Batteries/Storage
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Solar Plus Storage Could Compete with Grid Power by 2020
SolarCity co-founder Peter Rive is looking ahead to a day when residential solar and low-cost storage combine to supply power at the same cost ... -
Utility Institute Claims Distributed Generation Pits Rich Vs. Poor
The U.S. Electric Power Research Institute (EPRI) is trying out a novel argument against distributed generation and storage, claiming that new, behind-the-meter technologies impose ... -
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HSBC Sees Affordable Storage as Competitive Risk for Fossil-Dependent Power Utilities
Affordable battery storage is poised to compete with fossil fuel-dependent power utilities that are already struggling to turn a profit against rooftop solar, according ... -
Batteries/StorageCitiesDemand & DistributionElectricity GridJurisdictionsRenewable EnergyUnited StatesWind
$8 Billion, 2.1-GW Wind/Storage Project Supplies Wyoming Power to Los Angeles
A 2.1-gigawatt wind farm in Wyoming, an 845-kilometre (525-mile) power line, and an injected air storage facility in Utah are the hallmarks of an ... -
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32 MWh Battery System Tests Grid-Scale Energy Storage
Southern California Edison unveiled North America’s biggest battery storage demonstration last week, using an 8-MW, 32-MWh lithium-ion system supplied by LG Chem. -
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State Film Industry Loses in Nevada’s Tesla Deal
Tesla Motors scored a big win with a $1.25 billion subsidy package that brought its first gigabattery factory—with 6,500 jobs and up to $100 ... -
Air & MarineBatteries/StorageCarbon-Free TransitionClimate & SocietyDemand & DistributionSupply Chains & Consumption
Rail, Shipping Could Save Money, Cut Carbon by Electrifying
Although private cars have received most of the attention in the drive to electrify transportation, the “humble electric motor” is powering many other vehicle ... -
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Tesla Gigabattery Plant Could Bring Nevada $100 Billion in Economic Activity
For the $1.3 billion in tax incentives that it put on the table to attract the Tesla gigabattery factory outside Reno, the state of ... -
Auto & Alternative VehiclesBatteries/StorageClimate & SocietyDemand & DistributionJobs & TrainingJurisdictionsUnited States
Tesla Goes to Nevada
So it wasn’t a pizza factory. Greentech’s Eric Wesoff was one of the first with the news that Tesla Motors had chosen an industrial ... -
Batteries/StorageDemand & DistributionElectricity GridJurisdictionsRenewable EnergySolarUnited States
Solar Project Integrates Battery Storage to Deliver Local Resilience
A new 2.5-MW solar project in Rutland, Vermont provides “a national model for the future of clean energy” by combining solar with energy storage, ... -
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Tesla May Skirt Environmental Regulations for California Giga-Battery Plant
State legislators are considering tax breaks of up to $500 million, and looking at waiving key provisions of the landmark California Environmental Quality Act (CEQA), ... -
Electric School Buses Could Double as Peaking Power Plants
One of the things we never learned growing up was to think of our school buses as peaking power plants. But with advances in ... -
Batteries/StorageDemand & DistributionDemand & EfficiencyElectricity GridJurisdictionsRenewable EnergyUnited States
NY Counts on Demand Management to Postpone $1 Billion Substation
A $200-million demand management program could help New York’s Consolidated Edison postpone a $1-billion investment in a new substation to serve energy needs in ... -
Auto & Alternative VehiclesBatteries/StorageClimate & SocietyDemand & DistributionEnergy/Carbon Pricing & EconomicsJurisdictionsUnited States
BREAKING: Tesla in Reno: 6,000 Jobs, or Millions of Pizzas?
It’s either a $5-billion gigawatt battery plant commissioned by Tesla Motors, the first of several the company plans to build to drive down the ... -
Suntech Returns with Support from Hong Kong Billionaire
Suntech Power, back from a February, 2013 default and rebranded as Wuxi Suntech, is planning to expand its photovoltaic production from 800 megawatts last year ...