Back in 2015, automaker Tesla Motors set its sights on the home energy storage market and announced the launch of its home battery product, the Tesla Powerwall. In the past, Tesla Motors has been praised for making high-quality electric vehicles, as well as for their ability to reimagine and successfully…

Lithium prices have skyrocketed during recent years due to the growing global demand for lithium-ion batteries. In 2018, lithium prices surged by 45%, or to USD 16,500 per ton year-over-year as the demand began to outpace the supply. Lithium-ion batteries are being used within various applications such as electric vehicles (EV), portable…

March 20, 2019 — HOUSTON — Pason Power, a provider of adaptive intelligent software for energy assets, and Chint Power Systems (CPS), a market leading manufacturer of solar and energy storage power conversion equipment, announced today that CPS has chosen Pason Power’s software to be integrated into its Energy Storage System…

NEC Energy Solutions has installed the largest battery system in Switzerland. The 18MW/7.5MWh installation is owned and operated by the country’s largest power distribution firm Elektrizitätswerke des Kantons Zürich (EKZ) and being used for primary frequency reserve. NEC has installed its Grid Storage Solution, which it says could also provide other…

Energy storage in the United States is expected to triple in 2019 according to Climate Action. That makes for a great headline, but what does it mean? Let’s begin by defining what energy storage is and why it’s important. Types Of Energy Storage Electricity is an enigma. We know what it can…

March 12, 2019 – Boulder, CO – A new report from Navigant Research analyzes the global market conditions and regulatory policies for plug-in electric vehicles (PEVs), providing sales and population forecasts to 2030 of major regions by PEV powertrain type. In the last year, PEV sales doubled in North America,…...

Shell* has agreed to acquire Limejump Ltd, a UK based energy technology company.  With this deal Limejump’s technology and management team will enable both companies to continue to take steps to support the UK energy system’s transition to a lower carbon future.  Upon completion Limejump will become a wholly owned subsidiary of Shell. Erik…

February 7, 2019 – Boulder, CO – A new report from Navigant Research examines advanced batteries for critical infrastructure (ABCI) solutions that use distributed energy storage system (DESS) technology to change the energy storage landscape and give both utility and commercial and industrial (C&I) customers better options to meet their…...

Storage Power Systems (SPS) is pleased to announce that Industria Engineering has placed an order for 8.2 MWh/3.5 MW battery energy storage systems, as part of a solar plus storage renewable energy project in Grafton, Massachusetts, to be commissioned in late Q4 2019. The project will enable excess energy from…

BOULDER CITY, Nev., January 31, 2019 /PRNewswire/ Sungrow, the global leading inverter solution supplier for renewables, announced recently it supplied its featured 1500V turnkey inverter solutions tailored for North American market to Techren-2, a 200 MW solar project in Nevada, marking another milestone for Sungrow performance in utility-scale solar segment. Much…