Featured in 30 Technology Highlights – 05-2016

Plugging away

Distributed energy storage systems: Hamstrung by the ‘next big thing’ millstone, energy storage development has, finally, begun showing signs of a breakthrough on cost, performance, and data monitoring, particularly in the distributed generation (DG) segment. Headwall Power International’s Brad Meikle brings a U.S. perspective to the storage space.

Energy storage has been the “Next Big Thing” for at least the last five years. I recall attending Intersolar Munich in 2011 and there were about 40 vendors marketing their new solutions. The buzz was on and growth rate fast, but volumes were low and from a small base. Looking back, one cannot expect a …

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