Coal & Gas Are Too Variable To Be Worth Considering
Solar and wind power are absolutely predictable when it comes to variable costs. By contrast, coal and gas power are altogether too variable to be reliable.
Battery Storage
Energy Vault Proposes An Energy Storage System Using Concrete Blocks
Swiss startup Energy Vault has devised an energy storage system that uses blocks of concrete weighing 35 tons a piece. It uses off the shelf technology but uses a new process to make the concrete blocks for a fraction of the cost of regular concrete.
Tesla Bidding On Xcel Energy Battery Storage Plan
Xcel Energy has solicited bids on a series of grid-scale battery storage installations in Colorado. When completed and online by 2023, they may qualify for the title of largest battery installation in the world, according to PV Magazine.
New Danish 350 kW EV Charge Contender: Nerve Smart Systems Focus On Smart Battery Buffer…
Nerve Smart Systems is about to launch the first version of a new type of battery high power charger that support 350 kW sustained charging without overloading the power grid.
Renewable Energy Is Unstoppable, Declares Financial Times
The Financial Times has declared that renewable energy is now “unstoppable.” Read on to find out why.
One Of The World’s Largest Battery Storage Plants
Nuclear plants and wind farms produced 54% of the power Centrica sold in the domestic market during 2015. Last week the company announced it will be building one of the world’s foremost battery storage plants in the UK.
21 MW DC Solar Facility Coming to NAS Oceana, Virginia Beach
Originally published on Planetsave. Entering into a 37-year agreement with Dominion Virginia Power, the Department of the Navy (DoN) recently announced plans for a 21 MW direct current, or DC, solar facility in Virginia Beach, Virginia. Following closely on the heels of a 10-year purchase contract for 25 MW DC … [continued]
SolarCity Launches Smart Energy Home In Hawaii
SolarCity’s new smart energy home offers a customized combo of solar, battery storage, smart electric water heater, and Nest Learning Thermostat. SolarCity is introducing a smart energy home offering to new residential customers in Hawaii. The home includes a palette of advanced clean energy, storage, and efficiency technologies. The Smart Energy Home … [continued]
Toshiba To Supply Grid Storage Batteries To Ohio Utility
Originally published on Solar Love. With all the attention being paid to Panasonic and its partnership with Tesla in the GigaFactory under construction in Nevada, people sometimes forget that there are other battery companies in the world. So it comes as a surprise that Toshiba grid storage batteries will be … [continued]
New Battery Research: Double-Walled Nanotubes Improve Durability and Lifetime
For more than a decade, scientists have tried to improve lithium-based batteries by replacing the graphite in one terminal with silicon, which can store 10 times more charge. But after just a few charge/discharge cycles, the silicon structure would crack and crumble, rendering the battery useless. Now a team led … [continued]
