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Tesla-SolarCity, Total-Saft Acquisitions: In the Race to Integrate Power Companies, Who Is Next?

August 11, 2016January 30, 2017 by Jessica Lyons Hardcastle

These are tough times for oil giants. They’re up against falling profits and facing threats from alternative fuels and battery technologies as global momentum shifts toward a low-carbon economy. To overcome these challenges, global oil “supermajors” should follow in the footsteps of Total — which bought energy storage company Saft ... Read more »

Why GE, Other Energy Giants Are Investing Billions in Battery Storage

June 10, 2016June 29, 2022 by Jessica Lyons Hardcastle

General Electric has invested millions of dollars into German batter storage provider Sonnen — the latest move by an energy services giant to buy into the growing energy storage market.

Hybrid Microgrid Powers Extreme Arctic Site

February 20, 2015 by Karen Henry

The Northwest Territories Power Corporation (NTPC) has selected Saft to develop and install an extreme temperature battery energy storage system (BESS) for use as part of a hybrid microgrid that will deliver cleaner, more reliable and less expensive power to a community located 50 miles north of the Arctic Circle ... Read more »

Contract Wins: Ball, Lockheed Marin, John Deere, Schneider Electric, Xylem, Fuel Tech

May 16, 2013May 16, 2013 by Jessica Lyons Hardcastle

Ball Aerospace & Technologies has been awarded a contract from the Korea Aerospace Research Institute to build the Geostationary Environment Monitoring Spectrometer (GEMS) for the National Institute of Environmental Research in South Korea. GEMS is a geostationary scanning ultraviolet-visible spectrometer designed to monitor trans-boundary pollution for the Korean peninsula and ... Read more »

Navigant: Installed Li-ion Capacity 1,753 MW by 2022

April 23, 2013September 1, 2022 by Leon Walker

The lithium ion stationary energy storage market will grow from 27 MW of global installed capacity in 2013 to 1,753 MW in 2022, according to a study by Navigant Research. As the Li-ion manufacturing industry develops, it promises to eventually deliver low-cost, long-lasting, and safe batteries that will play a ... Read more »

EV Makers ‘to Exit in 2013’

December 20, 2012December 20, 2012 by Jessica Lyons Hardcastle

Capital will shift from electric vehicles to battery components in 2013, forcing some EV companies to exit the market or be acquired, according to a new white paper by Pike Research. Pike says the emphasis will be on components rather than complete battery packs, and chemical conglomerates such as Dow Energy Materials ... Read more »

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