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UK: Consumers ready for Time of Use tariffs The first stage of the U.K.’s largest smart grid project has returned results indicating that consumers are ready to embrace Time of Use (TOU) electricity tariffs, if they stand to benefit from lower electricity charges.
Jonathan Gifford
Mar 25, 2013
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A greener Apple Apple has managed to up its renewable energy utilization by 114% from 2010, according to the new environment report released by the company. As one of the top global brands, the corporate giant’s goal is to power every Apple facility with renewable energy.
Shamsiah Ali Oettinger
Mar 21, 2013
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Global microgrid market to grow Research and consulting firm GlobalData’s latest report shows that the global microgrid market will be worth US$18.9 billion in 2020. This will be a significant increase from the US$5.3 billion reaped in 2012.
pv magazine
Mar 20, 2013
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Germany: EnBW believes grid expansion can be partially avoided Plant and grid operators start a progressive pilot project for better grid integration. This was presented at the “PV System Technology Forum” in Düsseldorf, Germany.
Michael Fuhs
Mar 20, 2013
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Germany: Altmaier still for storage incentives Germany’s Federal Environment Minister is still advocating PV storage incentives from May onwards. However the funding issue remains unresolved. Peter Altmaier also mentioned at the Energy Storage conference in Düsseldorf that he expects more than 4 GW of PV development in Germany this year.
Michael Fuhs
Mar 18, 2013
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Planned German storage incentive criticized The Energy Storage conference in Düsseldorf, Germany, began with more than 500 visitors. Project examples show the conditions under which storage systems pay off and make sense.
Michael Fuhs
Mar 17, 2013
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Utility-scale battery storage to top 25 GW in Asia Pacific in 2022 The utility-scale advanced battery market in the Asia Pacific region will amount to 25.1 GW of storage and be worth US$12 billion in 2022, according to a report by Pike Research.
pv magazine
Mar 17, 2013
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EU energy infrastructure budget halved by austerity drive Documentation relating to the new EU energy infrastructure guidelines has laid bare just how savagely austerity-driven leaders cut the funds available to upgrade grids to harness renewables.
pv magazine
Mar 14, 2013
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Inverter buyer survey: Storage seen as key An inverter buyers survey conducted by IHS Inc. revealed that there is a growing need for energy storage in PV systems. More than 400 global PV inverter customers responded to the survey, of which a third expect to be using energy storage in over 40% of the PV systems they install by 2015.
Shamsiah Ali Oettinger
Mar 05, 2013