Energy Storage in the News
March 26, 2020
The COVID-19 pandemic may cause short-term delays and hiccups for distributed energy projects — but some industry players are optimistic that unlike other sectors, demand for distributed storage and other systems will remain steady and even see an uptick in the long run. Keep reading.
Energy Storage in the News
March 19, 2020
The Consortium for Battery Innovation is requesting bids for research projects from universities, companies and other institutions into ways to increase the efficiency of lead batteries to make them a more economic storage technology that can back up renewable energy and provide demand response. Keep reading.
Energy Storage in the News
March 16, 2020
Demand Power, a behind-the-meter energy storage and services company, just closed a $71 million raise of equity and development/project finance from Star America and other investors. The Toronto, Ontario firm uses batteries, solar and natural-gas fired generators to improve power reliability while reducing energy costs in manufacturing and industrial operations. Keep reading.
Energy Storage in the News
March 14, 2020
NEC Energy Solutions, Inc. (NEC ES), announced today it has been awarded a 12MW energy storage project by GIGA Storage in The Netherlands. The project will be a part of the Test Centre for Renewable Resources from the Wageningen University & Research (WUR). Once completed, the project will be the most powerful energy storage project in the country providing grid resiliency for approximately 5,000 homes. The construction and operation of this system was financed by crowdfunding on DuurzaamInvesteren.nl and raised over $4 Million USD. Keep reading.
Energy Storage in the News
March 12, 2020
The amount of energy storage capacity deployed in the U.S. annually is set to more than double next year, rising from 523 MW deployed in 2019 to 1,452 MW in 2020, before tripling to 3,646 MW in 2021, according to the latest U.S. Energy Storage Monitor from Wood Mackenzie and the Energy Storage Association. Keep reading.
Energy Storage in the News
February 27, 2020
The California Public Utilities Commission (CPUC) is proposing to adopt a 46 million metric ton (MMT) greenhouse gas emission target for the electric sector in 2030, to keep load-serving entities on track to meet the state’s goal of supplying 100% of electricity from zero-carbon resources by 2045. Keep reading.
Energy Storage in the News
January 23, 2020
Today marks a historic milestone in the 134-year history of Arizona’s largest electricity provider as Arizona Public Service (NYSE: PNW) announces a goal to deliver 100 percent clean, carbon-free electricity to customers by 2050. The company has been on a trajectory of increasingly clean energy through solar power innovation, major investments in energy storage technology, carbon-free nuclear operations and advances in energy efficiency solutions. Now, the company’s destination for that path is set as the boldest clean-energy goal of all Arizona electric companies, as well as one of the most ambitious in the country.
Energy Storage in the News
January 23, 2020
The U.S. Energy Storage Association is pleased to announce the hiring of Marc Chupka as Vice President of Research and Programs. Marc has over 30 years of experience analyzing and advising on the market impacts of both domestic and international energy and environmental policy, including serving as the acting Assistant Secretary of Energy for Policy and International Affairs for the U.S. Department of Energy and chief economist at the White House Office of Environmental Policy. For the past 18 years, Marc consulted on a broad range of energy issues for utilities, trade associations, and investors as a principal at The Brattle Group, most recently focusing on issues related to grid resilience, clean energy, and climate policy.
Energy Storage in the News
January 22, 2020
There’s no doubt that 2019 was a tipping point for announcements from investor-owned utilities about large-scale new energy storage and hybrid storage projects. We also witnessed dramatically increased project sizes and combination approaches, with stunning price decreases and shorter deployment schedules. Between 2016 and 2019, approximately 28 U.S. utilities proposed nearly eight gigawatts of storage. And some of the multi-hundred-megawatt procurement announcements by large investor-owned utilities like Nevada Energy, Arizona Public Service, Florida Power and Light, Hawaiian Electric Company, and Southern California Edison are indeed record-breaking.
Energy Storage in the News
January 21, 2020
A 4.5-MW solar array coupled with a 1.6-MW/3.8-MWh energy storage system has been completed on the former Titcomb pit landfill in Amesbury, Massachusetts. Kearsarge Energy developed and constructed the project that uses an AC-coupled GSS energy system from NEC Energy Solutions.
