Tag: energy
-
Trends to Watch in the Energy Transformation of 2019
2018 is over, and a new year of energy development is upon us. The past year laid a robust basis for expansion in 2019. It ended with six states and territories, such as two of the three biggest state economies, committing to 100 percent clean power . The solar industry hastens the much-feared tariffs without…
-
Alphabet Spins Off Malta, a Long-Duration Electro-Thermal Storage Startup, With $26 Million Raise
Picture Credit: Malta Malta has graduated from incubation into long-duration grid startup, with a $26 million raise led from the billionaire-backed Breakthrough Energy Ventures. Concord New Energy and Alfa Laval joined the round. The project started lifetime in X, Alphabet’s far-out R&D lab previously known as Google X. It differs from the electrochemical storage, like…
-
Tesla activates Powerwall 2 ‘Storm Watch’ in Australia ahead of cyclone’s arrival
As Cyclone Owen barreled towards north Queensland in Australia last week, Tesla made a decision to roll out the Powerwall two ’s “Storm Watch” feature, a role designed to help families prepare for possible power outages during severe weather disturbances. The upgrade marked the very first time that Tesla triggered the distinctive feature outside of…
-
How Australia Is Looking to Develop a Hydrogen Economy
Image Credit: Shutterstock Australia’s hydrogen test channel opened this month involving a larger strategy to use gas as a storage medium for renewable energy. The channel, established by energy supplier Evoenergy along with the Canberra Institute of Technology (CIT) at a CIT facility in Fyshwick, a retail and light business suburb on Canberra’s outskirts, was…
-
Mexico Gets Its First Grid-Scale Battery—at a Car Factory
Mexico energy police have been developing a power storage strategy to balance from the country’s current surge in solar power plants. What is apparently the very first and biggest battery to come online, though, does something else completely. The 12-megawatt/12-megawatt-hour device changed on in October to deliver strength and power quality in a 130-megawatt microgrid…
-
Enbala to Enable World’s Biggest Residential Solar-Plus-Storage Virtual Power Plant
Picture Credit: Shutterstock Enbala, the Denver, Colo.-based startup using applications that runs virtual power plants around North America, has landed a contract to manage the planet ’s biggest aggregation of home solar and behind-the-meter batteries together with Australian usefulness AGL. On Monday, Enbala declared it will provide the “cloud-based control and optimization platform” for AGL’s…
-
European Battery Manufacturing to Grow 20-Fold by 2025
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…
-
Midterms 2018: Mixed Results for the Renewable Energy Agenda
Picture Credit: Shutterstock.com A majority of Americans support expanding accessibility to clean power , and yet it registers as a key voting issue. This year’s midterm election was a bit different. Healthcare, the economy have been the voter priorities in 2018, however in some races and on some ballots energy was a principal focus. Here’s a…
-
Shell VP: ‘We Want Power to Sit Alongside Oil, Gas and Chemicals Businesses’
Shell has quickened its transition to new energies in the last few decades, particularly in the power sector. Shell is turning into one of the best examples of how gas and oil titans are asset portfolios and investing billions in energy. We sit down with Brian Davis, Shell’s vice president of energy solutions, to discuss…
-
Designing the Power Markets of Tomorrow
We’re days off from the second yearly Power & Renewables Summit at Austin, Texas. Combine GTM for a two-day event focused on how major industry shifts — from accelerated renewable energy installation, to electric vehicle mass adoption, to the evolution of energy storage capacities and more — will establish electricity markets over the subsequent two decades.…