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Study: California needs up to 55 GW of long duration energy storage by 2045; 150X the storage deployed since 2010

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This quantity represents more than a 150X increase in the amount of energy storage deployed in the state since 2010 and is the energy equivalent of powering 37 million homes. By 2030, the state will require 2-11 GW of new operational long duration energy storage.

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False Starts: The Story of Vehicle-to-Grid Power

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They wanted to see whether an electric vehicle could feed electricity back to the grid. The company’s president, Tom Gage , dubbed the system “vehicle to grid” or V2G. And EV owners would become entrepreneurs, selling electricity back to the grid. And indeed, that’s how promoters of vehicle-to-grid technology perceive the EV.

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Pike Research forecasts worldwide grid energy storage spending to reach $22B by 2021, down from 2010 forecast of $35B

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In its new report Energy Storage on the Grid (ESG), Pike Research forecasts that global spending in the ESG market will reach a little over $22 billion over the next 10 years. Electric grids require balance in order to function properly. Energy storage on the grid is reaching a turning point. 2010 vs 2011 forecasts.

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ARPA-E Battery/Storage Exposition 14 Jan

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Launched in 2010, BEEST is currently an alumnus project. CHARGES (Cycling Hardware to Analyze and Ready Grid-Scale Electricity Storage). GRIDS (Grid-Scale Rampable Intermittent Dispatchable Storage). Open funding solicitations. ARPA-E Workshops are open to the public by invitation.

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Lux Research: smart grid, energy storage, and EV M&A hits $2.4B in 1H 2011; start-ups selling at bargain prices

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Merger and acquisition (M&A) deals in the smart grid, energy storage, and electric vehicle (EV) sectors during the first six months of 2011 already totaled twice those made during all of 2010, and many more cash-starved start-ups are due for the auction block, according to a new report from Lux Research. M&A transactions totaled $2.42

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BNEF ups forecast for global investment in stationary energy storage, sees majority of capacity likely to be grid-scale

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BNEF projects that it will be made possible by further sharp declines in the cost of lithium-ion batteries, on top of an 85% reduction in the 2010-18 period. This is a new era of dispatchable renewables, based on new contract structures between developer and grid. —Logan Goldie-Scot, head of energy storage at BNEF.

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NIST releases final Smart Grid Framework 2.0

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An updated roadmap for the Smart Grid is now available from the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST), which recently finished reviewing and incorporating public comments into the NIST Framework and Roadmap for Smart Grid Interoperability Standards, Release 2.0. represents a significant update to the NIST Release 1.0

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