energy storage simulation News
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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 ...
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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 ...
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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 ...
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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 ...
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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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