Though often lumped together under the term “energy storage,” the field is in fact a wide range of technologies ranging from well established to speculative, each with different functions, advantages,…
Energy Storage
Li-ion energy storage systems are being deployed around the world to balance output from wind and solar, and the first grid-scale projects are demonstrating the technology’s impressive potential. The inherently…
After operating on the sidelines for years, the energy storage sector is finally poised to begin making its mark, driven by greater policy support and technological advances that have begun…
The U.S. Department of Energy’s (DOE’s) National Renewable Energy Laboratory (NREL) is spearheading innovation in Energy Systems Integration (ESI) research. ESI is a comprehensive strategy that brings together many energy…
What's the utility of the future going to look like within two or three decades? That was a question put to former Duke Energy CEO Jim Rogers, Great Plains CEO…
Developers of renewable energy projects in Puerto Rico must incorporate energy storage into new installations under recently approved standards. The Puerto Rico Electric Power Authority and the island territory's government-owned…
The U.S. must first develop unsubsidized, cost-effective energy storage technologies, validate reliability and safety, establish an "equitable" regulatory environment, and boost industry acceptance before it will see the widespread deployment…
A final rule issued by the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC) on Nov. 22 allowing energy storage projects to connect with the electric grid could boost the energy storage industry's…