One expert warns that the grid can’t handle even a fraction of what has been promised. At the RE-Invest 2015 summit in India last month, banks, financial institutions and the private sector offered bold commitments to shift the country’s power supply to clean, renewable resources. Nearly 300... Read more

As lithium resources continue to decline worldwide, the next generation of portable electronics will most likely be powered by something other than Li-ion batteries. One potential candidate is the sodium-ion (Na-ion) battery, which stands out because sodium is cheaper, non-toxic, and more abundant t... Read more

Demand for electricity from national grids would fall sharply with the widespread adoption of energy storage But wind and solar alone cannot deliver a world of clean and free fuel. Both are, by their very nature, variable, so to realise their true potential other technologies need to be harnessed.I... Read more

A new type of redox flow battery has an energy density approaching that of lithium-ion batteries used in portable electronic devices and some small electric cars. A flow battery is an energy storage device based on two chemical components dissolved in liquids separated by a membrane. Unlike a s... Read more

 ViZn Energy Systems Inc. (ViZn), a leading provider of energy storage systems for commercial & industrial, microgrid and utility applications, and LFC Capital, Inc., an equipment leasing and financial services company with more than $1.5 billion of experience, has teamed up to make property ow... Read more

A worker cleans photovoltaic solar panels inside a solar power plant at Raisan village near Gandhinagar, in Gujarat, February 11, 2014. India's renewable energy industry is likely to generate business opportunities worth $160 billion in the next five years, the Economic Survey said on... Read more

This morning, ViZn Energy Systems – an energy storage company with a zinc iron redox flow storage technology announced that it was teaming up with LFC Capital to improve the financing options for solar PV and energy storage. The companies will make available up to $5 million per project. The ... Read more

The leading renewable energy developer expands deeper into emerging markets. In a conference room in midtown Manhattan on Tuesday, large screens glowed bright orange with the SunEdison logo. But the gathering was not a sales pitch for SunEdison, argued the company’s CEO, Ahmad Chatila. “We hop... Read more

One of a Hawaii-based startup accelerator’s 2015 participants, Spider9, has signed a licensing agreement with the major South Korean technology corporation Samsung. Spider9 makes smart controllers that improve the performance of larger battery systems. Spider9’s OSE technology, which is a softwa... Read more

sahi Kasei Corporation has entered into a definitive merger agreement to acquire Polypore International Inc, a manufacturer of microporous membranes, which currently has two business segments - Energy Storage and Separations Media. In conjunction with this transaction, Polypore has also entered... Read more

Storage will be an important driver of India’s solar market, say analysts. Battery storage is being tapped as a supplement to the $250 million market for off-grid power in India. A report out this month from the London-based Climate Group and the Goldman Sachs Center for Environmental Markets co... Read more

Renewable energy capacity contributes 0.25% to the total installed power capacity of India’s largest power generation company, NTPC Limited. This, however, could change dramatically if the company fulfills the commitment it stated recently. NTPC Limited plans to invest $10 billion to set up 10 ... Read more