Solar eclipse 2017: how the solar power industry is prepping for a huge sunlight blip
Annette Choi for VOX: A model predicts the impact of the eclipse on the national solar energy supply will be greatest at 13:40 PM on August 21 while the eclipse is passing over Wyoming.
Mazda Combustion Technology News Sends Jolt Through Electric Car Industry
John Harrington for 247WallStreet: Mazda said in a press release that the engine technology will be up to 30% more efficient than the carmakers conventional systems. It hopes to have the system ready for 2019 models.
Musk's Tesla Is Promising the World Clean Energy One Loss at a Time
Archimedes once remarked that if given a lever of sufficient length and a fulcrum against which to place it, he could move the world. Musks first Gigafactory, aptly (if unimaginatively) named 'Gigafactory 1 is a Nevada-based production facility tasked with nothing less than shifting the world toward clean energy.
Sono Motors unveils its solar and battery-powered electric car
Fred Lambert for Electrek: German electric car startup Sono Motors unveiled the crowdfunded prototype of its battery and solar-powered vehicle; the Sion.
Panel beaters: Australia utilities branch out as customers shift to solar
Sonali Paul for Reuters: One of Australia's leading power suppliers, AGL Energy (AGL.AX), has offered cheap batteries to 1,000 homes with solar panels as part of what it describes as the world's biggest "virtual power plant" in Adelaide, South Australia, a state plagued by blackouts over the past year.
Power Conversion Technology
High-performance and flexible multiport power converters will be a key enabling component for solar-plus-storage adoption, and deployment. The power conversion system is critical when implementing solar coupled with storage, as the efficiency of conversion will come into play at several stages throughout the system: PV to grid, PV to battery, and battery to grid.
Alphabet Wants to Fix Renewable Energy's Storage Problem - With Salt
Mark Bergen for Bloomberg Technology: Alphabet Inc.'s secretive X skunk works has another idea that could save the world. This one, code named Malta, involves vats of salt and antifreeze.
Plug and Play Partners with Siemens to Launch New Energy & Sustainability Innovation Platform
To address the rapid changes in the energy market, Siemens is partnering with leading accelerator Plug and Play to identify and work with startups that have the potential to disrupt the energy industry.
Study Suggests Route to Improving Rechargeable Lithium Batteries
Smooth surfaces may prevent harmful deposits from working their way into a solid electrolyte.
Case Study: Blackstone's Sustainability Upside
In partnership with Schneider Electric, Blackstone translates energy and sustainability data into business benefits.
Intersolar and ees North America Highlight Policy and Technology Updates
Events attracted high-quality attendees and served as a sounding board for recent industry triumphs and upcoming challenges
HiVE - PV plus Storage Solutions for Hawaii and Beyond
Hawaiis PUC allowed the utilities to end their popular net metering programs and replace them with the Customer Self Supply program. The CSS program requires zero exportation of self-generated power back to the grid, which can most-efficiently be accomplished by integrating battery storage into the system.
Leaked Draft of DOE's Grid Study Says Renewables Are Not a Threat
Julia Pyper for GTM: But will that language make it into the final version?
Tesla Faces Stiff Competition In Energy Storage War
Irina Slav for OilPrice.com: Siemens and AES launched a joint venture that focuses exclusively on battery storage systems.
New Tool Predicts the Cost Effectiveness of Electric Energy and Storage
Dom Galeon for Futurism: "An informed understanding of the potential future costs of electricity storage technologies is essential to quantify their uptake as well as the uptake of low-carbon technologies reliant on storage," the researchers wrote.
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