Japan adds backing to energy storage
In a week where continued fears over radiation leakage call the future of the country’s nuclear fleet into question, there is at least one piece of good energy news coming out of Japan. NGK Insulators…
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Korean OLEV can recharge on the move
The Korea Advanced Institute of Science and Technology (KAIST) has created an electric vehicle that can be charged while stationary or driving, thus removing the need to stop at a charging station.
India gets hydrogen fuel cell bus
The aptly-named Starbus went through its paces at the Liquid Propulsion System Centre of the Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) in Bangalore earlier this week, reports The Times Of India.
60MWh redox flow battery order
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…
Israeli CSP plant to have storage
Spanish solar specialist Abengoa and Israeli company Shikun & Binui have formed a joint venture known as Negev Energy to build a concentrated solar power (CSP) centre in the Ashalim area of the Negev Desert.
Japan gets ready for fuel cell cars
Another indication that the dream of a hydrogen energy economy is slowly becoming a reality is the news from The Japan Times that the country is preparing to launch and support fuel cell vehicles. Toyota and Honda…
Energy storage heads east with ZBB
ZBB Energy has shipped an order from Moscow-based BPC Engineering for a complete ZBB EnerSystem, consisting of a ZBB EnerStore flow battery and ZBB EnerSection power and control centre, the company has announced. This shipment…
New energy storage alliance launched
Officially launched with 70 founding members, the International Battery and Energy Storage Alliance (IBESA) states its mission is to “promote a path of cooperation and mutual support in achieving proactive solutions between all sectors within…