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SDG&E Spurs Energy Storage Innovation With Flow Battery Technology

SDG&E recently unveiled a new vanadium redox flow (VRF) battery storage pilot project in coordination with Sumitomo Electric (SEI), which stemmed from a partnership between Japan's New Energy and Industrial Development Organization (NEDO) and the California Governor's Office of Business and Economic Development (GO-Biz). During the four-year demonstration project, SDG&E will be ...

Mar. 17, 2017

By Smart Grid Observer

Ameresco Completes First Phase of Department of Defense-Funded Flow Battery Investigation

Ameresco, Inc., a leading energy efficiency and renewable energy company, recently announced the completion of phase-one of a multi-stage investigation of how flow battery technology could support microgrids with the U.S. Department of Defense (DoD). Conducted in partnership with 2ndPath Energy, this research is funded by the Department of Defense's Environmental Security Technology Certification ...

May 5, 2020

By Smart Grid Observer

October 29 ESTAP Webinar: Flow Battery Basics (Part 2)

On Wednesday, October 29, 2014 from 1 - 2:30 p.m. ET, Clean Energy State Alliance will host the second in a series of webinars on flow batteries. OE's Imre Gyuk, Energy Storage Program Manager, will present an introduction to flow battery technology, and Dan Borneo of Sandia National Laboratories will discuss flow battery testing and technological readiness. The webinar will also feature ...

Oct. 29, 2014

By US Department of Energy

Ameresco Begins Second Phase of Department of Defense Funded Flow Battery Investigation

Ameresco, Inc., a leading cleantech integrator specializing in energy efficiency and renewable energy, this week announced that it has begun phase-two of a multi-stage investigation into how flow battery technology could support microgrids with the Department of Defense (DoD). Phase-one of the investigation was completed in April 2020 and primarily focused on evaluating the technical and economic ...

Apr. 8, 2021

By Smart Grid Observer

Iowa's First Solar and Storage Power Plant goes live at the Maharishi University of Management

Maharishi University of Management's new solar power plant, designed and installed by Ideal Energy, Inc., powered up for the first time Mid-December. The cutting edge facility incorporates both single-axis tracking and vanadium-flow battery energy storage. Designed by Ideal Energy, Inc., it is the first system of its kind in the Midwest and among the most technologically advanced solar ...

Jan. 10, 2019

By Smart Grid Observer

U.S. EPA Administrator Gina McCarthy to Award - Marine Corps Air Station Miramar for Energy Conservation, Tour state-of-the-art green facilities

On Wednesday, May 20th U.S. EPA Administrator Gina McCarthy will join Marine Corps Air Station (MCAS) Miramar officials to present the 2015 EPA Federal Green Challenge award for Energy. The base is being recognized for having the greatest percentage reduction in energy use nationally, cutting its fuel oil consumption by 98% in 2014 by building a new aircraft hangar which brought a natural gas ...

May 19, 2015

By US EPA - Environmental Protection Agency

Compound Could Transform Energy Storage for Large Grids

In order to power entire communities with clean energy, such as solar and wind power, a reliable backup storage system is needed to provide energy when the sun isn’t shining and the wind doesn’t blow. One possibility is to use any excess solar- and wind-based energy to charge solutions of chemicals that can subsequently be stored for use when sunshine and wind are scarce. At that ...

Feb. 21, 2018

By Smart Grid Observer

Flow Battery Pilot Showcases Economics of Storage in Wholesale Markets

The California Independent System Operator (ISO) has become one of the nation's first wholesale power markets to connect a groundbreaking type of flow technology batteries to its grid, which could give rise to promising storage capability on large-scale electric systems.San Diego Gas & Electric (SDGE) has unveiled a vanadium redox battery storage pilot project in coordination with Sumitomo ...

May 1, 2019

By Smart Grid Observer

ARPA-E announces $43 million for transformational energy storage projects to Advance Electric Vehicle and Grid Technologies

The Department of Energy today announced that 19 transformative new projects will receive a total of $43 million in funding from the Department’s Advanced Research Projects Agency-Energy (ARPA-E) to leverage the nation’s brightest scientists, engineers and entrepreneurs to develop breakthrough energy storage technologies and support promising small businesses. These projects are ...

Aug. 2, 2012

By US Department of Energy

Battery Costs in Stationary Energy Could Fall by up to 66%, Grow 17-Fold by 2030, Says IRENA

The cost of battery storage for stationary applications could fall by up to 66 per cent by 2030, according to a new report published recently by the International Renewable Energy Agency (IRENA). The falling price of batteries could stimulate 17-fold growth of installed battery storage, opening up a number of new commercial and economic opportunities, the report highlights. IRENA’s ...

