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MARCH 2, 2023

Researchers led by the Department of Energy’s Pacific Northwest National Laboratory (PNNL) have extended the capacity and duration of sodium-aluminum batteries. Sodium and aluminum are a natural combination of inexpensive, abundant elements as a redox pair for battery energy storage. of peak charge capacity. —Weller et al.

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Teslarati

MARCH 19, 2024

A Tesla Megapack-based battery energy storage system (BESS) has gone live in Scotland, in partnership with TagEnergy and Harmony Energy. Credit: TagEnergy “Battery energy storage systems are vital for unlocking the full potential of renewable energy in the UK,” said Peter Kavanagh, Harmony Energy CEO.

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Green Car Congress

OCTOBER 31, 2021

Energy Vault, a company developing grid-scale gravity energy storage solutions, has entered into an energy storage system agreement with DG Fuels, a developer of renewable hydrogen and biogenic-based, synthetic sustainable aviation fuel (SAF) and diesel fuel.

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MAY 6, 2023

Rimac Technology is entering the stationary Energy Storage Systems (ESS) market with the launch of Rimac Energy. The launch of Rimac Energy marks a major milestone for the company, as it expands beyond market-leading EV technology and introduces innovative stationary energy storage systems.

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DECEMBER 22, 2020

The US Department of Energy (DOE) released the Energy Storage Grand Challenge Roadmap , the Department’s first comprehensive energy storage strategy. billion into energy storage research and development—$400 million per year, on average.

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OCTOBER 13, 2022

Energy storage installations around the world are projected to reach a cumulative 411 GW (or 1,194 GWh) by the end of 2030, according to the latest forecast from research company BloombergNEF (BNEF). That is 15 times the 27GW/56GWh of storage that was online at the end of 2021.

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Blink Charging

FEBRUARY 1, 2024

As dealerships embrace electrification to maintain competitiveness , it’s crucial to also explore the benefits of integrating battery energy storage systems (BESS). Discover key insights into incorporating battery storage for your dealership’s sustainable energy storage. What are battery energy storage systems?

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Green Car Congress

MAY 11, 2020

Southern California Edison recently signed seven contracts totaling 770 megawatts of battery-based energy storage resources to help enhance the region’s electric system reliability needs. The recently conducted solicitation and the resulting contracts make up one of the country’s largest energy storage procurements.

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DECEMBER 9, 2020

By 2045, California will require the deployment of up to a staggering 55 gigawatts (GW) of long duration energy storage (LDES) to support its 100% clean electricity goals, according to a new modeling study released by the California Energy Storage Alliance (CESA). —Alex Morris, Executive Director of CESA.

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Innovation News Network

JANUARY 25, 2023

The iPLUG project is developing power electronics solutions to integrate renewable energy and energy storage systems in to the distribution grid. The post Distributing renewable energy into the power grid appeared first on Innovation News Network.

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Green Car Congress

OCTOBER 28, 2022

JERA, the largest power generation company in Japan, responsible for about 30% of Japan’s electricity, and Toyota Motor have built and deployed the first large-capacity “Sweep Energy Storage System”. The project plans to operate grid storage batteries for recharge and discharge operations, connected to the Chubu Electric Power Grid Co.,

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NOVEMBER 24, 2022

Semper Power develops and operates energy storage systems for wind and solar farm developers, distribution grid operators and industrial customers. When fully charged, the system has the capacity to supply 8,000 households with electrical energy for an entire day.

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Green Car Congress

JULY 31, 2019

Energy storage installations around the world will multiply exponentially, from a modest 9GW/17GWh deployed as of 2018 to 1,095GW/2,850GWh by 2040, according to the latest forecast from research company BloombergNEF (BNEF). Global cumulative energy storage installations. Source: BloombergNEF.

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MAY 19, 2022

Electrify America entered into a 15-year virtual power purchase agreement (VPPA) with developer Terra-Gen to build a solar photovoltaic renewable energy generation project in San Bernardino County, California called Electrify America Solar Glow 1. The solar project is targeted to be operational by mid-2023.

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CleanTechnica EVs

JUNE 2, 2023

When reading about energy storage you may come across terms like long-term storage, seasonal storage, diurnal storage, or long-duration storage. Long-term storage can include seasonal energy storage, which can shift delivery of power to a different time of year.

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Green Car Congress

DECEMBER 16, 2013

The US Department of Energy (DOE) released its Grid Energy Storage report to the members of the Senate Energy and Natural Resources Committee. of total electric production capacity) of grid storage, 95% of which is pumped storage hydro. At present, the report noted, the US has about 24.6

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Green Car Congress

MARCH 29, 2018

Mitsubishi Motors and ENGIE are partnered in a project to explore the potential for electric vehicles to act as a means of energy storage for an office building. This energy can then be discharged back into the grid when appropriate. Hitachi Europe Ltd., Mitsubishi Motors is providing an Outlander PHEV SUV.

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JANUARY 20, 2022

As part of the collaboration, Honeywell will purchase 19 GWh of battery cells produced by FREYR from 2023 through 2030 for a multitude of energy storage systems applications. Battery storage will play a crucial role as organizations transition to clean power generation. —Tom Einar Jensen, FREYR’s Chief Executive Officer.

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Teslarati

SEPTEMBER 16, 2023

One such company includes Volvo, which has announced a partnership to recycle old EV batteries into new energy storage systems. Volvo is partnering with battery recycler Connected Energy to give EV batteries a second life as battery energy storage systems (BESS), as detailed in a press release on Wednesday.

