TOKYO : China’s electric vehicle battery maker Contemporary Amperex Technology Co Ltd (CATL) (300750.SZ) said it will start offering products to homes and plants in Japan in 2020, as it seeks to expand its global presence and diversify its business. The Chinese firm will provide batteries under a partnership with Japanese solar power company Next […]
Energy Storage
Wärtsilä signs 100 MW/100 MWh energy storage system project deal in South East Asia
Wärtsilä Corporation, Press release, 25 July 2019 at 12 pm EEST The technology group Wärtsilä has signed an Engineering, Procurement and Construction (EPC) contract for a 100 MW/100 MWh total capacity energy storage project in South East Asia. The energy storage system facility, including the Greensmith GEMS advanced software platform and GridSolv, will be used […]
The Safety Question Persists as Energy Storage Prepares for Huge Growth
Recent battery plant blazes and a hydrogen station blast have again raised questions about the safety of energy storage technologies. The safety of energy storage systems is under scrutiny after firefighters were injured in an Arizona battery plant explosion in April, and it emerged that at least 23 South Korean plants caught fire in a […]
Ready to Scale, Eos Energy Storage Adds New Leadership
EDISON, N.J. : Today, Eos Energy Storage (Eos) introduced new management to industrialize and scale its aqueous zinc battery solution. Joe Mastrangelo joins Eos as Chief Executive Officer, Kevin Walsh as Senior Commercial Advisor, and Mack Treece as Chief Financial Officer. Addition of veteran leadership will support Eos’ growth as the company deploys product on […]
Sunrun Has Found a Way to Crack Energy Storage Markets
Energy storage has always been a natural complement to solar energy systems, but the two never seem to find a successful way to work together in practice. Tesla’s (NASDAQ:TSLA) Powerwall was supposed to be a natural product to go with Tesla solar systems, but adoption has been weak because it’s still essentially an expensive toy. […]
How energy storage technologies are set to transform the energy landscape
With renewables on the rise, Energy Storage (ES) technology is becoming an essential part of the energy landscape. This piece explores the advantages and disadvantages of current ES solutions ver the last few decades, the demand for electricity has grown considerably in India and many other developing countries. In 2018, India’s annual gross electricity generation […]
Taking Aim at PJM’s 10-Hour Duration Capacity Rule for Energy Storage
The storage industry brings new numbers to the table in its challenge against the least-liked proposal from FERC Order 841. Over the past year and a half, the U.S. energy storage industry has been getting into arguments with grid operators over their plans to implement Federal Energy Regulatory Commission Order 841, the mandate to integrate […]
Evolution of Arizona energy remains a balancing act
Over the past decade, states across the nation — including Arizona — have responded to public demand to increase renewable energy from sources like solar and wind power. As a result, renewable sources surpassed coal in generating electricity for the first time in the United States this year, according to the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission […]
Government spots constraints on renewable energy projects
Land constraints, insufficient transmission facility and Discom defaults on payments are the leading impediments Land constraints, insufficient transmission facility and discom defaults on payments are the leading impediments to renewable energy adoption in the country. This has been unanimously agreed upon by both the industry and government stakeholders. To address these bottlenecks, the government recently […]
Li-ion battery companies to set anchor in TS
Hyderabad to have 200-acre electric vehicle park Telangana is all set to have three major lithium-ion (Li-ion) battery manufacturing companies, with a total capacity of 10 GW, setting anchor in an electric vehicle park in the city. Speaking to the media on the sidelines of Electric Vehicle Summit-2019 on Wednesday, Sujai Karampuri, director of Electronics, […]