New Delhi : Union Minister R K Singh on Friday said electricity generated from coal and gas forms the base load as round-the-clock supply of renewable energy is not viable at present due to expensive storage. The power minister while addressing a seminar on National Bioenergy Programme here also said eventually coal and gas-based energy […]
Repurposing Broken Hill mine for renewable energy storage using compressed air – EQ Mag Pro
On behalf of the Australian Government, the Australian Renewable Energy Agency (ARENA) has announced it has conditionally approved $45 million in funding to construct a 200 MW / 1600 MWh fuel-free energy storage facility, developed by Hydrostor Inc, utilising their Advanced Compressed Air Energy Storage (A-CAES) technology and repurposing a disused mine at Broken Hill, […]
AP to have world’s largest renewable energy storage – EQ Mag Pro
Chief Minister Y.S. Jagan Mohan Reddy performs the first concrete pouring ceremony for the project PINNAPURAM (KURNOOL): Andhra Pradesh Chief Minister Y.S. Jagan Mohan Reddy on Tuesday performed the first concrete pouring ceremony for the world’s largest Integrated Renewable Energy Storage Project (IRESP) of 5,230 MW capacity at Pinnapuram in Kurnool district being set up […]
UK Government to fund renewable energy storage technologies – EQ Mag Pro
A total of 24 projects were given funding under the government’s Longer Duration Energy Storage (LODES) competition. The UK Government has announced funding to install new renewable energy storage technologies in the country. As part of this initiative, the government has awarded £6.7m ($9m) to 24 projects across the country under the Longer Duration Energy […]
Researchers Combine AI & Quantum Mechanics To Solve Renewable Energy Storage Problems
“Researchers are developing AI that will accurately predict atomic interactions faster than the compute-heavy simulations of today.” The sun doesn’t always shine and to store energy[batteries] in its absence is a costly affair. So, with all this talk about going green, how is it possible to incentivise people towards futuristic yet unsustainable and expensive goals? […]
1000 MWh Renewable Energy Storage Project In Utah Announced
Utah governor Gary Herbert and US Secretary of Energy Rick Perry announced what they termed the largest clean energy storage system in the world last week. A partnership of Mitsubishi Hitachi Power Systems and Magnum Development will use a combination of renewable hydrogen, compressed air storage, large-scale flow batteries, and solid oxide fuel cells to store just under 1000 […]