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Canada’s e-Zn Raises Millions to Commercialize Long-Duration Zinc Energy Storage

Startup bets on cheap and abundant zinc — and the emergence of a market for long-duration storage. Canadian startup e-Zn has raised money to store clean energy far longer than currently available batteries allow, using cheap and abundant zinc. On Wednesday, the company received CAD $2 million ($1.5 million) in non-dilutive grant funding from Sustainable […]

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U.S. Department of Energy Launches Energy Storage Grand Challenge

January 11, 2020 Anand Gupta

WASHINGTON D.C. : Today, U.S. Energy Secretary Dan Brouillette announced the launch of the Energy Storage Grand Challenge, a comprehensive program to accelerate the development, commercialization, and utilization of next-generation energy storage technologies and sustain American global leadership in energy storage. The Grand Challenge builds on the $158 million Advanced Energy Storage Initiative announced in […]

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First Large Battery in Republic of Ireland Targets Super-Fast Grid Services

January 9, 2020 Anand Gupta

The Fluence-supplied battery system will make money via a new product that rewards high-speed frequency response. The Republic of Ireland recently received its first grid-scale battery, which will help manage volatility as the island nation ramps up renewable power plants. Developer Statkraft and battery supplier Fluence announced Wednesday that the battery had been installed in […]

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IIT Delhi researchers develop small, medium scale energy storage device

January 2, 2020 Anand Gupta

New Delhi: Researchers at the Indian Institute of Technology (IIT) here have produced a small and medium scale energy storage device. According to the team at IIT Delhi, various energy storage options are available currently with associated advantages and disadvantages depending upon geographical location and need. ‘One of the storage options that is currently showing […]

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3 Predictions for US Renewables and Storage Markets in 2025

December 31, 2019 Anand Gupta

It’s easy to lose sight of the extraordinary progress being made with renewables and energy storage, the author writes. With increasing climate change impacts and decades of power infrastructure neglect, we can lose sight of the extraordinary progress we are making with renewables and energy storage to build a clean energy future, healthier planet and more efficient […]

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What a Year! 10 Stories That Propelled Energy Storage in 2019

December 18, 2019 Anand Gupta

More batteries installed. More markets opening up. And grid storage making itself indispensable in unanticipated ways. For too long, the rhetoric around what storage can do for the grid vastly outweighed the actual doing. This year, the industry closed that gap more than ever before. Exceedingly few batteries actually live up to the vision of […]

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TERI Floats Tender For Battery Energy Storage System (BESS) under UI-ASSIST

December 18, 2019 Anand Gupta

Design, Supply, Testing, Installation & Commissioning along-with AMC for five years of Battery Energy Storage System (BESS) on Turnkey Basis under UI-Assist initiative with BRPL in NCT of Delhi For more information please see below link:

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One More Time, With Feeling: GE’s Latest Approach to Energy Storage

December 13, 2019 Anand Gupta

After a long evolution, GE now sees integrating batteries with renewables or gas turbines as its best place to add value. Century-old electric technology company GE kicked off 2019 with yet another reorg. The workhorse Power division was split up, to start. Though still a top supplier of the world’s natural-gas turbines, the division had […]

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Why Is Wind + Storage Getting Short Shrift?

December 10, 2019 Anand Gupta

Hybrid plants combining wind, solar and batteries can reliably supply electricity during peak-demand hours, the author writes. Chandu Visweswariah is founding president and CEO of Utopus Insights, a New York-based energy analytics company acquired last year by Vestas. Competitive markets are wonderful crucibles of innovation. With decades of accumulated manufacturing experience for use in portable […]

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NV Energy Gets Green Light for Massive Solar-Battery Projects

December 6, 2019 Anand Gupta

Nevada regulators approve a plan for 1.2 GW of solar backed by gigawatt-hours’ worth of energy storage capacity. Nevada regulators have given a green light to utility NV Energy’s plan to add nearly 1.2 gigawatts of solar and 590 megawatts of batteries, underscoring a broader push toward renewable energy and storage by other Western utilities […]

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