Electric Power Research Institute

LightSail Gets $5.5M From Total, Thiel, Khosla, Gates for Compressed Air Energy Storage

LightSail Gets $5.5M From Total, Thiel, Khosla, Gates for Compressed Air Energy Storage

Eric Wesoff, Herman Trabish: February 19, 2013

Can LightSail get to the right efficiency, cost, and scale?

SolarTAC’s Mile-High Solar Proving Ground

SolarTAC’s Mile-High Solar Proving Ground

Herman K. Trabish: February 6, 2013

Hosting proprietary, cutting-edge research—but the industry is starting to share.

Making Wind and Solar Work With the Grid

Making Wind and Solar Work With the Grid

Herman K. Trabish: November 27, 2012

And making ISOs work with wind and solar

LightSail Gets $37.5M From Thiel, Khosla, and Gates for Compressed Air Grid-Scale Storage

LightSail Gets $37.5M From Thiel, Khosla, and Gates for Compressed Air Grid-Scale Storage

Eric Wesoff, Herman Trabish: November 14, 2012

A goal of being as efficient as pumped hydro, but without the geographic restrictions

LightSail Gets $37.5M From Thiel, Khosla, and Gates for Compressed Air Grid-Scale Storage

LightSail Gets $37.5M From Thiel, Khosla, and Gates for Compressed Air Grid-Scale Storage

Eric Wesoff, Herman Trabish: November 5, 2012

A goal of being as efficient as pumped hydro, but without the geographic restrictions

Stat of the Day: Power Plant Siting Problems? What Problems?

Stat of the Day: Power Plant Siting Problems? What Problems?

Herman K. Trabish: February 28, 2012

A new tool estimates that there is enough land and water to accommodate 958 gigawatts of clean energy and all the CAES we can use in the U.S.

LightSail Energy Could Make Compressed Air Grid-Scale Storage Work

LightSail Energy Could Make Compressed Air Grid-Scale Storage Work

Herman K. Trabish: February 23, 2012

A goal of being as efficient as pumped hydro, but without the geographic restrictions

What Will It Take to Integrate Renewables Into the Grid and How Much Will It Cost?

What Will It Take to Integrate Renewables Into the Grid and How Much Will It Cost?

Herman K. Trabish: December 5, 2011

“Anywhere between zero dollars to seven or eight dollars per megawatt-hour for wind.”

How Wind Helps Coal Plants

How Wind Helps Coal Plants

Herman K. Trabish: August 18, 2011

It’s all about peak power and diversity down in Texas.

Electricity Grid Quiz: Test Your Electron Wits

Electricity Grid Quiz: Test Your Electron Wits

Eric Wesoff: May 12, 2011

13 mostly tough questions about the electrical grid

Hybrid Seaport Tractors Aim for Idling Time Fuel, Emission Savings

Jeff St. John: August 10, 2009

US Hybrid Corp. and EPRI are testing a plug-in hybrid “terminal tractor” at the Port of Long Beach — one of many energy and emissions-cutting initiatives underway at ports.