Nov. 14, 2017

By Smart Grid Observer

World`s Largest Solar-Powered Vanadium Flow Battery Coming to South Australia

Yadlamalka, South Australia will take center stage in the race to decarbonize the global electricity system when the world's largest solar-powered vanadium flow battery (VFB) comes online there next year. In this pioneering project, a VFB supplied by Invinity Energy Systems will charge from a solar PV array and provide power to the local grid on demand. Yadlamalka Energy Trust has developed ...

Dec. 11, 2020

By Smart Grid Observer

Energy storage technologies to reach $122 billion by 2021

On a fundamental level, electric grids require balance in order to function properly. Energy storage technologies are emerging as a means of providing grid operators with an alternative to traditional grid management. Key applications for long-duration energy storage include counterbalancing the intermittency of renewable energy sources like wind and solar power, leveling the loads and ...

Jul. 18, 2011

By GLOBE SERIES

Voltstorage: €6m In Funding for Further expansion

VoltStorage GmbH, founded in 2016 by Jakob Bitner, Michael Peither and Felix Kiefl, develops and produces solar energy storage systems for private homes. VoltStorage is the world’s only home energy storage provider in the market relying on Vanadium Redox Flow (VRF) battery technology. The VoltStorage energy storage systems are free of rare raw materials, completely recyclable, 100 percent ...

Jul. 22, 2020

By VoltStorage GmbH

Grid-Scale Energy Storage Systems Launched In 2013-2014 Total More Than 360 Megawatts

A new report from Navigant Research provides a comprehensive resource of grid-scale energy storage projects worldwide, including a database of 697 projects encompassing 1,160 systems. Government funding, subsidies, and regulatory reforms continue to encourage the growth of the market for grid-scale energy storage systems. While lithium ion (Li-ion) technology has emerged as the global leader in ...

Sep. 30, 2014

By Navigant Consulting, Inc. (NCI)

VoltStorage extends Redox Flow research team

Munich, 27th March 2020 – After successful market entry of the world’s first low cost residential battery storage on the basis of the ecological Vanadium Redox Flow technology, VoltStorage focuses on the future. This is why the VoltStorage research department was extended already in summer 2019 to push ahead innovations. VoltStorage is expanding today again with two new and ...

Mar. 27, 2020

By VoltStorage GmbH

Redox Flow Development at VoltStorage

Since 2018, VoltStorage offers the world’s first cost efficient residential storage system based on the ecological Redox Flow technology. Thanks to patent pending production automation and technological developments, VoltStorage succeeded in making a storage technology available to the mass market, that was successfully deployed in large storage systems, for the first time. To ...

Feb. 4, 2020

By VoltStorage GmbH

Advanced Batteries for Utility-Scale Energy Storage Applications Will Surpass $2.5 Billion in Annual Revenue by 2023

Batteries have not traditionally been an integral part of the utility grid, primarily due to concerns about cost, safety, durability, and efficiency. Today, however, technological advances in electrochemistry have enabled a new generation of advanced batteries to start playing an important role in grid management. Click to tweet: According to a new report from Navigant Research, worldwide revenue ...

Feb. 18, 2014

By Navigant Consulting, Inc. (NCI)

De Nora announces cooperation with Primus Power

De Nora, a global leading supplier of electrochemical technologies, is pleased to announce cooperation with Primus Power, Silicon Valley-based provider of low-cost, long-duration, fade-free energy storage solutions. The companies have been collaborating for more than five years, modifying, testing, and verifying De Nora’s proprietary DSA® electrode formula to bring critical improvements ...

Nov. 30, 2017

By Industrie De Nora S.p.A. | De Nora Water Technologies

DOE Announces $24.5 Million for Manufacturing Innovation to Build a Clean, Resilient Electric Grid

The U.S. Department of Energy this week announced up to $24.5 million to support improvements in domestic manufacturing to build resilient, modern electricity infrastructure and address the climate emergency. The two funding opportunities will back research and development for the materials and technologies needed to expand the grid with new, clean-energy sources, deliver affordable electricity ...

Mar. 18, 2021

By Smart Grid Observer

Future of energy storage

Original story at MIT News MIT professor Fikile Brushett is in the process of taking the power generated by wind and solar, chemically lashing it to molecules derived from flora and fauna, and storing it in liquids until it’s needed to electrify our homes. The fact that such a system — if it's feasible — is likely years from reality doesn’t deter Brushett, the Raymond A. ...

Sep. 12, 2014

By MIT - Massachusetts Institute of Technology

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