News & Articles on Commercial and Residential Energy Storage

Rice Creates Wearable Energy Storage Film

April 29, 2014 by Leon Walker

Researchers at Rice University have created a thin film for energy storage that could be used for flexible, portable and wearable electronics. The flexible material, which was developed by Rice chemist James Tour and his colleagues, features nanoporous nickel-fluoride electrodes layered around a solid electrolyte to deliver battery-like supercapacitor performance that the team says ... Read more »

Manhattan Transit Building Demos Energy Storage

April 25, 2014 by Linda Hardesty

American Vanadium will partner with the New York State Energy Research and Development Authority (NYSERDA) to demonstrate the CellCube vanadium redox flow energy storage system. The Metropolitan Transportation Authority (MTA) will host the demonstration at its 1.6 million-sq-foot office building. ConEdison and the Advanced Energy Research Technology Center (AERTC) at ... Read more »

Batteries: An Expensive Way to Store Energy

April 23, 2014 by Linda Hardesty

Although energy storage is getting a lot of press as a great way to avoid peak energy spikes, using batteries for energy storage is not the most economical, according to The New York Times. “It costs hundreds of dollars to store a kilowatt-hour of energy in a battery, while nationally ... Read more »

Duracell, Volkswagen, Eaton, LG, Hitachi Join Energy Storage Group

April 18, 2014 by Linda Hardesty

CalCharge announced the enrollment of Duracell, Hitachi, Volkswagen, LG, Eaton, Enovix, EnerVault, Farasis Energy, Halotechnics, Leyden Energy, and Primus Power as its first corporate members. CalCharge is a battery and electrochemical energy storage consortium of public and private organizations. Original members include Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, the California Clean Energy ... Read more »

Redwood City Installs Energy Storage Systems

April 16, 2014 by Linda Hardesty

Green Charge Networks signed an agreement with Redwood City, Calif., to install its GreenStation smart-grid-enabled energy storage systems at two facilities to offset demand charges. California is requiring its three largest utilities to install 1.3 GW of energy storage by 2020. A big motivation for enterprises is demand charges, says ... Read more »

Ideal Power Secures 2 Energy Storage Contracts

April 15, 2014 by Linda Hardesty

Ideal Power received initial purchase orders for 20 units of its 30 kW battery converter from two un-named commercial customers in California. The State of California requires at least 1.3 GW of energy storage to be procured by 2020, a part of which will be behind-the-meter commercial installations. The commercial ... Read more »

Climate Declaration Means Opportunities for GM

April 11, 2014August 2, 2019 by William Opalka

General Motors remains the only automaker among 750 signatories of the Climate Declaration, organized by sustainable business advocacy group Ceres and its Business for Innovative Climate & Energy Policy coalition. GM’s investments are reducing its energy costs by at least $170 million. For the second consecutive year, the EPA recognized GM with ... Read more »

Hybrid Solar Microgrid Saves Paiute Tribe $700,000 Annually

April 9, 2014 by Linda Hardesty

A 252 kW off-grid concentrated photovoltaic (CPV) solar hybrid system with energy storage has been activated on the tribal lands of the Moapa Band of Paiutes in Nevada. A USDA Rural Utilities Service (RUS) grant funded the construction of the off-grid system that includes nine Soitec dual-axis CPV trackers, a ... Read more »

AEG Creates Wireless Battery Management for Energy Storage Installations

April 4, 2014 by Linda Hardesty

AEG Power Solutions is offering a wireless battery cell control and monitoring system for large battery energy storage applications. AEG has developed the new MoniStore-SC.BCCS wireless battery cell control system for operation with conventional batteries. The battery sensor is connected to the battery’s negative pole. It continuously monitors the functionality ... Read more »

GE, PowerStream Launch Ontario Microgrid Demonstration Project

April 3, 2014 by Linda Hardesty

General Electric and PowerStream have launched a joint microgrid demonstration project at PowerStream’s headquarters in Vaughan, Ontario. For the project, GE provided its Grid IQ Microgrid Control System (MCS), as well as the engineering design services, to help PowerStream build a microgrid, which uses renewable energy resources (wind, solar), a ... Read more »

RES Americas Stores Energy for PJM

April 2, 2014 by Linda Hardesty

Renewable Energy Systems Americas began operation of the company’s first energy storage system. RES Americas conceived, developed, and constructed the energy storage system, which it will own and operate in Sunbury, Ohio. The system is comprised of a +/-4 MW (8MW total range)/ 2.6 MWh lithium battery that will provide ... Read more »

Energy Storage, EV Charging Save Museum $3,200 Per Year

April 1, 2014 by Linda Hardesty

The City of Lancaster, Calif., has hired Green Charge Networks to install an energy storage system and electric vehicle charging station at the Lancaster Museum of Art & History (MOAH). The project is funded by a California Energy Commission (CEC) grant at no cost to the City and will generate ... Read more »

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