By Jason Deign Thermal energy storage developer Ice Energy is gearing up to increase sales of a product that has the potential to end California’s famous ‘duck curve’. The Southern California Public Power Authority (SCPPA)…
By Jason Deign San Francisco, USA-based Advanced Microgrid Solutions (AMS) is expanding into Texas as part of moves to grow its presence outside its core California market. The company this month announced a USD$3.24m US…
By Jason Deign New York, USA-based Convergent Energy and Power is seeing the fruits of sticking to a pure-play developer model after building a 75MW, 200MWh project pipeline. Johannes Rittershausen, Convergent’s CEO, told Energy Storage…
By Jason Deign GenCell, an Israeli fuel-cell maker, yesterday trumpeted a major win as part of an under-the-radar strategy to get utilities relying more on hydrogen. The company said San Diego Gas & Electric (SDG&E),…
By Jason Deign Alevo, a Swiss battery maker with operations in Concord, North Carolina, USA, has confirmed the first commercial delivery of its sulphur-based lithium-ion GridBank product. The company is due to install six 2MW/1MWh…
By Jason Deign Enel’s buyout of US project developer Demand Energy last week was largely down to a secret ingredient that has been cooking for several years. While Washington State-based Demand Energy has a decent…
GUEST POST by Rhys Walker, cost estimator, Glenmore Investments According to the latest predictions, the cost of electric vehicles is likely to be the same as their internal-combustion counterparts by 2022, while by 2040 this price is…
By Jason Deign Energy storage systems developer Demand Energy and Latin America microgrid pioneer Rio Grande Renewables this week announced a record-breaking project in Costa Rica. The two companies have commissioned a battery storage-plus-solar-PV microgrid…