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Green Car Congress

JANUARY 12, 2021

Russelectric, a manufacturer of distributed energy and microgrid control systems for mission-critical commercial facilities that was acquired by Siemens in 2018, has added electrical vehicle charging capabilities at its Hingham, Massachusetts, facility.

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Green Car Congress

DECEMBER 31, 2020

Fluence, the global energy storage solutions joint venture between Siemens and AES, announced that it has entered into a definitive agreement with the Qatar Investment Authority (QIA) pursuant to which QIA will commit to invest $125 million in Fluence through a private placement transaction.

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Green Car Congress

JANUARY 10, 2020

The US Department of Energy (DOE) launched the Energy Storage Grand Challenge , a comprehensive program to accelerate the development, commercialization, and utilization of next-generation energy storage technologies.

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Green Car Congress

OCTOBER 11, 2021

Maintaining grid reliability amid increasing renewable energy penetration involves fundamental changes to power system operation and the resources leveraged to provide grid services. Funded through a $25-million DOE award, the public-private consortium aims to enable power-sector decarbonization through 2035.

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Green Car Congress

MAY 3, 2019

The global battery energy storage market will to grow to $13.13 Asia-Pacific (APAC) and EMEA will be the dominant markets for battery energy storage systems over the forecast period 2019-2023. The US market for battery energy storage is estimated to reach $2.96bn in 2023, accounting for 23% of the global market.

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Green Car Congress

JULY 6, 2023

Rolls-Royce has approved its mtu Kinetic PowerPacks, based on the mtu Series 4000 and 1600 diesel engines, for use with renewable diesel (HVO/Hydrogenated Vegetable Oil) and the other synthetic diesel fuels of the EN15940 standard.

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Clean Fleet Report

AUGUST 2, 2023

Tech: Energy Storage Is Revolutionizing EV Charging: Battery Energy Storage Systems (BESS) Are Powering the Future of Electric Vehicles Mobile BESS have many uses (photo courtesy TROES) The electrification of vehicles is taking the world by storm, with more end users looking to optimize their purchase of their vehicles.

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Green Car Congress

MARCH 15, 2014

Toshiba Corporation has delivered battery energy storage systems integrating the company’s SCiB Li-ion battery ( earlier post ) to Kyushu Electric Power Co., for a demonstration project to expand introduction of renewable energy sources on remote islands. The demonstration program will run for three years to fiscal 2016.

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Green Car Congress

MARCH 23, 2023

The US Department of Energy (DOE) has released a set of reports— Pathways to Commercial Liftoff —that provide guidance for bringing advanced nuclear, clean hydrogen and long-duration energy storage into the commercial mainstream.

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Green Car Congress

FEBRUARY 7, 2019

Austin, Texas-based energy research organization Pecan Street Inc. launched Texas’ first grid-tied vehicle-to-grid (V2G) testing center at its lab in Austin, turning electric vehicles into a dispatchable load shaving tool for the municipally-owned electric utility, Austin Energy.

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Green Car Congress

NOVEMBER 11, 2015

Sand is emerging as a key ingredient in the race to develop a viable electricity storage system for renewable energies. Australia-based Latent Heat Storage has developed a low cost thermal energy storage system based on the latent heat properties of silicon derived from sand. —Jonathan Whalley.

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Green Car Congress

DECEMBER 1, 2020

With battery storage able to provide a unique role in balancing a renewable electricity grid, Toby Gill, CEO of Intelligent Power Generation, asks could innovations in green hydrogen and biofuel technologies contribute to a more optimized and economical energy mix? Our grid is changing, and so must the way we operate it.

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Green Car Congress

MARCH 11, 2020

This award marks the first Advanced Class Gas Turbines in the industry specifically designed and purchased as part of a comprehensive plan to sequentially transition from coal, to natural gas and finally to renewable hydrogen fuel, and creates a roadmap for the global industry to follow. and Hitachi, Ltd.

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Green Car Reports

AUGUST 29, 2022

Department of Energy and its National Renewable Energy Laboratory (NREL) to provide a new proof point for hydrogen fuel-cell tech—in a megawatt-scale, multitasking power-generation package that might potentially be used for renewable energy storage and smoothing the grid.

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Green Car Congress

NOVEMBER 12, 2013

BASF Battery Materials will discuss its latest improvements in Nickel Metal Hydride (NiMH) battery technology for grid energy storage applications at the 8 th International Renewable Energy Storage Conference and Exhibition (IRES 2013), being held 18-20 November 2013 in Berlin, Germany.

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Teslarati

SEPTEMBER 7, 2021

The construction of the United Kingdom’s largest energy storage project has begun, and it is expected to be a true difference-maker when the supply of renewables like solar or wind is low. Megapacks are specifically designed for grid use. Grid-scale batteries would have been a more preferable option. .

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Green Car Congress

JANUARY 8, 2015

The California Independent System Operator (ISO), the California Public Utilities Commission (CPUC) and the California Energy Commission (CEC) unveiled a comprehensive roadmap to assess the current market environment and regulatory policies for connecting new energy storage technology to the state’s power grid.

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Setec Powerr

NOVEMBER 23, 2022

We are transitioning from fossil fuels to renewable energy sources such as wind and solar, and the use of energy storage is becoming more widespread. And with the popularity of electric vehicles, the grid is under more and more pressure, so the demand for energy storage is growing. Battery storage.

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