Energy Storage
Johnson Controls could Shed Automotive in Favour of Smart Building Controls and Energy Storage
June 22nd, 2015Commercial and Industrial Smart Buildings Primed for Energy Storage
June 3rd, 2015Smart City Interview with Stephen Hilton, Futures Director at Bristol City Council
The city of Bristol, in the UK, has launched a £75m initiative to create a futuristic smart city urban experiment. Major elements of the project are already underway, turning the city into a high-tech test-bed for innovation and positioning Bristol among the most exciting smart city projects in the world. Memoori speaks with Stephen Hilton, […]
Tesla Energy Announces the Powerwall Battery; Signalling More Disruption for Utilities
Tesla CEO Elon Musk launched a new chapter for his company in a long awaited announcement on building-based energy storage late last week. The company officially released the Powerwall battery product, designed to store solar energy and potentially allow customers to be entirely grid independent. “Our goal is to fundamentally change the way the world […]
IRENA focuses on Energy Storage for Renewable Energy Growth
Experts from politics, industry and science gather at Energy Storage Europe to discuss plans for the expansion of global renewable energy storage, as part of the International Renewable Energy Agency (IRENA) roadmap for energy storage. “The road map will guide IRENA’s 139 member states on the key activities needed to support energy storage for the […]
Tesla set to Enter Home Energy Storage Market
Elon Musk, CEO of Tesla Motors, announced that the company has completed the design for a new kind of battery that will be used to power homes. Based on Tesla’s lithium-ion battery technology, the new battery is expected to help the company become a leader in the growing home energy storage market. During a conference […]
Citigroup Touts Energy Storage to Hasten the Demise of Fossil Fuels
Global investment banking group, Citi, says wide deployment of battery storage will hasten the demise of fossil fuels and any utilities that remain focused on centralised generation. Citigroup expects a rapid fall in battery manufacturing costs and estimates a $400 billion energy storage market by 2030. Citigroup claims that the battery phenomenon will be even […]
Is an Energy Storage Unicorn Greenwashing the US Energy Industry?
They’re called “unicorns” — companies that have soared to a $1 billion valuation or higher, based on private fundraising alone. The billion-dollar tech start-up was once the stuff of myth, but now they seem to be everywhere, backed by a bull market and a new generation of disruptive technology, like energy storage. Silicon Valley based […]
California 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 […]
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, […]
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