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New and improved grid-scale energy storage technologies are gaining popularity. Pumped hydro storage is efficient, but installations are expensive and time-consuming to build. Lithium-ion batteries are common in small applications, but building large-scale lithium-ions remains prohibitively expensive. Ultracapacitors and flow batteries have their niche uses. And some cutting-edge solutions aggregate many small amounts of storage, whether from electric vehicle batters, uninterruptible power supplies, or the thermal storage embodied in water heaters. Scroll down for insight into this important sector.
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Xtreme Power, a provider of Dynamic Power Resources⢠(DPRs) for utility-scale power management and energy storage systems, announced today the close of a $29.5 million financing round co-led by Bessemer Venture Partners, The Dow Chemical Company through its Venture Capital group, and existing investor SAIL Venture Partners. Additional investors include POSCO ICT and SkyLake & Co. |
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Recent moves by Ener1, Sony and others demonstrate industry interest in the still-emerging business models for energy storage. Click inside where Lux Research analyst John Kluza provides details. |
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Whatâs touted as the worldâs first Lithium ETF was launched by New York-based Global X Funds. Meanwhile, a man described as a âtrue guruâ of the global energy sector offers ideas on energizing a portfolio. |
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Every summer, thousands of people return home from work in the late afternoon and switch on their televisions, lights, and air conditioning. Their collective action temporarily increases demand for electricity, and drives up its price as utilities tap additional sources of electrical generation â typically natural-gas-fired power plants. Although this system has served well for decades, the high price of peak energy has attracted an array of new technologies â including demand response, solar power, and energy storage. All of them aim to challenge the dominance of costly natural gas âpeakerâ plants. But while each challenger shares a role in defraying peak demand, all must address challenges of their own before reaching their full potential, according to a new report from Lux Research. |
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Three U.S. Senators introduced legislation this week to offer tax credits as incentives for the development of energy storage technologies that would make renewable energy sources more efficient, reliable and affordable. |
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The Energy Department awarded $92 million to projects that will focus on accelerating green technology innovation, increasing U.S. competitiveness in grid-scale energy storage, power electronics and building efficiency. |
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SVC Light with Energy Storage is a dynamic energy storage solution which combines SVC Light performance with the latest battery storage technology. It provides a new dimension in developing smart grids and cost effective, environmentally attractive, and high quality services for existing networks. SVC LightÂŽ is ABB's high performance STATCOM (static synchronous compensator). It can provide instantaneous and continuously variable reactive power in response to voltage fluctuations, thereby enhancing grid stability.
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Saft lithium-ion (Li-ion) battery technology will supply renewable energy storage for the Sacramento Municipal Utility Districtâs (SMUD) photovoltaic (PV) storage pilot program at Anatolia, Ill, a high penetration PV community within SMUDâs service territory. |
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Silent Power, a renewable technology company that designs distributed energy storage systems to maximize the value of renewable power resources, today announced it will supply the Sacramento Municipal Utility District (SMUD) with distributed energy storage technology to aid in completing the utilityâs photovoltaic (PV) storage pilot at Anatolia. |
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Ice Energy, a provider of Smart Grid advanced energy storage solutions for the utility industry, has partnered with SAIC to deliver the company's Ice Bear distributed energy storage system to federal government agencies and the military. |
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Ice Energy, a leading provider of smart-grid enabled advanced energy storage solutions to the electric utility industry, today announced an agreement with Science Applications International Corporation (SAIC) (NYSE: SAI) that will extend the company's Ice Bear distributed energy storage offering to U.S. Federal Government agencies and the military. |
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On June 30-July 1, 2010, The University of San Diego will host a Global Energy Storage Forum to discuss the strategic challenges and opportunities for creating a sustainable energy future. This annual event will bring key business leaders, senior technologists, battery entrepreneurs and venture capitalists along the energy storage value-chain. Conference speakers, consisting of global industry leaders, will discuss cutting-edge energy storage and smart grid technologies and the strategies for future innovation. |
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The SANYO Electric Group, including SANYO North America Corporation headquartered in San Diego, Calif., (SANYO) and the University of California, San Diego have announced a research collaboration agreement designed to lead to the next generation of solar energy systems and energy management. Under the agreement, SANYO and UC San Diego will collaborate on multi-year, multi-disciplinary projects in the areas of renewable energy and energy storage research, development and education. SANYO will contribute $3 million over three years to fund the collaborative research projects. The agreement is the first of its kind that SANYO has made with a university in the United States in the area of energy.
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Ice Energy, a leading provider of smart grid-enabled advanced energy storage solutions to the electric utility industry, today announced a partnership with Mercury Corporation of Hammondsport, New York to expand the companyâs manufacturing capacity to meet growing backlog for its Ice Bear energy storage systems. |
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In mid-2009, a collaborative industry project was formed to address communication integration of distributed photovoltaic and storage systems. The project was designed to engage stakeholders from inverter manufacturers, system integrators, communication system providers, and utilities. This white paper provides an overview of the project and a summary of the work completed to date. It will give the reader an understanding of the type of functions and the range of power system issues that have been taken into consideration thus far. |
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U.S. lithium-ion battery maker EnerDel and longtime partner ITOCHU Corp. unveiled what is said to be the first Smart Grid project to integrate EVs, stationary grid storage, solar power and rapid recharging in a real-world environment. |
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DOE issued a formal Request for Information (RFI) asking for information on rare earth metals and other materials used in the energy sector, particularly in renewable energy technologies. While rare earth metals are not exactly rare, the rush to build solar panels, EV motors, wind turbines and other green technologies could endanger the supply. |
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International Battery (IB), a leading manufacturer of large format, rechargeable lithium ion cells, batteries, and systems, announced today the first closing of its $35 million Series C financing round, led by Digital Power Capital, an affiliate of Wexford Capital LP. The new investment will allow the Company to continue to scale up its existing manufacturing plant in Allentown, Pennsylvania, and will support expanded efforts and staffing in sales and engineering, as well as new product development. |
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Does GEâs new Durathon battery signal a game change for large-scale grid storage? Research associate Steven Minnihan of Lux Research thinks it's a distinct possibility. Donât miss his analysis of key players in this highly competitive space. |
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FIAMM, one of the worldâs largest battery manufacturers, and Switzerland-based MES-DEA, the leading global producer of sodium-nickel-chloride batteries, have partnered to create a new company called FZ Sonick that will manufacture and market alternative energy storage solutions throughout the world. This proven and highly reliable storage technology is available for immediate deployment. FIAMMâs North American headquarters are located in Waynesboro, Ga. |
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GE Energy Storage Technologies, a unit of GE Transportation unveiled today its Durathon battery technology for utility companies. |
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GE has developed a durable and flexible battery technology to support a variety of utility operations, such as transmission and distribution upgrade deferral and congestion relief. |
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Wholesale renewable thermal power provider ThermalSoul is looking for land to build its first U.S. solar thermal power plant. The Austin-based company says it can deliver power at or near the wholesale cost of coal. |
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Presidio, a small southwest Texas border town plagued by constant power outages and voltage fluctuations, decided to think big for a solution. The town now has a house-sized sodium-sulfur battery as backup for the more than 60-year-old lone transmission line that provides it with electricity. |
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Renewable energy storage is creating new market opportunities for the development of compressed air energy storage (CAES) as a solution for peak power supply and grid management, according to
leading industrial market research firm SBI Energy in the recently released report "CAES Compressed Air Energy
Storage Worldwide."
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With little fanfare, the San Luis Valley has already become the best model for distributed renewable energy generation in the West and maybe even the Nation.
When the first energy crisis shook ...