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Distributed Generation

Why is Wind + Storage Getting Short Shrift?

Hybrid plants combining wind, solar and batteries can reliably supply electricity during peak-demand hours, the author writes.

Energy Storage System

Batteries Will Change the Energy Industry Forever

One of the biggest criticisms of renewable energy has been its inherently intermittent nature. Solar energy plants don't produce power at night, and wind turbin…

Energy Storage System

Gresham House buying 'two of the UK's largest energy storage facilities

Gresham House Energy Storage has boosted its operational portfolio of batteries by 66% after buying ‘two of the UK’s largest energy storage facilities’.

Energy Storage Battery

Advano Offers A Silicon Solution for Lithium-Ion Batteries

Now comes Advano, a startup in New Orleans, that champions a top-down approach. The point is to produce silicon particles that are perhaps not so fine-tuned, bu…

Solar Technology

Engineer Discovers Mighty Power in Small Solar Energy Invention

Today's commonly used silicon solar cells are heavy and bulky, and take up a lot of space to produce power. Newer models, made from soft materials that are flex…

Solar Technology

A Flaky Option Boosts Organic Solar Cells

An inexpensive material, made from tungsten disulfide flakes just a few atoms thick, has helped to improve the performance of organic solar cells1.

New Technology

Estonian Scientists Use Silver for Next Generation of Solar Cells

Materials researchers at Estonia’s Tallinn University of Technology partially substituted copper with silver in solar cells’ absorber material to improve the …

Microgrid

EPRI to Test Military Microgrids with Tranportable Batteries

EPRI is getting ready to test military microgrids with transportable batteries in its work to create a more standardized microgrid design.

CCS

Scientist Discovered A New Bio-based Hybrid Foam for Carbon Capture Process

A new material for capturing carbon dioxide has been discovered as a result from a joint research study by scientists at Chalmers University of Technology and S…

Splitting Hydrocarbons to Make Hydrogen Energy and Valuable Carbon Materials

Rice University in Houston, Texas has launched a major research initiative with Shell to change how the world uses hydrocarbons.

Up to 30 Percent more Capacity for Lithium-ion Batteries

Researchers of Karlsruhe Institute of Technology (KIT) and cooperating institutions studied structural changes during the synthesis of cathode materials for fut…

17 Emerging Energy Technologies That Will Change The World

Below are technologies related to energy under three key areas of accelerating change: Storage, Smart grid and Electricity generation. Energy storage involves n…

Sciencetists Develop A New Material for Capturing Carbon Dioxide

In a joint research study from Sweden, scientists from Chalmers University of Technology and Stockholm University have developed a new material for capturing ca…

EU Opens Subsidies for Electric Battery Push

The EU's powerful anti-trust authority on Monday approved billions of euros in subsidies from seven member states as Europe seeks to make up lost ground in batt…

PowerGrid Technology

Used Electric Vehicle Batteries Charge Up the Grid

Researchers at Oak Ridge National Laboratory have developed an innovative control system for repurposed electric vehicle battery packs to store electricity for …