UET Backs Up Energy Storage Challenge To Tesla With More Flow Battery Info (CT Exclusive…
The energy storage company UniEnergy Technologies claims that its flow battery costs “multiple times” less than Li-ion batteries like those used by Tesla.
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Why Software Is Critical To Energy Storage System Success
By David Miller, Director of Business Development, Greensmith Summary Advanced energy storage management software optimizes system performance, supports complex applications, and future-proofs energy storage systems against technological changes. Thus, software improves ROI and lowers system risk, helping energy storage proliferate and become a critical element of the modern grid. Introduction … [continued]
Wind & Solar Are Already A Better Value Than Fossil Fuels
Originally published on RenewEconomy. When radio shock jock Alan Jones got the cost of wind energy so horribly wrong in front of a million or so viewers on ABC TV last month, he did more than misplace a decimal point. He repeated an often-made misunderstanding about the costs of energy, … [continued]
Solar & Wind Power Prices Often Lower Than Fossil Fuel Power Prices
By Bob Wallace & Zachary Shahan Wind and solar electricity have become some of our least expensive ways to generate electricity in several markets around the world. Wind is now the cheapest way to bring new electricity generation to the grid in the US as well as many other countries. … [continued]
Solar News: Home Energy Storage Market To Explode, Vivint Solar CEO Says Republican Congress Could…
Here are some more great solar stories from around the interwebs, to complement our own solar stories: For Consumers 1. Going Solar Made Easier By Online Shopping Site and Staples Gift Cards 2. New Financing Models to Drive Demand for Commercial Solar 3. Crowdfunding Solar Power for the World’s Poorest People 4. This Social … [continued]
Beehives, Elephants, 220,000 Jobs, & The Future Of Solar Rooftops In India
Last week, the talk of the solar town in India was a webinar organized by Bridge To India — a New Delhi–based solar market intelligence firm, in partnership with Tata Power Solar. The webinar was attended by around 200 professionals from across the solar sector. The webinar discussions revolved around a … [continued]
LCOE of Utility-Scale Solar Power Getting Really Competitive
Before we shared this chart in an article about the extremely low cost of wind power, one of our readers actually sent it along to me with the dashed red line inserted as above (click on the chart to see it more clearly). It’s exciting to see wind power at such a … [continued]
Solar Socket Parity Has Shifted Solar Forecasts (CHARTS)
RenewEconomy. One graph in the International Energy Agency’s latest Solar Roadmap report highlights how the dramatic cost reductions in rooftop solar PV has caught the world by surprise – and caused the likes of the IEA to revisit their forecasts, and for incumbent industries to review their business models. Four … [continued]
Time To Drop LCOE?
Originally published on Rocky Mountain Institute. By Peter Bronski Leaving behind the limitations of levelized cost of energy for a better energy metric Once upon a time I was infatuated with levelized cost of energy (LCOE). It has had staying power, in prevalent use for decades as a metric of … [continued]
Germany Reached Nearly 75% Renewable Power Use On Sunday
En route to its 2050 Energiewende goal of 80% of the nation’s power being supplied by renewables, especially spurred on by the phaseout of nuclear reactors, Germany broke another renewable energy record on Sunday, May 11, 2014. Europe’s biggest clean-energy market reached almost 75% renewable power market share noon on … [continued]
