energy storage

Oct
04

Ice 'batteries' can store clean energy

Distributed energy storage across the electricity grid will help us take better advantage of renewable but intermittent power sources like
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Aug
10

World's first grid-scale flywheel energy plant to go online soon

How can a technology known to ancient potters and spinners help create a 21st-century smart energy grid? A company based
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Aug
03

Wanted: Energy storage technology for 25 million homes

With the UK facing increasing concerns over how to keep the lights on in years to come, one public-private partnership
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Jun
21

Russia prepares to spend billions on smart grid upgrades

Russia’s Federal Grid Company (FGC) has signed a deal with the New York-based battery maker Ener1 to find ways
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Dec
21

Renewable energy means we need energy storage, too

Following is a guest commentary penned by Mark MacCracken, CEO, of CALMAC, which designs and manufactures energy storage for commercial
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Feb
06

'Ultra capacitor' takes Crazy Green Idea prize

A proposed quest to develop an “ultra capacitor,” a new energy storage medium, has won two students from the University
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