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SolarCity storage solution guards against increasing US power outages The company’s DemandLogic smart energy storage system has been designed to use stored energy during peak demand hours, while also providing backup during grid outages.
Ian Clover
Dec 04, 2013
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Hitachi to introduce 1 MW storage system The company is aiming to meet growing demand for energy storage and stabilization solutions as power grids face increasing challenges in coping with ever more renewable energy. Tests are to start in the U.S. early next year.
pv magazine
Dec 02, 2013
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Germany's requirements for a stable, renewables grid Attendees at the 14th Forum Solarpraxis in Berlin have called for the role of renewables installations in stabilizing the electricity grid to be recognized. Grid representatives acknowledge possibilities but lament the lack of a political framework.
pv magazine
Nov 21, 2013
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Storage: value in 'unloading grid' The 8th International Renewable Energy Storage Conference (IRES) in Berlin has highlighted the potential of small battery solutions to increase stability and prevent surges of PV electricity.
pv magazine
Nov 18, 2013
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Germany: SolarWorld drills further for lithium The German state of Saxony has approved a request by SolarWorld to conduct six further test drillings into the lithium deposits in Zinnwald, a mountainous area near the Czech border.
Shamsiah Ali Oettinger
Aug 20, 2013
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Developing better batteries Researchers at Berkeley Lab have been awarded an R&D 100 Award for their work in developing PEFM, an adhesive that can be used as part of a battery’s anode.
pv magazine
Aug 13, 2013
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Japan selects projects to develop large-scale storage batteries The Japanese Ministry of Economy, Trade and Industry (METI) has announced the companies that will introduce large-scale storage batteries into electricity grid substations.
Ilias Tsagas
Aug 13, 2013
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Global market for residential PV storage expected to boom Global installations of residential PV storage systems will grow to 2.5 GW by 2017, according to a new report by research group IHS, which finds that Germany’s energy storage subsidy has kickstarted the surge.
Shamsiah Ali Oettinger
Jul 31, 2013
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Large storage project to stabilize UK power grid Storage and energy production developers S&C Electric, Samsung SDI, UK Power Networks and Younicos have joined forces on a storage project that will see the deployment of a 10 MWh battery to help stabilize the U.K. grid
pv magazine
Jul 30, 2013