Utility-scale inverter also controls power storage

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Excerpt: An industrial manufacturer has introduced an advanced utility-scale inverter in its new Series 6001 energy storage grid-connect inverter, engineered to provide improved power stability for wind and solar energy customers. Engineered by Eaton Corp. for utility-scale grid-connect battery applicati …

Report on community and residential energy storage

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Excerpt: Community and residential energy storage systems (CRES) usually sit at the “end of the line” on the grid. These systems are typically much smaller than utility-scale or bulk energy storage and are either situated at the distribution transformer or on the customer premise. Of the varied applicati …

Demand for ultracaps keeps manufacturer busy

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Excerpt: Maxwell Technologies Inc. is outfitting a new ultracapacitor electrode production facility that will double the company’s current electrode capacity by year end, and is increasing internal and outsourced assembly capabilities to ensure that it can meet rapidly increasing worldwide demand for ultra …

1.5-MWh battery headed for test in Arizona

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Excerpt: Arizona Public Service Company has begun testing a 1.5 MWh energy-storage system the size of a shipping container. The goal of the company’s two-year pilot in Flagstaff, Ariz., will be to determine the benefits for storing solar-generated electricity and putting it onto the grid at times when …

Advanced lead-acid battery ready for RE tasks

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Excerpt: A manufacturer of deep-cycle batteries expands its product offering with the launch of Industrial flooded line of batteries for renewable energy (RE) and backup-power applications. Intended to support large daily loads where the batteries are cycled regularly, Trojan Battery’s deep-cycle indus …

U.S. grid energy-storage market strong and poised for exponential growth

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Excerpt: A vigorous U.S. energy storage market offers good potential for growth over the next five years, according to a study sponsored by the Copper Development Association (CDA) and conducted by KEMA, Inc. The study, Market Evaluation for Energy Storage in the United States. determines the current mar …

U.S. tech firm wins appeal in European Patent Office

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Excerpt: Valence Technology Inc., a U.S.-based global manufacturer of advanced energy storage solutions for commercial applications, has prevailed in seeking the dismissal of an appeal by Hydro-Quebec (HQ) of a decision of the European Patent Office revoking a HQ European patent. The EPO Patent correspon …

Energy storage company readies for more growth

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Excerpt: Xtreme Power Inc., developer and manufacturer of Dynamic Power Resource digital power management and energy storage equipment has promoted Alan J. Gotcher, Ph.D., to president, CEO, and a member of Xtreme Power’s board of directors. Company co-founder and former CEO Carlos Coe, Ph.D., will now ser …

Investing in capacitor banks

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Excerpt: Voltage regulation and volt ampere reactive (VAR) compensation wield the most influence over the efficiency of a power distribution system, according to Sergio Arellano, product line manager with Thomas & Betts. “The fastest way to improve the efficiency of power distribution is to install …

Hydrogen-vehicle fueling station the 4th station order of 2011

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Excerpt: The developer and manufacturer of hydrogen generation and fuel cell products has announced a contract with Ballast Nedam IPM, awarded at the end of December 2011, to supply a HySTAT30 electrolyzer for integration into a Netherlands' based hydrogen fueling station. The owner of the fueling statio …