Energy Storage 2020: It’s Not Just About Lithium-Ion Batteries Any More
Energy storage will be critical to the transition to zero emission electricity, but which storage system is best? ARPA-E wants to find out.
Energy storage will be critical to the transition to zero emission electricity, but which storage system is best? ARPA-E wants to find out.
They’re calling this new flow battery the “ultimate electron warehouse” and we’re calling it yet another energy storage challenger to the Tesla Powerwall.
The energy storage company UniEnergy Technologies claims that its flow battery costs “multiple times” less than Li-ion batteries like those used by Tesla.
The US Marine Corps gets an advanced microgrid with solar-enabled energy storage for Air Station Miramar, enabling it to survive practically anything
As I wrote in my piece on cleantech trends from 2014 and expected cleantech trends in 2015, the battery storage market is really blossoming. There are now quite a number of battery startups and battery departments within big corporations that seem to have promising products arriving on the market or soon to arrive … [continued]
A few years ago, Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory and CalCEF joined forces to launch CalCharge, the first-ever, public-private consortium designed to be a “center of gravity” for the California energy storage cluster. And this week, after growing to include more labs and labor support, CalCharge announced its new corporate members at the Department of Energy’s … [continued]
National Harbor, MD –The Department of Energy’s Advanced Research Projects Agency – Energy (ARPA-E) [this week] announced that the Agency’s innovative projects are making great strides towards transforming the way Americans use and produce energy. To date, 22 ARPA-E projects have attracted more than $625 million in private-sector follow-on funding after … [continued]
The last roundup of the week, here’s some top energy storage, energy efficiency, and other energy and cleantech news from around the interwebs. As always, don’t miss our own stories (links above). Energy Storage Batteries The Size Of Buildings Primus Power Wins Energy Storage Project With Bonneville Power And PSE … [continued]
Here’s another fun guest post from Lisa Ann Pinkerton, Founder of Women In Cleantech & Sustainability and Founder and President of Technica Communications. This one comes to us from Women in Cleantech & Sustainability: In 2011, the National Venture Capital Association and Dow Jones VentureSource released their study of the diversity makeup of the venture capital industry. Not surprisingly, the majority … [continued]
The U.S. Energy Department’s Advanced Research Projects Agency-Energy (ARPA-E) this week announced that 17 projects it has helped jump-start have “demonstrated major technical successes and shown significant market engagement” in the past 4 years. Putting a dollar figure on that, the 17 projects “have attracted over $450 million in private sector … [continued]