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Energy Storage: What Is the Cheapest Solution?

By signing up for solar and wind power, utilities have to invest in energy storage. There are many options, but most are pricey.

Grid Storage

Ucilia Wang November 5, 2009

Smart Grid Roundup: The Future of the Grid

Silver Spring and Grid Net are fighting for the future of the grid. Utilities are revamping their grids for solar. And more.

Smart Grid

Frank Smith November 4, 2009

Japan, Land of the Rising Grid-Tied Battery

Sanyo wants to build bigger lithium-ion batteries to store solar power, and EV battery maker Electrovaya targets grid storage for the Japanese market.

Grid Storage

Jeff St. John November 3, 2009

Smart Grid: What a Week That Was

The Obama administration unfurled $3.4 billion in smart grid stimulus funds, among other news.

Smart Grid

Michael Kanellos October 30, 2009

Grid Storage: Austin Energy Breaks It Down

Austin Energy has broken down the grid energy storage market to find multiple ways to make it pay off. Now it just has to see which ones work best.

Grid Storage

Jeff St. John October 29, 2009

Rooftop Solar, Batteries Included

Silent Power wants to be the battery-solar panel system in GE’s future net-zero energy homes, which will likely require utility rebates.

Grid Storage

Jeff St. John October 20, 2009

Grid Energy Storage: Big Market, Tough to Tackle

Storing electricity for the grid could boom to a nearly $2.5 billion market by 2015, according to a new GTM Research report. But knowing which storage applications to target will be critical for early movers.

Grid Storage

Jeff St. John September 14, 2009

AltairNano Looks to Supply Batteries to Hawaii Solar Project

The battery maker is competing with A123 for grid-scale energy storage contracts. Lithium-ion may be an up-and-coming tech for ‘power-oriented’ grid storage, says GTM Research analyst John Kluza.

Grid Storage

Jeff St. John September 10, 2009

Feds: Start Applying for 30% Tax Credit for Clean Energy Manufacturing

The tax credit program is capped at $2.3 billion and is the latest of a series of financial aid initiatives aimed at boosting renewable energy and other greentech manufacturing and job creation.

Policy

Ucilia Wang August 13, 2009

Grid Storage Batteries and Ultracaps: An $8.3B Market by 2016

NanoMarkets predicts the market for grid storage will grow from $1.5 billion in 2012 to $8.3 billion by 2016. That will mostly be batteries, though ultracapacitors will have their niche applications.

Grid Storage

Jeff St. John July 31, 2009

Defining an End-to-End Smart Grid

As predicted, 2009 has become a banner year for smart grid, but until now the term has yet to be fully defined.

Smart Grid

David J. Leeds July 23, 2009

Why Materials and Molecules Matter

Materials science is the new information technology, and it’s helping the U.S. achieve dominance as the post-petroleum era dawns and spreads to virtually every continent, says EnerG2 COO Chris Wheaton.

Grid Storage

Chris Wheaton July 9, 2009

Energy Efficiency: Good Idea, Not Enough Believers

The CEOs of Duke Energy and San Diego Gas & Electric say not enough is done to promote energy efficiency despites a lot of discussion between policy makers and the utility industry.

Grid

Ucilia Wang June 24, 2009

Solar Could Fall 8% Per Year, Be Competitive in Italy by 2010

A report says deploying smart grid technologies and energy storage devices would boost solar energy generation from less than 1 percent of the power supply today to 12 percent by 2020.

Solar

Ucilia Wang June 22, 2009

This Week in Grid: Changing Execs, Cisco Steps Up and GE Gets Metered

Smart grid executives make moves. GE and Whirlpool want to put communications modules in their appliances. And Duke taps Cisco to build an end-to-end smart grid architecture.

Grid

Frank Smith June 11, 2009

This Week in Storage: Silicon Standard Enters Market, Deeya Ships and GE Talks

Silicon Standard wants to get into mass storage. Meanwhile, Deeya is shipping its flow batteries and GE offers its views on the storage market.

Grid

Michael Kanellos June 5, 2009

Energy Bill Could Boost Storage Technologies

Energy storage: It's the most popular concept right now with energy VCs. And some in Washington want to goose the market with incentives.

Grid Storage

Fredrik Wass June 3, 2009

Electric Vehicles Could Surpass Grid or Support It

If a quarter of America's cars went electric, they could store more energy than that produced for the nation's entire electricity grid, an expert on electric transportation says. Making them a backup power source for the grid faces significant challenges, however.

Grid

Jeff St. John May 28, 2009

Smart Grid Q&A: Terry Mohn

In this series from Jesse Berst's Global Smart Energy and Michael Butler's Cascadia Capital, leaders share their opinions on the future of the grid. This seventh installment features Terry Mohn.

Grid

Jesse Berst and Michael Butler May 26, 2009

ZBB Seeks DOE Dollars to Expand Flow Battery Production

The Milwaukee-based company is one of a number promising flow batteries as a solution to storing power on the electricity grid.

Grid

Jeff St. John May 21, 2009

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