Research has found that there are significant changes in the technology type that has been providing balancing actions to the National Grid Electricity System Operator (ESO), with activity from newer asset types seeing the greatest year-on-year increase in the UK. The new ‘Balancing Mechanism report’ by UK energy market researcher Cornwall Insight, has found that […]
Stena gives Volvo bus batteries a second life
GOTHENBURG, Sweden : The commercial service lives of bus batteries are significantly extended and natural resources are conserved. That is the result of a new cooperation between Volvo Buses and Stena Recycling subsidiary Batteryloop. After the batteries are removed from Volvo’s buses, they are reused as energy storage units for a number of years, for […]
Popular car batteries for an uninterrupted and reliable driving experience
If your vehicle is parked for too long or if it is too old, replacing the car battery will not just ensure that the car is operational but it also provides more power to the engine. Even though new cars have a strong battery, a lot of car owners look to change batteries (after 5 […]
Solar tariffs reshaped to favour batteries, EVs, and west-facing panels
Western Australia has come out of the blocks with a strategy to manage the state’s booming rooftop solar market that includes extending grid export payments to home batteries and electric vehicles, and encouraging new solar systems to be installed facing the west. The Distributed Energy Buyback Scheme, or DEBS, was launched on Monday and will […]
Emerson Acquires OSI for $1.6B as Grid Edge Software Landscape Consolidates
OSI is expanding its portfolio of utility software to the growing market for integrating distributed energy into the grid. The growth of distributed energy resources such as rooftop solar, behind-the-meter batteries, electric vehicle chargers and intelligent load controls is changing the world of building energy management and pushing the world’s biggest building technology and controls […]
This company claims it can use nuclear waste to make batteries that last 28,000 years without charging
Batteries, the point of focus for everyone when it comes to electric vehicles (EVs). They’re undeniably the most important component of an EV, having a large impact in defining range, weight, cost, and longevity of the vehicle. In many cases, the battery is the limiting factor when it comes to the lifespan of an electric […]
Sonnen Brings Virtual Power Plants to California Apartment Complexes
The German battery system vendor and its real-estate partner Wasatch Group see grid services as key to multifamily solar-storage. Multifamily housing is a hard nut to crack for solar and battery developers. Sonnen and Wasatch Group say that bundling the value of solar and storage for tenants, property owners, outside investors, utilities and grid […]
How the Energy Storage Industry Responded to the Arizona Battery Fire
Arizona Public Service’s battery fire could have slowed the U.S. storage market. That hasn’t happened. The energy storage industry didn’t wait for the outcome of Arizona Public Service’s year-long investigation into the battery fire that injured four firefighters in April 2019 to start improving the safety of grid batteries. The McMicken fire set off a […]
How the Energy Storage Industry Responded to the Arizona Battery Fire
Arizona Public Service’s battery fire could have slowed the U.S. storage market. That hasn’t happened. The energy storage industry didn’t wait for the outcome of Arizona Public Service’s year-long investigation into the battery fire that injured four firefighters in April 2019 to start improving the safety of grid batteries. The McMicken fire set off a […]
Batteries to help Alice Springs secure its renewable energy future
An ARENA-backed project will focus on addressing barriers to further renewable energy penetration in the Alice Springs local electricity network. Alice Springs is turning to battery storage to overcome its current grid challenges and facilitate its transition towards a renewables-dominated future. Under the Alice Springs Future Grid project, the Northern Territory town is looking to […]