By Dan Taylor, Managing Director of Camborne Energy Storage Ltd The UK electrical energy storage market is not yet as advanced as global leaders such as the US, China, Japan, South Korea, and Germany. However, as with these other countries, the UK is primarily looking to lithium-ion battery technology to be the forerunner … [continued]
JB Straubel Speaks At OCE Discovery JB Straubel is one of my favorite people at Tesla. He speaks as the eternal optimist, always hopeful and pushing for the brighter future that he has already imagined to be possible. The better world for humanity is not just a construct doomed to a … [continued]
Remco van der Horst, COO of renewable energy crowdinvesting company Duurzaaminvesteren and founder of consultancy Greenproc, was one of the key people who organized meetings for me during my cleantech tour of the Netherlands last year. Ironically, because my on-camera chat with him and Christiaan van Nispen of energy giant … [continued]
The Panasonic Corporation of North America division Panasonic Enterprise Solutions and Sensity Systems Inc have announced the formation of a new alliance related to Panasonic’s CityNow initiative, according to a recent press release. The announcement — made at San Diego’s Lightfair International 2016 — made note of the fact that … [continued]
A law professor from the University of Kansas has explored innovative approaches for cities to switch to a low-carbon energy grid. Uma Outka, an associate professor of law at the University of Kansas, is the author behind Cities and the Low-Carbon Grid, an upcoming article in the journal Environmental Law. The paper … [continued]
Along with boosting the overall reliability of electricity distribution, smart microgrid deployment from companies like Anbaric is today proving to be an important smart step in offering solutions for the distribution of renewable energy. Defining microgrids According to the Microgrid Institute, a microgrid is a small energy system capable of balancing … [continued]
I think one of the most important things we’ve done at CleanTechnica in the past several years is listen closely to readers. But you only get part of the story from the comments. We have relied quite a bit on our “annual” readers surveys in the past. Though, unfortunately, we … [continued]
Originally published on the ECOreport No other utility company has more installed renewable capacity or uses a stronger proportion of renewably produced electricity. According to recent press releases, the utility giant E.ON leads the way to Germany’s Green Grid. E.ON Leads Germany’s Renewable Grid “Renewables account for more than 80 … [continued]
Enphase Energy has long been a key provider of microinverter and wiring solutions for residential solar photovoltaic (PV) installations and has built on that success with another important component of a holistic energy solution — storage. Before we dive into the company’s recently updated product, let’s talk a bit about the Enphase approach … [continued]
LichtBlick, known in Germany as a retailer of ‘green electricity and green gas’, is looking to take its concept for integrating multiple distributed generation sources into a single network serving international markets, reports a recent PVTech article. This follows an announcement last May stating LichtBlick and electric vehicle and battery … [continued]
