Maxwell Technologies, a developer and manufacturer of ultracapacitor-based energy storage and power delivery products, announced that its ultracapacitors have been selected by Beijing Huadian Tianren Electric Power Control Technology, a subsidiary of China Guodian Corporation. One of the five largest power producers in the country, China Guodian Corporation’s system is building the first megawatt-scale, ultracapacitor-based…
American Vanadium to acquire CellCube Energy Storage company
American Vanadium Corp. has entered into a Letter of Intent (LOI) to acquire DMG MORI’s wholly owned subsidiary, GILDEMEISTER energy storage (GES), manufacturer of the CellCube vanadium flow energy storage system. The LOI provides American Vanadium with the exclusive right to enter into a share purchase agreement (SPA) on or before February 29, 2016. “With…
The Ohio State U plans energy research hub, seeks energy-storage expert
The Ohio State University (OSU) is “beefing up” its environment and energy programs as it works toward creating an interdisciplinary research hub in Columbus, according to a recent Columbus Business First article.
New report: Global Off-grid Energy Storage Market for 2015 to 2019
Editor’s note: Research and Markets has added a new report to their offering, entitled “Global Off-grid Energy Storage Market 2015-2019.” The analysis focuses on Li-ion, lead-acid, and sodium-based batteries and provides a host of market breakdowns. It predicts a steady compound annual growth rate (CAGR) for off-grid storage of nearly 7.5% by 2019. Here is the release… This market is…
Fluidic Energy delivering low cost, intelligent sustainable energy storage to power applications
The technology is proven to increase reliability and outperform the incumbents in terms of cost, longevity, and function.
Mortenson Construction enters energy storage market
Mortenson will be able to provide a turn-key service to our customers who need a concrete solution for their energy storage needs.
Retired coal plant serves as new energy storage site
Duke Energy, LG Chem, and Greensmith are bringing new technology to the site of a 1952 retired coal plant with the completion of a 2-MW battery-based energy storage system. The new project is designed to increase reliability and stability for the electric power grid. As of November 17, the fast-response system is actively regulating electric grid…
Report analyzes life-cycle costs of energy storage technologies
This report ($2,225 through November 30) summary comes from the authors at Energy Storage Update When considered in the context of major technology development and commercialization in the electric power industry, grid-scale storage has arrived at a critical juncture. In contrast to the previous reliance on pumped hydro-storage, many technologies have reached commercialization with lithium-ion…
Saft delivers innovative cold weather energy storage system in Arctic Alaska
Saft, a designer and manufacturer of high-tech industrial batteries, has delivered its Intensium Max+ 20M containerized Battery Energy Storage System (BESS) with innovative “Cold Temperature Package” on schedule during Q3 2015, to Kotzebue Electric Association Inc. (KEA), an electric cooperative based in Kotzebue, Alaska. The system will let the existing hybrid wind-diesel power system achieve…
Greensmith Intros energy storage aggregation function in its GEMS software
Greensmith, a provider of grid-scale energy storage software and integration services, has announced new capability in its fourth generation GEMS energy-storage software. The capability lets owners and operators of multiple distributed energy storage systems aggregate these systems into a single energy storage resource. The new capability gives owners and operators a control layer for managing…
Advancing power storage with ultracapacitors
When considering energy storage, chances are you aren’t thinking about the pitch-control system in a wind turbine. But these systems, standard in most utility-scale turbines, include an important power-storage component. Because of the large rotors on these wind turbines, blades are exposed to wind speeds that vary from the highest point to the lowest. This…
The Q2 2015 U.S. Energy Storage Monitor is now available
Delivered quarterly, GTM Research’s U.S. Energy Storage Monitor provides the industry’s only comprehensive research on energy storage markets, deployments, policies, regulations, and financing in the U.S. These in-depth reports provide energy industry professionals, policymakers, government agencies, and financiers with consistent, actionable insight into the burgeoning U.S. energy storage market. According to the Q2 2015 report,…
Powerstorm announces commercial availability of its Modular Energy Storage Solution
Powerstorm has completed production and testing of its first commercial-scale Modular Energy Storage Solution (MESS) unit. The MESS is a hybrid off-grid system that uses solar and wind energy, along with a generator and lithium-ion batteries for backup, to efficiently generate, store, and distribute between 5kWh and 750kWh of dc power for a variety of…
Con Edison Development enters into agreement to procure GE Energy Storage System
GE announced that it will supply Con Edison Development (CED) with an eight megawatt-hour (MWh) battery energy storage system in Central Valley, California. The new storage solution will be utilizing GE’s Mark VIe-based plant control system, Brilliance MW Inverters, and packaged lithium ion battery modules. “We have a history of working with GE in thermal…
Ontario expects 1.7 GW of new wind generation by 2016
Editor’s Note: Ontario’s Independent Electricity System Operator (IESO) in Canada is projecting that more than 1.7 gigawatts (GW) of wind power will be grid-connected by September 2016. The report, which covers April 2015 to September 2016, forecasts about 2.3 GW of new supply will be incorporated into Ontario’s existing generation fleet. Furthermore, the first energy…
SunEdison is first to offer wind, solar and energy storage
SunEdison, Inc. has acquired the energy storage project origination team, project pipeline, and (subject to customary consents and assignments) four operating storage projects from Solar Grid Storage. SunEdison now offers battery storage solutions to complement solar and wind projects worldwide, providing solutions that can benefit utilities, municipalities, businesses, and consumers alike. “Storage is a perfect…
Energy storage, a report for Q4, 12
This report summary comes from PikeResearch, www.pikeresearch.com Government investments in energy storage and related areas (such as smart grid) are bearing fruit, particularly in the North American and Asian markets. As the global energy-storage-project pipeline has grown, the number of deployed projects has increased as well. R&D strategies in each region are becoming more apparent.…
Ceramic capacitor could store energy from wind and solar
Researchers at Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute are leading a $2 million study to help widen a bottleneck that is slowing proliferation of large-scale wind and solar power generation. The four-year study aims to develop novel ceramic materials for use in a new approach to energy storage. Rather than batteries, the researchers will develop nanostructured capacitors to…
Storage for Excess Windpower
One nagging problem with electrical power is that excess quantities of it generated during low demand periods can’t be stored without huge and costly batteries. But electricity can be stored indirectly through pumped hydro storage and compressed air. The Ireland based engineering firm Gaelectric thinks it has a solution in compressed air energy storage (CAES). It…