According to a report in the Nikkei, a Sumitomo Electric Industries vanadium redox flow battery will soon be helping Hokkaido Electric Power to store electricity in order to stabilise its grid network. The 60MWh device will allow Hokkaido to add…
Almost a year after shutting down its Korean-located joint venture with Samsung, Bosch has announced a new lithium-ion battery project much closer to home.
In an update to a story we first ran back in March, the government of South Africa has recently announced its backing for Ballard Power and Anglo American Platinum’s deployment of a domestic fuel cell system. Field trials…
US grid operator PJM Interconnection, whose operations serves 60 million Americans across the Midwest and northeast of the country, has hit the renewables headlines twice this week for signing up to two separate energy storage deals.
Lithium-sulphur technology batteries made headlines this week with the announcement that a consortium of leading energy companies is planning to develop what it describes as “safe, lightweight and robust solar energy storage systems for the military around…
Maxwell Technologies has joined up with Soitec for a project to demonstrate the benefits of combining the former’s ultracapacitor energy storage with the latter’s concentrated solar technology, reports NewNet. The project, which has already started, is being…
Siemens is currently installing its first Sitras Energy Storage (SES) unit with supercapacitor technology in the US, on the TriMet Portland-Milwaukie Light Rail Transit Line. The southeast Portland Tacoma substation location will house the first…
Diversified industrial manufacturer Eaton has worked with Portland General Electric (PGE) to develop an energy storage system for the Salem Smart Power Center, a 5MW energy storage facility unveiled today in Salem, Oregon, USA. The…