GE Energy Storage and Xtreme Power have formed a strategic alliance to provide energy storage. The alliance combines GE’s Durathon battery for grid energy storage systems and Xtreme Power’s extensive experience as an integrated energy storage turn-key solutions provider. The new GE Durathon battery products, which can last up to 10 times longer than conventional…
Big dry-cell battery ready for use with wind farms and solar projects
Renewable energy projects often cannot consistently deliver electricity so some of the power must be stored, often in larger batteries. For example, the Notrees wind project will be the largest that uses a battery backup, and more such projects are in the pipeline. “We have a few large projects awaiting to be announced later this…
Dynamic power resource (more than a battery) to keep Maui grid solid
One knock against wind power is that it’s unreliable because of its variable nature. But it need not be that way say engineers at Xtreme Power Inc. The company manufacturers Dynamic Power Resources (DPRs), utility-scale energy-storage systems with power management. The company recently announced it has been selected to provide power for First Wind’s Kaheawa…
Hawaii wind project includes battery storage
A developer of power-storage equipment for utility-scale tasks will supply a 15 MVA, 10 MWh battery and power-management controls for the Kahuku Wind Project on Oahu. This marks the second Hawaiian project for which Xtreme Power, Kyle, Texas (xtremepowerinc.com) has supplied equipment. The groundbreaking follows the company’s first commercial pilot at the Kaheawa Wind Project…
Chemical capacitor to store wind power
Xtreme Power Inc says it has power storage technology that can beat lithium ion batteries in terms of energy efficiency, cycle life, and cost. The Texas-based company won a contract to install a 10-MW battery to back up a 30-MW wind farm planned for Oahu, Hawaii. Project developer First Wind received a $117 million DOE…