Stem, a provider of artificial intelligence (AI)-driven energy storage services, announced today that it is partnering with NEC Energy Solutions, headquartered in Westborough, Massachusetts, to simplify and optimize the deployment and operation of solar-plus-storage projects. Through a master supply agreement, Stem will resell and integrate its Athena AI platform with NEC’s GSS end-to-end grid storage […]
Energy Storage
Flex and flexibility
Power markets are evolving and beginning to value flexibility ahead of generation. As the UK’s networks companies move to embrace flexible generation assets, Liam Stoker spoke to some of the country’s leading providers to identify the hurdles and solutions to a more flexible power grid, in an article first published in PV Tech Power Volume […]
INNOVATION: Solar power can now be stored for decades
The innovations consist of three parts: An energy-trapping molecule, a storage system, and an energy-storing laminate coating that can be applied on different materials — the coating collects solar energy and releases heat New Delhi: Solar energy can now be stored and released on demand in the form of heat even decades after capturing it, […]
Long lasting and safer projects: DNV GL’s new battery scorecard benchmarks performance and safety of comprehensive range of battery technologies
Scorecard addresses cost, delay and transparency challenges. Batteries should not be treated the same: similar chemistries will have varying sensitivities to degradation. Ventilation and water as a combined toolkit are essential for managing battery fires OAKLAND, California: DNV GL today released its second annual Battery Performance Scorecard, which provides an independent ranking and evaluation of […]
China to ‘dominate recycling and second life battery market worth US$45bn by 2030’
While recycling of lithium and other materials such as cobalt from batteries will greatly increase in the coming years, the potential availability of second life batteries should not be underestimated, according to new research and data. Hans Eric Melin, an expert on the lifecycle management of lithium batteries with UK-headquartered consultancy Circular Energy Storage, previously […]
EDF’s Energy Storage Ambitions Come Out of Hibernation
After something of a hiatus, EDF has acquired Pivot Power — along with its 2-gigawatt storage pipeline and its unique approach to the market. European utility giant EDF has acquired the British energy storage and EV infrastructure developer Pivot Power, following the French state-owned energy firm’s declaration last year that it would invest $10 billion […]
An Energy Breakthrough Could Store Solar Power for Decades
For decades, scientists have sought an affordable and effective way of capturing, storing, and releasing solar energy. Researchers in Sweden say they have a solution that would allow the power of the sun’s rays to be used across a range of consumer applications—heating everything from homes to vehicles. Scientists at Chalmers University of Technology in […]
PowerCell to present new version of MS-100 fuel cell system for electrification on land and at sea
PowerCell Sweden AB (publ) has developed a new and improved version of its MS-100 fuel cell system which will be presented at the Fuel Cell Seminar & Energy Exposition in California on November 5th. The new MS-100 is 30 percent more compact and has improved operating life time as well as robustness for demanding applications […]
ABB unveils modern production plant for energy storage systems in Baden
ABB is making energy storage systems for railways, e-buses/trolleybuses and e-trucks at a new production facility in Baden. The energy storage systems help reduce emissions and increase energy efficiency. Future uses include applications in trolleybuses in several Swiss cities ABB officially opened its new plant for energy storage systems for mobility applications today in Baden, […]
Enphase: Demand for Solar-Battery Systems Could Soar After California Blackouts
Grid woes “will only increase the attach rates for storage” in country’s biggest rooftop solar market, Enphase CEO says. Enphase’s current growth is based around its core solar microinverter business. But in discussing the company’s Q3 earnings Tuesday, CEO Badri Kothandaraman focused on how Enphase’s soon-to-launch integrated energy storage system could aid Californians facing the […]