NDA govt to seek help of financial institutions to create a corpus of $25 billion to promote green energy sourcesThe BJP-led government has substantially revised an earlier solar energy target of achieving 20,000 megawatts (MW) capacity by 2022 to 100,000MW. New Delhi: As part of its blueprint for e... Read more
Storage technologies will play a key role in the modernization of electric grids Grid-storage enables cost-effective integration of increasing amounts of renewable and distributed energy Objective testing and transparent evaluation of new grid-storage technologies are needed to advance the indus... Read more
Japan’s Ministry of Economy, Trade and Industry plans to set aside about 93 billion yen ($779 million) to help factories and small-sized businesses install devices to improve energy efficiency. The ministry is asking for the budget to set up devices such as light-emitting diode lamps and boilers... Read more
AEG Power Solutions, Iberdrola and Tecnalia have developed the prototype of a new battery energy storage station. The project is called SAGER (Sistema de Almacenamiento de Energía a Gran escala para la Red Eléctrica) and includes the design, installation, integration and validation of a new type o... Read more
Victoria's biggest energy supplier, AusNet, has begun trialling an electricity storage system it hopes will help prevent blackouts during hot summer days when demand is at its peak. A one-megawatt grid energy storage system, made up of batteries housed inside four shipping containers in a lot in Th... Read more
Prices for German solar power storage systems have reportedly fallen 25% since the spring. The data come from the German Solar Industry Association (BSW-Solar). Also according to BSW-Solar, approximately 15,000 German households now use battery storage combined with solar power, and that number... Read more
A San Francisco startup backed by the billionaire co-founder of HTC Corp. (2498)is promoting an electric scooter for city commuters that features a recharging system that failed to catch on for battery-powered cars. Gogoro Inc. is unveiling its Smartscooter today at the Consumer Electronics Showi... Read more
It seems like every day we hear about another incremental breakthrough in battery technology. By tweaking existing battery chemistries or inventing new chemistries altogether,university researchers and startup companies have managed to increase the energy density, cycle life, energy efficiency, a... Read more
BMW has announced plans to introduce their i Home Charging Services at the Consumers Electronics Show in Las Vegas. Designed to maximize to use of renewable energy, the updated BMW i Wallbox Pro charger uses solar power whenever it is available. When the sun goes down - or solar panels aren't i... Read more
IESA released report on “Energy Storage Technologies for Ancillary Services in India” at ESI 2014 Mr. Tarun Kapoor, Joint Secretary Ministry of New and Renewable Energy, Mr. Sushil Kumar Soonee, CEO, POSOCO, Dr. Pramod Deo, Ex-Chairman, CERC and Mr. Ruud Kempener from International Renewable En... Read more
Sydney-based energy investment group Tag Pacific has today announced it has won a landmark deal to deliver Australia’s largest battery energy storage system to be operated alongside the University of Queensland-owned Gatton solar power plant in south-east Queensland. The battery storage project, ... Read more
India is home to 17% of the world’s population but has less than 1% of its oil and gas reserves, and just 10% of its coal reserves. Photo: Mint Even in a world of cheap oil, India faces an energy crisis. It is highly dependent on imports, its industries suffer from an unreliable power supply, and ... Read more
