Failed Insurrection Fails To Stop US Solar Power Juggernaut
US Energy Department really, really wants you to know that the US solar power revolution is alive and kicking.
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Global Energy Storage Market To 2020 (Charts, Sort Of…)
CleanTechnica has a partnership with GBI Research to help get more cleantech market research reports into more people’s hands*. GBI Research recently published a new report on the Global Energy Storage Market to 2020 (in April 2013) and passed this one on to me to share with you all. Unfortunately, … [continued]
Energy Storage Costs To Halve & Market To Boom, Study Finds
This article was originally published on Renew Economy: A new study released by the Clean Energy Council points to the huge role that energy storage can play in the evolving power markets, but points to the huge barriers – mostly the interests of incumbent utilities – that stand in its … [continued]
How Paul Ryan Bankrupted a DOE Energy Loan Recipient, and How They Bounced Back
When Beacon Power applied for the Section 1705 loan guarantee program, they probably had no idea that that painted a target on their back. After all, they weren’t even a solar or wind business. Beacon had perfected and patented adaptations to an old nuts-and-bolts flywheel technology, spending $200 million … [continued]
Clean Links: Solar, Wind, Energy Efficiency, Clean Transport, Energy Storage, Geothermal, & Waste-2-Energy News Roundup
Some other top cleantech posts from the past couple weeks or so: Wind Power 1. Vestas published an interesting video on the chemistry of wind turbine blades (above) — interesting. 2. “A consortium led by GICON Grossmann Ingenieur Consult GmbH has developed a floating platform designed to be used for offshore … [continued]
SeaTwirl Offshore Turbine with 1 Moving Part, & It Stores Energy with Seawater
SeaTwirl has created a vertical axis wind turbine (VAWT) that is both direct-drive and stores energy using seawater. It also uses water as a bearing, which has the advantage of low friction. The generator is of the permanent magnet type. This means that it partially utilizes magnets (magnetic materials … [continued]
Flywheel Energy I: Safety, Security, Reliability
Energy is like a wild animal that can be contained and trained but never truly tamed. A closer look at the Risk involved in Flywheel energy storage.
NEW! Electrical Storage Device SMC!
Surface-mediated cells (SMC,) from Angstron Materials Inc., offer us the advantage of increasing both power and energy densities.
