Waste-to-energy plant to use GE natural gas-fired engines
05/15/2013
GE and Green Waste Energy signed a frame agreement for GE to supply an undetermined amount of Jenbacher gas engines to power a series of Advanced Recycling and Energy Conversion plants. |
ConEd teams with energy storage company on pilot project
05/01/2013
Eos Energy Storage and Con Edison are teaming up to install and test Eos’ energy storage technology at ConEd’s facilities. |
DOE: New battery could help solar and wind power the grid
04/25/2013
Researchers from the U.S. Department of Energy's (DOE) SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory and Stanford University have designed a low-cost, long-life "flow" battery that could enable solar and wind energy to become major suppliers to the electrical grid. |
Pike Research expects nearly 56 GW of new long-duration energy storage installed by 2022
03/14/2013
A report from Pike Research, a part of Navigant’s Energy Practice, has predicted the market for long-duration or bulk energy, known as energy storage on the grid, will increase rapidly over the next decade, with nearly 56 GW of ESG being installed from 2012 to 2022. |
Samsung SDI and Xtreme Power to install energy storage system in Texas
02/19/2013
The Center for the Commercialization of Electric Technologies has chosen Samsung SDI and Xtreme Power to install a 1 MW/1 MWh lithium ion based battery energy storage system at the Reese Technology Center in Lubbock, Texas. |
GE natural gas-fired turbine to supply on-site power in Canada
02/05/2013
Evolution Well Services picked GE’s trailer-mounted, TM2500+ aeroderivative gas turbine for an on-site power project in Canada. |
The Benefits of Using On-Site Hydrogen Generation for Generator Cooling
02/01/2013
Power plants need to do all they can to cost-effectively produce electricity. |
Belgium planning artificial island to store wind energy in its search for a non-nuclear future
01/22/2013
North Sea Minister Johan Vande Lanotte is planning to build a doughnut-shaped artificial island in the North Sea that will store wind energy by pumping water out of a hollow in the middle, as it looks for ways to lessen its reliance on nuclear power. |
Reducing Uncertainty in Solar Energy Estimates
01/01/2013
With solar photovoltaic (PV) projects, a major area of risk is quantifying the expected annual energy production and uncertainty. |
Wind energy project to get energy storage system
12/18/2012
Chicago-based Invenergy LLC and Xtreme Power announced the launch of their joint venture to deploy a fast-acting energy storage system at Invenergy’s Grand Ridge Wind project in illinois. |
News in Briefs
12/12/2012
Entergy Corp. (NYSE: ETR) appointed Jeff S. Forbes as executive vice president, nuclear operations and chief nuclear officer at Entergy Nuclear effective Jan 2.Forbes will be replacing John Herron, who has spent 33 years in the nuclear industry and announced his retirement effective March 31. |
Used car batteries double as electricity storage systems
11/14/2012
General Motors and ABB repackaged five used Chevrolet Volt batteries into a modular unit capable of providing 25 kW of stored power. |
Standby Power System at Florida Hospital Covers All Loads
11/01/2012
A teaching hospital affiliated with the adjacent University of South Florida College of Medicine, Haley Hospital provides a full range of patient services with state-of-the-art technology and research. |
Industrial onsite power generation relying more on natural gas
10/26/2012
On-site generating capacity in the industrial sector produced 142 million MWh of electricity in 2011, and 58 percent of that was from natural gas. |
Battery storage maker A123 Systems files for bankruptcy, sells assets
10/16/2012
Battery maker A123 Systems has entered into an asset purchase agreement with Johnson Controls Inc., which will purchase its automotive business assets. |
Energy storage in U.S. expected to triple capacity by 2020
09/10/2012
An increase in interest in energy storage will help spur opportunities for thermal energy storage (TES) in the U.S. |
Battery storage system planned for coal-fired power plant in Chile
08/21/2012
Empresa Eléctrica Cochrane, a subsidiary of Chilean generator AES Gener, has filed an EIA with Chile’s environmental evaluation service for a $24.5 million battery energy storage system (BESS) in northern region II. |
A123 Systems earns financing
08/16/2012
A123 Systems, a developer and manufacturer of advanced Nanophosphate lithium iron phosphate batteries and systems, announced the execution of definitive agreements with Wanxiang Group Corp. for the company to invest up to $465 million in A123. |
NRC wants information on nuclear plants' power system designs
07/27/2012
The Nuclear Regulatory Commission has issued a bulletin to all nuclear power plant licensees requesting information about their electric power system designs and alerting them to a potential design vulnerability that could affect the operation of key safety equipment. |
Texas districts to get natural gas generators for backup power
07/24/2012
Worldwide Power Products (WPP), a power-generation equipment provider to industrial clients worldwide, will provide 14 natural gas generators for an emergency, stand-by power project for water and sanitary sewer providers in Galveston County Municipal Utility Districts (MUDs) in Texas. |
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