Batteries, the point of focus for everyone when it comes to electric vehicles (EVs). They’re undeniably the most important component of an EV, having a large impact in defining range, weight, cost, and longevity of the vehicle. In many cases, the battery is the limiting factor when it comes to the lifespan of an electric […]
Sonnen Brings Virtual Power Plants to California Apartment Complexes
The German battery system vendor and its real-estate partner Wasatch Group see grid services as key to multifamily solar-storage. Multifamily housing is a hard nut to crack for solar and battery developers. Sonnen and Wasatch Group say that bundling the value of solar and storage for tenants, property owners, outside investors, utilities and grid […]
How the Energy Storage Industry Responded to the Arizona Battery Fire
Arizona Public Service’s battery fire could have slowed the U.S. storage market. That hasn’t happened. The energy storage industry didn’t wait for the outcome of Arizona Public Service’s year-long investigation into the battery fire that injured four firefighters in April 2019 to start improving the safety of grid batteries. The McMicken fire set off a […]
How the Energy Storage Industry Responded to the Arizona Battery Fire
Arizona Public Service’s battery fire could have slowed the U.S. storage market. That hasn’t happened. The energy storage industry didn’t wait for the outcome of Arizona Public Service’s year-long investigation into the battery fire that injured four firefighters in April 2019 to start improving the safety of grid batteries. The McMicken fire set off a […]
Batteries to help Alice Springs secure its renewable energy future
An ARENA-backed project will focus on addressing barriers to further renewable energy penetration in the Alice Springs local electricity network. Alice Springs is turning to battery storage to overcome its current grid challenges and facilitate its transition towards a renewables-dominated future. Under the Alice Springs Future Grid project, the Northern Territory town is looking to […]
Powerhouses: nanotechnology turns bricks into batteries
Research could pave way for cheap supercapacitor storage of renewable energy The humble house brick has been turned into a battery that can store electricity, raising the possibility that buildings could one day become literal powerhouses. The new technology exploits the porous nature of fired red bricks by filling the pores with tiny nanofibres of […]
Why Doesn’t Load Flexibility Have the Same Incentives as Energy Storage?
Load flexibility can deliver the same value as behind-the-metter batteries at a much lower cost, the author writes. We are in the middle of the most remarkable transformation in the history of the electricity grid — from dirty and centralized to clean, distributed, and digital. Many policymakers and pundits believe that if only we had […]
SolarEdge, Enphase Hit by Sharp Slowdown in Solar Installations During Pandemic’s Depths
Orders are rising again in the U.S. solar market, but “the rate of that recovery is questionable,” says SolarEdge CEO Zvi Lando. Residential solar inverter rivals SolarEdge and Enphase faced the same headwinds from the COVID-19 pandemic in the second quarter, with both companies reporting a downturn in Q2 revenue. However, both companies also laid out […]
Making solar + batteries work for all
Trials of large-scale battery capabilities in Australia are showing great promise; behind the meter, households are buying into state-based battery programs and subsidies. Here, ANU’s Dr Lachlan Blackhall talks about the exciting potential for mid-scale community battery storage, future EV storage capacity, and more. Dr Lachlan Blackhall is Entrepreneurial Fellow and Head of the Battery […]
WA Recovery Plan to invest $66.3m in solar and batteries
The Western Australian Government’s $5.5 billion WA Recovery Plan was released yesterday, the plan features $66.3 million in renewable energy investment, most of that to go on solar and batteries, along with a significant top up of the Clean Energy Future Fund. Western Australia (WA) has released its $5.5 billion WA Recovery Plan, a plan […]