Tag: energy
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Fact Checking President Trump’s Assessment of Wind Power and Electric Vehicles
U.S. President Donald Trump mocked renewable energy at 's campaign rally in Michigan. Implicating Hillary Clinton as part of Big Wind, Trump said, “If Hillary got in… you'd be doing wind. Windmills. Weeeee. And if it doesn't blow, you can forget about television for that night. 'Darling, I want to watch television. ' 'I'm sorry!…
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Tesla Installs 7 Megawatt-Hour Battery for Emergency Power at a Japanese Railway
Tesla just installed its biggest energy storage project in Asia to date — and deploying the hardware required just two days. (Here’s a time lapse of this construct on Instagram.) According to Tesla, the 7 megawatt-hour installment in Osaka, Japan is meant to offer emergency backup power for a Kintetsu train line, with enough power…
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AMS Breaks 2 Gigawatt-Hours in Grid Services
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…
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Maryland’s Pioneering Energy Storage Income Tax Credit Turns 2
Can an income tax credit increase the market for behind-the-meter energy storage systems? Yes, but in Maryland's encounter that step alone is not enough to unlock the sector ’s full potential. In 2017, Maryland became the first state to pass legislation establishing an income tax credit for energy storage systems. Last month, the Maryland Energy…
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Wartsila’s New Battery Business Is Ready to Go Globe-Trotting
Greensmith burst onto the scene as an early storage integrator, capable of making disparate technologies work well with new batteries. Months after it delivered a 20-megawatt system in four months for the Aliso Canyon gas leak response, it joined the wave of U.S. storage startups getting picked up by European energy giants in 2017. Now…
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The US Energy Storage Market Kicks Into High Gear
Picture Credit: Duke Energy The most recent numbers for U.S. energy storage action are out. They reveal a surge of activity coming over the next five decades, resulting in 6x market development. By 2024, the storage market will be worth $4.7 billion dollars, driven equally by utility-scale and behind-the-meter battery jobs. On this week's Energy…
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A Solar CEO’s 2019 Forecast: More Complexity, New Investors and Continued Growth
Image Credit: Sol Systems We discuss our thoughts on guarantee and the development of the industry each year. The past 12 months included the introduction of import tariffs from a president who reiterated his doubts about manmade climate change while championing coal. Even the industry expanded and developed, as it will in 2019. As solar technologies becomes more efficient,…
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US Energy Storage Broke Records in 2018, but the Best Is Yet to Come
Image Credit: NextEra The U.S. energy storage industry delivered record deployments in 2018, driven by a strong fourth quarter for utility-scale projects. But the new achievement for the young industry pales compared to what’s to come: an expected doubling in 2019, followed by a tripling in 2020. Such growth will propel energy storage out of…
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Tesla Powerwall, Powerpack batteries helps Nova Scotia weather power outages
Tesla’s residential Powerwall and Powerpack battery storage units are becoming invaluable for residents in Elmsdale, Nova Scotia, Canada. The batteries are a key part of the ongoing Intelligent Feeder Project, a partnership between the Nova Scotia power and Opus One Solutions via a grant from the Sustainable Development Technology in Canada. The program is a…
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E.ON Amps Up Its E-Mobility Plans With ALD Automotive Partnership
Picture Credit: E.ON A new venture between E.ON and ALD Automotive will visit Europeans getting EV charging so smart it will fulfill your boss’ automobile . The fleet-vehicle charging systems being planned as part of this cooperation will also make sure electric vehicles that are required urgently get priority charging, said Markus Nitschke, E.ON spokesperson…