Tag: capacity

  • China returns to work while the rest of the world stays at home

    China returns to work while the rest of the world stays at home

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    While a lot of the planet ’therefore lead signal is grinding to a stop due to the coronavirus, China is gradually emerging out of its shutdowns by restarting production at factories and restarting a few flights.A recovery on earth ’s second-largest economy provides a relief for global producers in the months ahead since the outbreak…

  • One Small Step for Sunrun, One Giant Leap for Virtual Power Plants [GTM Squared]

    One Small Step for Sunrun, One Giant Leap for Virtual Power Plants [GTM Squared]

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    When a Sunrun bid won in a February ISO-New England wholesale capacity auction, it was seen by many as a landmark moment for distributed solar-plus-storage.  While the win encompassed only 20 megawatts, it affirmed the distributed solar industry’s growing interest in the virtual power plant model, where networked solar-and-storage provides an array of grid services.  Nearly…

  • All-electric Tesla Cybertruck unveiled, Looks like it’s from ’90s sci-fi era

    All-electric Tesla Cybertruck unveiled, Looks like it’s from ’90s sci-fi era

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    Tesla has just revealed its anticipated all-electric truck, called the Cybertruck. It includes an unconventionally futuristic design which seems to have been taken out from the collections of a science fiction film. Tesla has announced that production of the Cybertruck will commence in 2021. Tesla’s all-electric pickup boasts sharp lines and creases throughout the body,…

  • U.S. Storage Market Sets Power Capacity Record with Q1 Deployments

    U.S. Storage Market Sets Power Capacity Record with Q1 Deployments

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    The U.S. energy storage industry installed a record quantity of power capacity in the first quarter of 2019. The 148.8 megawatts of new grid storage capacity represented a 232% growth over Q1 2018, according to the most recent edition of the Energy Storage Monitor report created by Wood Mackenzie Power & Renewables and the Energy…

  • AMS Breaks 2 Gigawatt-Hours in Grid Services

    AMS Breaks 2 Gigawatt-Hours in Grid Services

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    Image Credit: Advanced Microgrid Solutions The competition for the title of”world’s largest virtual power plant” has largely been concentrated on residential solar-battery systems, like those being deployed by contenders such as Australia’s AGL or Vermont’s Green Mountain Power.  But according to AMS, previously called Advanced Microgrid Solutions, the world’s biggest VPP is already up and…

  • European Battery Manufacturing to Grow 20-Fold by 2025

    European Battery Manufacturing to Grow 20-Fold by 2025

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    Picture Credit: Shutterstock.com Europe is on course to raise its capability by 20 days in the next seven decades, hitting 90 gigawatt-hours of producing output each year by 2025. The figures, by Wood Mackenzie Power & Renewables, reveal Europe gaining ground on Asia, which today accounts for 65% of battery mobile production. “Several European and…