ENERGY STORAGE Archives - EQ Int'l Magazine

Two More Failed Firms in Storage- Axion Power and Camborne Energy Storage

Neither could find the cash to continue operations. This August brought the collapse of two emblematic energy storage firms. In the U.S., lead-carbon battery maker Axion Power International filed for Chapter 7 bankruptcy. In the U.K., grid-scale storage system developer Camborne Energy Storage went into administration. Both firms ran aground after failing to secure cash […]

Americas

NRG Spins Out ‘Station A’ Software Platform for Optimizing Distributed Energy

August 23, 2018 Anand Gupta

NRG’s former “skunkworks” project says it’s building an energy database that can cut time and costs for clean energy deployments and open up new markets. Station A, the San Francisco-based R&D center once owned by NRG Energy, is now a standalone company. The Station A team developed a software platform to deploy distributed clean energy […]

Electric Vehicles

EVs Could Save California Billions in Energy Storage Investment

May 30, 2018 Anand Gupta

Strategic EV charging could ease the “duck curve” more than California’s energy storage mandate, according to DOE researchers. Electric vehicles could become a vital asset for California grid operators who are struggling to bring more renewables online. The state’s rapid adoption of solar power is contributing to a problem known as the “duck curve” — […]

Energy Storage

Sonnen Raises $71M and Kicks Off a Strategic Partnership With Shell

May 26, 2018 Anand Gupta

A big round to grow solar-storage market share in the U.S. and Australia and the latest partnership between a grid edge startup and a European energy giant. Sonnen, the German startup taking on Tesla and others in the nascent behind-the-meter energy storage market, has raised €60 million ($71 million) to grow in the U.S. and […]