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Hydro-Québec and Sony Corporation will establish a joint venture to research and develop a large-scale energystorage system for powergrids. Furthermore, the energystorage system for such power supplies must be highly safe and reliable due to the need for an efficient and stable source of high capacity power.
(MHI), jointly with SSE plc (formerly Scottish and Southern Energy plc), will begin an energystorage system demonstration project using the powergrid in the UK’s Orkney Islands, which has a high proportion of renewable energy generation in relation to demand.
Highview PowerStorage, Inc., a provider of long duration energystorage solutions, and Encore Renewable Energy, a developer of renewable energy generation and storage projects, jointly announced plans to develop the United States’ first long-duration, liquid-air energystorage system.
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Li-ion battery manufacturer A123 Systems will supply a 500kW Li-ion energystorage solution to Dongfang Electric Corporation (DEC), the third largest manufacturer of wind turbines in the People’s Republic of China and the country’s largest exporter of power equipment.
Toshiba Corporation has delivered battery energystorage 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.
BYD and the State Grid Corporation of China (SGCC) have finished construction on what may be the world’s largest battery energystorage station. The State Grid system is demonstrating a stable solution for transferring vast amounts of renewable electricity safely to the grid on an unprecedented scale. billion RMB).
IBM has developed an advanced power and weather modeling technology that will help utilities increase the reliability of renewable energy resources. The solution combines weather prediction and big data analytics to forecast accurately the availability of windpower and solar energy.
It will provide 840 MW of reliable energy to the IPA purchasers it serves, including Los Angeles and municipalities in other parts of California and Utah. The power plant is connected to the Los Angeles powergrid by an existing high-voltage direct-current (HVDC) transmission line. and Hitachi, Ltd.
MHI) has delivered a large-capacity Li-ion battery energystorage system to the Shimizu Institute of Technology in Tokyo. The energystorage system, which is capable of 100 kW output with 60 kWh capacity, is currently one of the largest indoor lithium-ion battery-based systems in Japan.
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Portland General Electric showcased its 5 MW lithium-ion energystorage system to the public today at the utility’s Salem Smart Power Center in South Salem, Ore. The energystorage facility is part of PGE’s contribution to the Battelle-led Pacific Northwest Smart Grid Demonstration Project.
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The e-gas project consists of two main components: Audi is contributing to the construction of offshore North Sea wind turbines which will generate clean power,that is then fed into the public powergrid. Audi wants to use green power to produce and also operate its electric-drive e-tron models in the future.
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