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Citigroup Touts Energy Storage to Hasten the Demise of Fossil Fuels
February 2nd, 2015Is an Energy Storage Unicorn Greenwashing the US Energy Industry?
January 28th, 2015California Sparks the Energy Storage Revolution
For years we have been hearing about energy storage and how it will revolutionise the power sector. The key piece of the power puzzle, which will bring together smart building, smart grids, and renewable energy, into a fully functional and self-reliant system. Year after year we anticipate that revolution but it still hasn’t really taken […]
China Leads, The US Slows and India Emerges in the Smart Grid Market
Global smart grid investment reached $14.9 billion in 2013, up from the $14.2 billion recorded in 2012, and with final annual figures for 2014 soon to be released, the strong global growth trend is expected to continue this decade. Home automation companies received the most VC funding within the smart grid sector. The top disclosed […]
OpenADR Alliance sets New Standards for Demand Response
The OpenADR Alliance has released two new online tools to help utilities maintain better grid reliability through use of Automated Demand Response (ADR), while providing customers with demand response-enabled products delivering enhanced energy efficiency. The Deployment Map is a database containing OpenADR 1.0 and 2.0 deployments worldwide and provides information on OpenADR utility programs, including […]
Energy Policy Sparks Creative Efficiency Programmes
Sometimes the system works. Sometimes public policy encourages responsible yet profitable action by the private sector, and that private sector action can lead to benefits for customers and the environment. The recently proposed energy efficiency program by Ameren, in the State of Missouri, might just become an example of that, despite the conservative figures. Ameren […]
Microgrid Growth Potential Stimulates the Energy Storage Industry
Projections suggest that microgrids are set for exceptional growth in the coming years, alerting the related energy storage and renewable energy industries. However, questions still hang over microgrids potential to out value conventional grids in major markets. Renewable energy and energy storage technologies are becoming essential components of microgrids. Traditionally when the grid goes down, […]
The Smart Cities that Oil Built
When they tell the story of our transition to a smart, green urban future, how will they portray fossil fuels? The evil addiction that we couldn’t shake, or the fuel that funded our advancement into a greener more efficient energy future. A quick look around the oil rich Arabian Gulf might have you thinking the […]
Energy Storage Technology Starting to Feel More at HOME
Sonnenbatterie has resurrected discussions on the residential and commercial energy storage market. The German storage integrator, who has sold over 4,000 battery systems across Europe, raised almost $10 million of venture capital for their expansion across the Atlantic. The firm collected $9.4 million led by Munich Venture Partners, a cleantech VC specialist and Chrysalix SET, […]
Why Even Google’s Best Climate Change Efforts were Not Enough
In 2011, Google discontinued its RE<C program which pledged to tackle the issue of climate change facing our planet. The RE<C initiative aimed to promote promising technologies and specifically to find sustainable form of generating electricity, cheaper than coal. While stopping the program has been a knock to climate change efforts, the subsequent report from […]
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