The Solar Energy Corporation of India recently issued its first tender for round-the-clock renewable energy supply. This opens a major new avenue in India’s rapidly evolving renewable energy sector.
Jeff Dahn and his team of researchers claim they have created new pouch cells that could power an electric car for 1 million miles or store electricity for up to 20 years.
Softbank has invested $110 million in Energy Vault, a start-up that plans to undercut the cost of battery storage by raising and lowering hundreds of concrete blocks weighing 35 metric tons apiece.
Researchers in Switzerland say making a low or zero carbon economy requires a lot of planning and effort by all interested parties. Energy storage will be key as will improvements to the energy efficiency of buildings.
The Indian government is planning to give another try at promoting the manufacturing of solar cells in the country. The Indian finance minister announced some important measures to attract investment into this and other energy-related sectors.
Battery storage is transforming the utility business today. But for the clean energy revolution to be completed, we need better and longer lasting energy storage solutions.
In a recent article, we found that curtailment of renewables may be cheaper than grid scale energy storage. Sometimes, the simplest solution is the best solution. However, given the complexity of electrical grids around the world, we should also look at all of the available solutions to make sure we … [continued]
The Center for Biological Diversity took legal action in Arizona federal court this week to challenge the Salt River Project, an Arizona utility, in its ongoing rate discrimination against residential solar customers who had their rates bumped up 60% in 2015.
A Stanford study suggests that measuring renewable energy usage on an hourly instead of an annual basis gives a more accurate picture of how effective it is at reducing carbon emissions.
California state funding has created a harvest cornucopia of clean energy programs ranging from solar energy for low income housing to familiarization test drives of electric vehicles. But each state agency has its own set of rules about who can get funding, what kind of matched private funding may be necessary, and how to go about getting access to the funds.
