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]
The city of Lancaster, California, has installed an energy storage system at its Museum of Art and History. It was connected by Green Charge Networks to store energy to be used at peak times when electricity prices are high. The energy is stored up when costs are low, and then … [continued]
By Vic Shao Celebrating Earth Day often feels like New Year’s Eve. We all get excited, drink some environmental kool-aid and make pledges like cutting carbon that we subsequently forget until the next Earth Day. But the aftermath of this Earth Day feels a little different. Last month, the Intergovermental Panel on Climate … [continued]
Originally published on the ECOreport. The next energy storage breakthrough will be in efficiency, rather than time. During high-peak-demand times, utilities charge commercial customers a premium (per kW) called “demand charges.” These charges often make up 40% of the total electricity bill and have, on occasion even been as much … [continued]
The startup Green Charge Networks is planning a big announcement for next week, so in advance of that we’re going to take a look back at what the company has been up to so far. Its GreenStation™ energy storage unit is a lithium-ion battery system designed to operate like an … [continued]
