The Graphene Flagship has been officially launched. Funded by the European Commission, it aims to take graphene from research to industries. Photo credit: Chalmers University
A selection of energy storage news from our Twitter feed over the last week.
- The NY-BEST webinar ‘New York’s Electric Vehicle Strategy’ took place this week, in advance of the Energy Storage Supply Chain and Manufacturing Expo and Conference in November.
- Advanced battery energy storage system, part of the new GridSTAR Smart Grid Experience Center, launched at Philadelphia Navy Yard by Penn State University.
- Energy storage lights up: there are now 420 projects worldwide, according to the US Department of Energy’s Energy Storage Exchange Database.
- Long Island Power Authority, in New York, issues RFPs for renewable and distributed energy generation resources, including storage.
- A Chinese scientist at Oak Ridge National Laboratory in Tennessee may have discovered the future of battery energy storage: sulphur.
- California Energy Commission is awarding USD$4.8m to three projects to convert medium-duty vehicles to electric vehicles.
- US Air Force aims to build a solar power project, with an advanced energy storage and management system, in Hawaii.
- Energy storage systems for solar and wind power integration will surpass USD$10bn by 2023, says Navigant Research.
- Europe’s Graphene Flagship, a €1bn investment in graphene research and development, has been launched this week.
- A German wind park, with a 1MW Hydrogenics electrolyser for power-to-gas energy storage, starts operating.
- Grid-Scale energy storage market will support and compete with conventional generation, says GTM Research.
- There are now 400 hydrogen stations in Germany, helped by Air Liquide and the H2 Mobility initiative.
- Vanadium redox flow battery technology could be a cost-effective solution for balancing Texas’ grid.
- Air Products and Chemicals announces a world-scale hydrogen production plant in Canada.
- Energy law boost for Chilean concentrating solar power, with capacity and storage seen as key.
- Wireless electric vehicle charging stations hide under “manhole covers”, thanks to HEVO Power.
- Trojan Battery has developed an online battery sizing calculator for off-grid storage needs.
- A new report from Research and Markets: Grid-Scale Energy Storage in North America 2013.
- French company McPhy Energy stores hydrogen in a solid state using magnesium.
- Plug-in electric vehicle survey points to US demographic most likely to purchase.
- Korea Electric Power Corp to invest USD$758m in an energy storage system.
- Volvo thinks tomorrow’s electric cars could store energy in their body panels.
- Saft wins major lithium battery orders for smart meter projects in China.
- Scientists from ETH Zürich examine why lithium-ion batteries fail.
- Will Toyota’s hydrogen fuel cell vehicle bump-start the sector?
- Siemens and Accenture form a smart grid joint venture.
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