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Johnson Controls’ Focus on Building Automation Continues with Cisco Partnership
March 16th, 2016BioSolar Announces Disruptive Super Battery at $54 per KWh
March 3rd, 2016Energy Storage Considers the Implications of Investment Tax Credits Drop in 2017
In 2006, the US government decided to encourage renewable energy market growth with financial incentives, for solar, wind, and other renewable energy products. Through their Investment Tax Credits (ITC) policy they provide a 30% tax credit to owners of investments in clean energy projects. Following the rapid development of energy storage technology, in 2013 the […]
LichtBlick: Smart Buildings to Form Decentralised Power Plants of the Future
Just a year or two ago, LichtBlick, a Hamburg based supplier of environmentally friendly sources of electricity, was seen as a niche player in the energy sector, hardly known to the country’s conventional energy suppliers. Recently, however, representatives from large power groups such as E.On, RWE and EnBW have been flocking the company’s headquarters to […]
Predictions Suggest a Sharp Fall in Energy Storage Costs
A report published by the Australian Renewable Energy Agency last week predicts a “mega-shift” to energy storage adoption, driven by demand. The report expects to see the costs of lithium-ion batteries fall by 60% in less than 5 years, and by 40% for flow batteries, and all this without significant changes in chemistry and technology, […]
Tesla Smart Home Battery Systems set for Europe and Beyond
Tesla’s Powerwall smart home based energy storage device will go on sale in the United States later this year, and the company has suggested it will roll out the product internationally some time next year. Germany, for example, is seen as a key market for the product because it has among the highest take-up of […]
Johnson Controls could Shed Automotive in Favour of Smart Building Controls and Energy Storage
Johnson Controls is shifting back toward its roots with its announced move to separate its massive automotive unit and focus instead on smart building controls and energy storage. Management said it is open to an outright sale, spinoff or formation of a joint venture to shed the unit, with a decision expected before year’s end. […]
Commercial and Industrial Smart Buildings Primed for Energy Storage
In the first quarter of 2015, 5.8 megawatts of energy storage systems were installed across the US, 16% higher than the same period in 2014 – according to a report released by GTM Research and Energy Storage Association last week. The US is forecast to deploy a total of 220 megawatts in 2015, more than […]
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 […]
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 […]