energy storage simulation News

NREL Model Licensed to Improve Accuracy of Battery Simulations

The Energy Department’s National Renewable Energy Laboratory (NREL) has licensed its Equivalent Circuit Battery Model to software developer ThermoAnalytics for use in its recently updated RadTherm software package. The model is a part of the Battery Module within RadTherm, which is used by engineers to simulate the performance of battery cells and optimize multi-cell pack designs. Before ...

Jan. 14, 2014

By National Renewable Energy Laboratory (NREL)

Concentrated Solar Power’s question of scale: Why bigger is not better

In a bid to identify the tipping point between scale and cost efficiency, the latest report from CSP Today, ‘CSP Parabolic Trough Report: Costs and Performance’, challenges the conventional wisdom on scale and cost. Scaling up plant size is often cited as the concentrated solar power sector’s silver bullet for lowering costs. The theory - that an inverse relationship exists ...

May 5, 2011

By New Energy Update

Energy Toolbase Integrates its Controls Software with BYD

Energy Toolbase has integrated its energy storage controls software with BYD (Build Your Dreams), a leader in battery and energy storage technology. As part of the integration, Energy Toolbase will add BYD to its sales and modeling platform, enabling renewable energy developers to seamlessly analyze and propose the economics of BYD energy storage projects, either standalone or paired with solar ...

Oct. 8, 2020

By Smart Grid Observer

NREL teams up on three ARPA-E Projects to optimize electric vehicle battery management and controls

The U.S. Department of Energy’s (DOE) National Renewable Energy Laboratory (NREL) has joined DOE and research partners in launching the Advanced Management and Protection of Energy Storage Devices (AMPED) program with a kick-off meeting in San Francisco. Over the next three years, NREL engineers will work with teams led by Utah State University, Washington University, and Eaton Corporation ...

Jan. 16, 2013

By National Renewable Energy Laboratory (NREL)

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 ...

Mar. 9, 2015

By National Renewable Energy Laboratory (NREL)

Secretary Chu announces simulation-based engineering user center

U.S Department of Energy Secretary Steven Chu today announced the creation of the Simulation-Based Engineering User Center (SBEUC) that will facilitate collaborative computational research for energy applications. Funded with $20 million from the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act, the SBEUC will be primarily used for developing and deploying the simulation tools developed under the Carbon ...

Sep. 16, 2010

By US Department of Energy

Secretary Chu announces carbon capture and storage simulation initiative

U.S. Secretary of Energy Steven Chu announced today the creation of the Carbon Capture and Storage Simulation Initiative with an investment of up to $40 million from the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act. The partnership announced today will bring together national laboratories and regional university alliances to collaborate on advancing the science and research related to carbon capture ...

Sep. 8, 2010

By US Department of Energy

A molecular approach to solar power

Original story at MIT news. It’s an obvious truism, but one that may soon be outdated: The problem with solar power is that sometimes the sun doesn’t shine. Now a team at MIT and Harvard University has come up with an ingenious workaround — a material that can absorb the sun’s heat and store that energy in chemical form, ready to be released again on demand. This ...

Apr. 13, 2014

By MIT - Massachusetts Institute of Technology

Registration Opens For NASA Night Rover Energy Challenge

Registration is open for teams seeking to compete in the $1.5 million energy storage competition known as the Night Rover Challenge, sponsored by NASA and the Cleantech Open of Palo Alto, Calif. (Logo: http://photos.prnewswire.com/prnh/20081007/38461LOGO ) To win, a team must demonstrate a stored energy system that can power a simulated solar-powered exploration vehicle that can operate ...

Apr. 4, 2013

By National Aeronautics and Space Administration - NASA

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