How has storage fared in Biden’s first 150 days?
BY KATHERINE DAMIAN: Tomorrow marks 150 days since Joe Biden was inaugurated as US president — and, so far during his presidency, energy storage has reached new heights.
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Energy storage news: 18.12.13
Here are the most important energy storage news stories from our Twitter feed over the last seven days. Strata Solar, the solar photovoltaic project developer, has secured a major module supply deal with BYD of China, which…
IESDB: a priceless resource
Mike Stone speaks to Cedric Christensen, director of operations and development at Strategen Consulting, the organisation responsible for the upkeep and development of the International Energy Storage Database (IESDB) portal. One of the many exciting aspects of energy…
Electricity storage guide available
Sandia National Laboratories has released an updated handbook on energy storage. The book was created in collaboration with the Electric Power Research Institute (EPRI) and the National Rural Electric Cooperative Association (NRECA) and was funded by the…
ARPA-E in $30m research push
The US Department of Energy has announced that up to USD$30m from the Advanced Research Projects Agency-Energy (ARPA-E) will be made available to develop technologies that deliver cost-effective solar energy when the sun is not shining. A…
US playing catch-up on hydrogen
Not normally known for its “America last” stance, Forbes magazine has recently run an article that implies the US, or rather the Obama administration, has missed a trick in dismissing hydrogen as an energy storage medium. The…
DoE puts energy storage on the map
If you haven’t done so already, we strongly suggest you check out the US Department of Energy International Energy Storage Database. Currently available as a beta version (which runs scripts a little slow, according to our Mac)…
ARPA-E aims to reduce EV cost by two-thirds
The US Department of Energy (DOE) Advanced Research Projects Agency – Energy (ARPA-E) has issued a funding opportunity announcement (DE-FOA-0000869) for about USD$20 million to develop electrochemical energy storage technologies that will improve electric vehicle…