It has been the US’ busiest quarter to date for behind-the-meter energy storage installations, driven in part by residential adoption in the advanced markets of California and Hawaii, GTM Research has found. During Q2 2017, a total of 443 behind-the-meter systems, including residential and commer... Read more

A holistic approach to develop and maintain a multi-year energy storage roadmap for Canada has been initiated, starting with a pilot study in Alberta. Phase 1 is to be reported to the Energy Storage in Canada Conference. In Alberta a study has been commissioned to look at energy use over the next f... Read more

There’s a difference between knowing why energy storage is so useful to integrating wind and solar power into the grid, and being able to prove it to a banker. They’re going to want to know all the details in between, such as: Has anyone ever been paid for performing these tasks? If so, how much... Read more

India may be slow in embracing electric vehicles, but once it takes off, the adaptation will be fast. The nation is estimated to see 30.81 million electric vehicles sales by 2040. That number comes from Amitabh Kant, CEO of NITI Aayog. Addressing the annual convention of SIAM, India’s auto indust... Read more

It’s been touted as the LED moment of transport — the vision of an all-electric passenger car market in India by 2030, greening of the system being the link. The reference is to what the Vienna Energy Forum famously referred to as the “largest energy transformation project in the world” —... Read more

Premier think-tank Niti Aayog has set for the government an ambitious goal of 100 giga watt of clean energy by 2019-20 and wants financial provision for generation and infrastructure rather than just capacity creation. “A renewable energy capacity of 100 GW should be achieved by 2019-20 so as to c... Read more

Pune, India: India Energy Storage Alliance (IESA), India’s leading alliance on energy storage welcomes Ms. Jacqueline M. DeRosa, Member, Board of Directors, Energy storage Association (ESA http://energystorage.org/ ), USA and Mr. Mark Tinkler, Member, Board of Directors, Energy storage Canada (ESC... Read more

Tata Power opens Mumbai's first electric vehicle (EV) charging station at the company's receiving station situated in suburban area of Vikhroli. The station will enable users to charge their electric vehicles. The charger monitors the electricity units the vehicle consumes as well as the battery sta... Read more

{module This Category} To make Bengaluru the electric vehicle capital of India, the Karnataka government will soon come out with a new “electric vehicle and energy storage policy” to reduce pollution and promote a healthy environment. The Major and Medium Industries Department was formulat... Read more

Reliance Industries Ltd, owned by Mukesh Ambani, is considering entering the power-storage business with its partner BP Plc. to expand into the country’s growing renewable energy sector, according to two people with knowledge of the plan. The companies are considering a plan to set up energy-stor... Read more

Microgrids serve industries, institutions, communities and other customers in a range of ways. Here we look at eight main microgrid benefits – from keeping the lights in a storm to lowering energy costs to improving community well-being Eight microgrid benefits 1. A microgrid improves electric r... Read more

Charge it or charge it and swap it; do we have an option again? By- Harsh Thacker, Senior Analyst, Customized Energy Solutions In recent times, we saw an avid problem solver repeating the historical pattern of technology innovation, as he tried to disrupt electric vehicle market with a superior te... Read more