the New York State Energy Research and Development Authority (NYSERDA) this week (Feb 16) announced that a first-of-its-kind battery energy storage system (BESS) using patented, high-safety, lithium-ion (Li-ion) superCell technology is delivering energy peak shaving capabilities to NYPA's White Plains offices, as part of a demonstration project. The BESS ...
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