By Jason Deign New York, USA-based Convergent Energy and Power is seeing the fruits of sticking to a pure-play developer model after building a 75MW, 200MWh project pipeline. Johannes Rittershausen, Convergent’s CEO, told Energy Storage…
By Jason Deign Grid-scale energy storage projects are still a challenge for US utilities, according to a new report from Energy Storage Report sponsor Energy Storage Update. The free US Energy Storage Projects and Prospects Guide 2016 focuses on three leading battery…
By Jason Deign Batteries look set to face a major challenge in a pilot where energy delivery is needed when it makes more commercial sense to store it. The business model for storage will be…
By Jason Deign San Francisco, California-based start-up Advanced Microgrid Solutions (AMS) has confirmed it is set to announce “a very large global strategic” investor, probably later this month. The investor, described as being active “both on the…
A new report is expected to show emerging energy storage technologies may face commercialisation challenges as utilities stick to tried-and-tested technologies from reputable vendors. Early indications are that US power companies are shunning innovative technologies and…
The California energy storage market is coming to life in spite of lacklustre backing from the state’s publicly owned utilities. Last week, Southern California Edison (SCE) announced the winners of contracts for 250MW of energy…
The S&C Electric Company has recently completed a case study on the impact of a project the company undertook for Southern California Edison on Catalina Island, California. According to S&C, installing its 1MW PureWave storage…
It’s been designed to make the smart grid smarter, say its backers. Scheduled to launch on June 30, 2013, the Southern California Edison (SCE) project will include electric-distribution infrastructure, substations, residential homes, cyber-security networks, battery…