Batteries/Storage
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Chevy Bolt Will Offer 200-Mile Range for $30,000, GM Says
With a 200-mile range on a single charge and a price tag of US$30,000 after incentives, analysts say General Motors’ new Chevy Bolt hatchback ... -
Batteries/StorageDemand & DistributionDemand & EfficiencyElectricity GridGeneral RenewablesJurisdictionsRenewable EnergyUnited States
ARPA-E Earmarks $125M for Disruptive Energy Technologies
The U.S. Advanced Research Projects Agency-Energy (ARPA-E) has announced $125 million in research funding for disruptive energy technologies that will help cut energy imports, ... -
Ontario Tests Flywheel Storage to Stabilize a Renewable Grid
Ontario’s Independent Electricity System Operator (IESO) is testing flywheel storage as a tool for balancing electricity grids as they take on more and more ... -
Batteries Will Soon Beat Emissions-Heavy Gas Plants for Affordable Peak Power
Affordable battery storage may be only three or four years away from replacing emissions-heavy, simple-cycle gas turbines to supply the peak power utilities need ... -
Too Many Analysts Are ‘Eager to See Tesla Fail’
The chatter behind recent stock fluctuations shows that more than a few market analysts are looking forward to seeing the end of Tesla Motors, ... -
Solar/Wind Battery Manufacturer Takes Over North Carolina Cigarette Factory
A former cigarette factory in Concord, NC was set to reopen this week as a 325,160-square-metre (3.5 million-square-foot) battery factory, producing lithium-iron-phosphate storage units ... -
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 ... -
Batteries/StorageClimate & SocietyDemand & DistributionElectricity GridInternational Agencies & StudiesRenewable EnergySolar
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 ... -
Batteries/StorageDemand & DistributionElectricity GridJurisdictionsSub-National GovernmentsUnited States
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. -
Auto & Alternative VehiclesBatteries/StorageClimate & SocietyDemand & DistributionEnergy/Carbon Pricing & EconomicsJurisdictionsUnited States
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/StorageClimate & SocietyDemand & DistributionPost-Carbon TransitionSupply 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 & DistributionJobsJurisdictionsUnited 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 ...
