Storage

Form Energy, invested by Bill Gates, co-founder of Microsoft, is about to realize the next generation of prolonged battery energy storage technology by having signed a contract with Great River Energy, the second largest power company in Minnesota, on developing a 1MW/150MWh pilot power plant, which claims to store electricity for a much longer period of 150 hours in contrast to the existing lithium battery power plants. ...  more

An important new trend is buying electrics and electronics you customise to function not just shape. See the new IDTechEx report, "Complete Electronics as Smart Material, User-Customized 2020-2040." Image by Joshua Woroniecki f...  more

Growing investments for modernization of the aging grid infrastructure are expected to accelerate the growth of the smart grid market. The global smart grid market size is estimated to grow from an estimated value of USD 26.9 bill...  more

Clean energy company initiates rapid deployment of microgrids in record time to support expected patient overflow in first-of-their-kind projects. Bloom Energy (NYSE: BE) announced two rapid-deployment fuel cell projects that w...  more

Azelio has signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with the Chilean company Industria Mecánica VOGT S.A. (VOGT) to assess energy storage projects for the mining industry in Latin America on April 20. Image by hangela from Pi...  more

Countries in Western Europe and the US are now rapidly decommissioning their coal-fired power plants. Policies mandating the adoption of renewable energies and reduction of carbon emissions are the driving force behind the coal phase-out in Europe. ...  more

Image from TrendForce According to the EnergyTrend research division of TrendForce, the integration between centralized generation and distributed smart grid is an inevitable trend in smart city initiatives. Global Battery Energy ...  more

After five years, YFY’s Sinwu plant has opened the largest biogas power generation facility in Taiwan on October 24. The Sinwu plant currently has two biogas power generation units with a capacity of 2400KW. The third system with a capacity of 1,560KW is expected to be completed in 3Q20, when the annual generating capacity will reach 32000 MW. ...  more