By Jason Deign Viking Cold Solutions, a US thermal energy storage start-up, is launching what is likely the world’s first solar-plus-cold-storage combination at Hannover Messe, Germany, this week. Energy Storage Report understands the offering is…
By Jason Deign Ice Energy, the thermal energy storage player, is planning to offer a consumer variant of its new Ice Bear 20 product next year. The product will use ice for air conditioning and…
By Jason Deign Abengoa, the Spanish renewable infrastructure developer, is thought to be hunting buyers for assets, including a large amount of storage, as it faces bankruptcy. The company filed for preliminary creditor protection a fortnight…
By Jason Deign The Norwegian firm EnergyNest is expected to announce the outcome of a pilot of its concrete-based thermal energy storage (TES) product soon, potentially within days. In September the company’s CEO, Christian Thiel, told…
By Jason Deign SolarReserve, the solar thermal plant developer, is going after molten salt storage systems of more than 700ºC with a USD$2.4m award from the US government. The award, announced last Wednesday, comes from the US…
By Jason Deign Abengoa, perhaps best known for massive solar thermal plant such as Solana and Mojave, is pitching standalone molten salt storage systems and solar generation-connected thermal storage as a replacement for gas peakers. The multinational infrastructure…
By Jason Deign Tesla’s early success in the energy storage market is raising questions over whether nearby Silicon Valley firms might follow suit. Apple and Google are just two consumer technology giants that could make…
The case for using phase-change materials (PCMs) for thermal energy storage is being bolstered through research using a modelling technique out this year. The technique, developed by a team in Catalonia, Spain, has uncovered a PCM…