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Newly emerging energy storage markets in the US
Plan to attend The Energy Storage Update USA 2016 Conference, June 15-16 On June 15-16 2016, hundreds of industry leaders in the energy storage industry will gather in San Diego for the Energy Storage Update USA Conference & Exhibition 2016. Energy Storage Update USA 2016 will bring together key utilities, technology providers, Government energy officials and many more to help drive down ...
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NREL Announces Round Two Selections for the DOE Small Business Vouchers Pilot
The Energy Department's (DOE) National Renewable Energy Laboratory (NREL) will help 12 companies advance their technologies under the second round of DOE's Small Business Vouchers (SBV) pilot. "The Small Business Vouchers Pilot focuses on attracting small and mid-size businesses that can leverage the world-class capabilities of the national laboratories and bring their clean energy technologies ...
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Smart Grid Renewables Integration Market Skyrockets Over 300%, to Reach $13 billion by 2018
FARMINGTON, Conn., June 4, 2012/PRNewswire-iReach/ -- Global Information Inc. is pleased to announce the availability of two important new green energy distribution and storage market research reports: Smart Grid Renewables Integration - Transmission Upgrades, Energy Storage, Demand Response, Virtual Power Plants, and Microgrids as Enablers of Renewable Energy on the Grid Smart grid ...
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Glendale Water & Power To Repower Grayson Power Plant with Cleaner Alternatives
On July 23, 2019, Glendale Water & Power (GWP) received approval from the Glendale City Council to move forward with a plan to repower the aging Grayson Power Plant with a combination of renewable energy resources, energy storage and a limited amount of thermal generation. The plan includes a 75 megawatt (MW), 300 megawatt-hour (MWh) Battery Energy Storage System (BESS), as much as 50 MW of ...
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U.S. Energy Storage Market Forecast to Exceed $5 Billion in 2014
The U.S. energy storage market totaled $3.06 billion in 2011 and is expected to exceed $5 billion in 2014, according to new estimates released by Climate Change Business Journal (CCBJ). A proprietary survey conducted by CCBJ and the Electricity Storage Assn. (ESA) in October 2011 revealed that the utility energy storage market is expected to contribute sales of $220 million to this total, ...
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NREL Heats Up Thermal Energy Storage with New Solution Meant To Ease Grid Stress, Ultimately Improving Energy Efficiency
Scientists from the National Renewable Energy Laboratory (NREL) have developed a simple way to better evaluate the potential of novel materials to store or release heat on demand in homes, offices, or other buildings in a way that more efficiently manages the building's energy use. Their work, featured in Nature Energy, proposes a new design method that could make the process of heating and ...
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California farm selects Emerson to help manage innovative microgrid power project
Stone Edge Farm has selected Emerson (NYSE: EMR) automation technologies to provide efficient and reliable operation of its new microgrid, a self-sufficient energy production and distribution facility relying on diverse sources of electricity including solar power, wind power, hydrogen power and advanced storage battery technology. Home to a farm, spa and vineyard in Sonoma, Calif., Stone Edge ...
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California Farm Selects Emerson to Help Manage Innovative Microgrid Power Project
Stone Edge Farm has selected Emerson (NYSE: EMR) automation technologies to provide efficient and reliable operation of its new microgrid, a self-sufficient energy production and distribution facility relying on diverse sources of electricity including solar power, wind power, hydrogen power and advanced storage battery technology. Home to a farm, spa and vineyard in Sonoma, Calif., Stone Edge ...
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SMUD Announces Its 2030 Zero Carbon Plan
The SMUD Board of Directors approved the most ambitious carbon reduction plan by any large utility in the nation, in a Board meeting on Wednesday, April 28. This comes after the Board adopted a Climate Emergency Declaration in July 2020 and asked staff to develop a plan to expedite carbon reductions due to the growing threats of climate change. "The threats to our region are real and ...
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Massachusetts Electric School Bus Helps Power Electricity Grid in Vehicle-to-Grid Breakthrough
In a breakthrough for local clean energy, an electric school bus in Beverly, Massachusetts, successfully delivered power back to the electricity grid for more than 50 hours over the course of the summer. This is the first time an electric school bus has been leveraged as an energy resource by the regional utility National Grid in New England and among the first instances in the United States that ...
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RCA Launches First Nationwide Optimum Load Shaping API for Smart Energy Management
Robert Cruickshank Associates (RCA) this week announced a breakthrough that creates energy opportunities for cable broadband operators: the first nationwide availability of standards-based Optimum Load Shaping (OLS) signals that enable operators to reduce electrical expenses and to take leading roles in boosting the efficiency of electric grids and microgrids, while accelerating the transition to ...
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A Global Energy GameChanger
The race to renewables is picking up steam. More than 180 companies have signed the Climate Group’s RE100 pledge to source 100% of their energy from renewable sources by 2050. Notably, Bloomberg New Energy Finance says, these companies would require a collective $94 billion to succeed. Meanwhile, according to the Sierra Club, 122 U.S. cities have set 100% renewables goals. Of them 96 are due by ...
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California’s Discovery Science Center Selects GE Energy Storage System for Southern California Edison Project
10-20 Percent of Center’s Daily Electrical Consumption to be Shifted to off-Peak Hours 500-Kilowatt-Hour System to Provide Backup Power in the Event of Power Outages GE Energy Storage (NYSE: GE) today announced that it will participate in a load-shifting project at Discovery Science Center in Santa Ana, Calif., a non-profit education organization. The 500-kilowatt-hour GE storage and ...
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