EESTor’s supercapacitor back from dead?
There are some energy storage sagas that never seem to end; take the A123 debacle, for instance. Another that popped back into the news is EESTor’s ongoing quest for the energy storage solution to rule…
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Energy storage gets military funding, and that’s a good thing
In recent posts, we’ve looked at some of the many ways in which the US military is funding energy storage, directly and otherwise. It’s hardly a secret that the Pentagon has nurtured many innovations through…
Who should store energy?
This was the question most recently asked by Rasika Gokhale Athawale, in an article for Asian Power, and the big versus small, centralised versus distributed debate is one of the key conversations in the emerging…
US ups spending on energy storage
Steven Chu, President Obama’s Energy Secretary, has been making the case for a modest 2.3% increase in the renewables investment, reports Renewables Biz. This would bring the total spend to USD$27 billion, of which $60 million…
The “C” word in US politics
Did you count the number of times the “c” word was used in the presidential debates? By some accounts, it was just twice, and once only as a put-down to goad the incumbent president. Yes,…
Tell Europe it needs to invest in energy storage
Energy Storage Report recently received an email about the European Investment Bank launching a public consultation on its lending policy to the energy sector. It is essentially an invitation to submit a written contribution by the…
Should taxes fund energy storage?
All four stories posted today feature projects that involve government funding for energy storage-related areas – either directly, via the US Department of Energy, or through the backdoor of the Pentagon and NATO. With citizens’…