In a letter to shareholders about the company’s earnings, Tesla Motors CEO Elon Musk announced plans for the electric vehicle manufacturer to begin producing its own battery cells at a […]
Category: Batteries & Energy Storage
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Germany to build world’s first modular, multi-technology battery storage system
Can’t decide on which battery technology to use for your next big energy storage project? Well, now you can use them all! A consortium consisting of researchers, an electric utility, […]
Sugar powered fuel cells for a solar-powered economy
Excessive sugar consumption might be a big no-no for the health-conscious, but according to a recent paper published in Nature Communications, what’s bad for you might be the perfect fuel […]
New electrode technology claims to make sodium batteries worth their salt
Researchers at Kansas State University have developed a new composite paper electrode for use in sodium-ion batteries, potentially revolutionizing the design of sodium-ion batteries and getting them one step closer […]
Areva and Schneider Electric to partner on hydrogen storage for remote areas
France’s Areva and Schneider Electric have entered a partnership to develop systems for energy storage using hydrogen fuel cell technology. The partnership pools the expertise of the two companies to enhance […]
Japan’s Sumitomo to deploy used EV batteries as storage for solar farm
A large scale storage facility that will be attached to a solar farm in Japan is about to test the theory that re-used batteries can offer an effective, and cheap, […]
US commercial energy storage market to grow 5-fold by 2020: GTM
Driven mainly by increased uptake of solar PV systems, the US commercial energy storage market is ripe to grow from 120 megawatts (MW) in 2014 to around 720MW by 2020–an […]
EnerVault unveils cost-competitive flow batteries for energy storage
Flow battery manufacturer, EnerVault, has recently announced that it is close to commissioning its first commercial flow battery-based energy storage system in California, USA. The Global Cleantech 100 listed company has also […]
Elon Musk adds Tesla batteries to grid PV with SolarCity’s DemandLogic
After creating highly successful online payment systems (PayPal), electric sports cars (Tesla Motors), commercial space travel (SpaceX) and more recently, the largest US residential PV installation company (SolarCity), billionaire Elon […]
Are falling battery costs the solution to solar PV ills?
While the cost of solar PV is no longer the roadblock to widespread adoption it used to be, one can’t say the same about its intermittent nature, which continues to […]
Victorian network operator to dispatch grid energy storage trial
Victoria’s SP Ausnet, the grid operator for the state, has plans to run an grid energy storage trial in order to examine new ways to deal with the issue of […]
SolaX Power hybrid energy storage systems and batteries
SolaX Power, a subsidiary of the Suntellite Group, is a developer and manufacturer of energy management & energy storage technologies. The company offers an array of products for residential, commercial […]
Outlook on energy storage optimistic for 2014
Good things appear to be in store for the energy storage industry in the new year, with a number of sources pointing to major movement in 2014, thanks in great […]
2013: The Australian year in solar
2013 was a huge year full of ups and downs for the solar industry globally and in Australia. What were some of the most important milestones, events and trends of […]
Latronic Sunpower: Australian-made grid-connect and stand-alone inverters
Latronic Sunpower is a Queensland, Australia-based inverter manufacturer that operates globally. The company has been in business for over 27 years. The company makes inverters for residential, commercial and industrial […]
Magellan Power’s ‘smoothing’ devices for grid-connect solar
When northwestern WA‘s electricity utility Horizon mandated that solar photovoltaic (PV) systems must regulate their power output, one of the first companies with the capacity to offer a viable technological […]
Magellan Power’s DCSS: Australian-made, small-scale energy storage for solar power systems
Power equipment developer & manufacturer Magellan Power (creators of the Solar Smoother) have introduced a small-scale energy storage system (the DCSS) for residential solar photovoltaic (PV) installations. With a 22-year […]
South Australia feed-in tariff recipients could lose benefit by installing energy storage
SA electricity distribution company South Australia Power Networks mentioned in a recently released ‘PV Process Update‘ (PDF) that anyone currently receiving one of the state’s solar feed-in tariffs (premium or transitional) […]
Energy storage options are growing (Part 1): What are the benefits?
Energy storage systems are a hot topic, and conditions are ripe for the solar PV/energy storage industry set to take off globally for residential, commercial, and industrial applications. Part 1 of this […]
Residential solar PV/energy storage market poised for rapid growth: Lux Research
Hybrid solar photovoltaic (PV) cum energy storage systems are set to see rapid growth, according to a report by Lux Research, corroborating similar predictions put out by IMS earlier this year. […]
VoltLogic Power Equaliser: Managing solar, wind, battery power, and more
VoltLogic is a ‘4 quadrant’ energy management device developed and manufactured by Renewable Energy Solutions Australia Holdings Ltd. Going far beyond the simple function of an inverter in a small-scale […]
Solar energy storage market to see rapid expansion: IMS Research
Speculation that the market for storage solutions for solar photovoltaics (PV) is poised for huge growth has been given some additional credence thanks to a recent report published by IMS […]
Japan will install the world’s largest battery bank to store solar energy
Japan’s Ministry of Economy, Trade, and Industry (METI) has announced that it will build the world’s largest battery at an electrical substation in the country’s northernmost island of Hokkaido. The […]
Supercapacitor graphene could revolutionise energy storage
It has yet to be commercialised, but graphene is a substance that promises to supercharge the field of energy storage. Graphene is a non-toxic, organic substance made purely of carbon […]
The future of residential solar battery storage solutions
The record breaking summer temperatures of early 2013 has lead many climate sceptics to question their stance on Climate Change, it also saw energy retailers faced with extreme ‘peak events’ […]
Significant breakthrough made in the development of energy storage
Scientists at SLAC and Stanford University have set a world record for energy storage. The innovative design stores five times more energy than commercially available battery storage technology, additional tests show […]
Kyocera’s Energy Management System: An integrated battery storage solution
Kyocera has introduced an integrated Energy Management System (EMS) and battery storage solution onto the Japanese market for the summer of 2012. The Kyocera EMS combines Kyocera solar panels with […]
Solar power storage solutions: Beyond batteries
The development of affordable storage solutions for solar power or other renewable energy sources such as wind will change the nature of electricity generation and distribution as we know it. Most people […]
Nedap’s PowerRouter: Smart inverters for on- and off-grid solar PV systems
The PowerRouter is an innovative inverter/energy management system that broadens the range of options for using power from small-scale electricity generators such as solar PV systems, giving solar- and wind-powered […]
Off-grid solar power system in Sydney’s Western Suburbs
Nev and Linda Sweeney have been living on their 500-square-meter suburban plot in Sydney’s St Clair Suburb since the early 1980s, and have been trying to live sustainably using the […]
Residential Solar System Warranties: What to look for, what to watch out for
When thinking about installing a residential solar power system, it is important to carefully consider the types and durations of the warranties offered by solar system installers. This article explains […]
