Low-cost technology is already improving the quality of life in rural, off-grid communities. Elon Musk said he had the developing world in mind when he initiated the Powerwall project. On a planet where 1.3 billion people are not connected to the electric grid, a technology that can take advantag... Read more

SunEdison, the company Jigar Shah helped create and by some measures the biggest renewable energy developer in the world, recently purchased utility-scale storage startup Solar Grid Storage. Image: SunEdison. Lessons learned from solar could help develop financing solutions for energy stora... Read more

From 2015 to 2022 the market for advanced battery storage devices will witness its fastest growth at a CAGR of more than 18 percent globally. A study by market research and consulting firm Grand View Research has made the forecast. It says the growth will be augmented by an increase in peak ene... Read more

Power Grid Corporation (PGC) of India is back in the bond market as the state-owned electric utilities company has raised about Rs 3,000 crore by selling bonds for the first time in the fiscal year 2015-16 with banks interested in buying those bonds. The triple-A rated company decided to raise fund... Read more

First Hybrid-Flywheel Energy Storage Plant in Europe announced in Ireland Europe's first grid connected Hybrid flywheel system service facility was today (Thursday March 26, 2015) officially announced by Ged Nash, TD, Minister of State at the Department of Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation Dr. Rober... Read more

Gexpro, a worldwide electrical distributor, solutions provider and a subsidiary of Rexel, will offer, in conjunction with Geli, Ideal Power and LG Chem, a Battery Energy Storage Solution ("BESS"), Gexpro Power IQ, to commercial and industrial customers.  As a leader in energy solutions, Gexpro will... Read more

Thermal energy storage (TES) is a load management technology with a significant potential to shift load from peak to off-peak demand hours. Until recently, renewable energy sources accounted for a small share in the power generation portfolio across the globe. Increasing greenhouse gas emissions an... Read more

The renewable energy sector generated 400,000 jobs till 2014. If the government reaches its goal of 100 giga watts of solar photovoltaic energy and 60 GW of wind energy, then the sector could generate a million jobs by 2022. As India–the world’s third-largest emitter of greenhouse gases but 127... Read more

In the eighth edition of Navigant Research’s Microgrid Deployment Tracker, the largest change on a regional basis is the emergence of the Asia Pacific region as the market leader in terms of total identified capacity from specific microgrid projects or planned portfolios of projects. This gain is... Read more

AllCell Technologies, LLC, a Chicago-based Lithium-ion battery pack manufacturer for smart-grid, autonomous and light electric vehicle applications, and LG Chem Ltd. have developed a high performance long lasting Li-ion battery for material handling applications. The battery is built with LG’s cyl... Read more

A project testing a combination of solar PV, combined heat and power systems and battery storage at a commercial facility in Germany could be adapted and scaled up elsewhere, according to General Electric, one of the project’s partners. The project – launched last week – is a collaboration be... Read more

Honeywell and Tata Power Delhi Distribution Limited (TPDDL) announced that they  have successfully implemented the first ever Automated Demand Response (ADR) project for commercial and industrial facilities in India. TPDDL will use Honeywell technology and services to link more than 160 build... Read more