Mercedes-Benz To Follow Tesla With Its Own Home Batteries
Stephen Edelstein for Motor Authority: Tesla Motors may be the first automaker to try selling standalone battery packs for powering homes and businesses, but it may not be the only one for long. Mercedes-Benz could soon enter the energy storage business as well. A division of parent company Daimler has been testing battery packs that can power houses or store excess electricity from the grid, and plans to launch commercially in September, according to Australia's Motoring.
Called ACCUmotive, this division was created in 2009 to develop lithium-ion batteries. Like Tesla before its recent announcement, the Daimler arm has been testing energy storage systems under the radar for some time. It recently built an energy storage array operated by German electricity joint venture Coulomb. The array consists of 96 lithium-ion modules that together boast a combined 500 kilowatt hours of storage capacity, which is used to stabilize the Saxony Kamenz power grid. There are plans to expand it to 3,000 kWh of capacity.
ACCUmotive has reportedly delivered more than 60,000 lithium-ion cells to customers—which may include Mercedes itself—and employs more than 250 people.
OutBack Power's Battery-Based Inverters 1st to Receive Utility Approval in Hawaii
All-Important HECO Approval Critical for Supporting Hawaiis Commitment to Renewable Energy
Tesla and Gaelectric to Introduce Tesla Battery Storage to Ireland
Companies agree to develop 1-MW demonstration project to facilitate the integration of renewable energy sources
SolarBOS Proud to Introduce Battery Connection Panel
Allowing customers to employ multiple battery banks with a single inverter.
Tesla PowerWall Destined for New Homes in La Quinta and Palm Desert
The new Tesla Powerwall could become the answer to lower energy costs for thousands of new home owners in the desert area surrounding Palm Springs, CA., where new home builder, GHA Companies, is always looking for ways to make their new homes more energy efficient and lower electricity costs for home owners.
SOLAREDGE ANNOUNCES COLLABORATION WITH TESLA MOTORS TO OFFER DISTRIBUTED PV STORAGE SOLUTIONS TO THE GLOBAL MARKET
"Teslas collaboration with SolarEdge unites leading organizations in two rapidly-growing
Industries-solar energy and energy storage."
Partnership for Global Energy Transformation
LichtBlick Integrates Tesla Battery Storage Into Energy Markets
EnerNOC and Tesla to Collaborate on Energy Storage
Initial collaboration will include select EnerNOC customers in California.
New Residential Energy Storage System for Solar and Smart Home Connectivity
JuiceBox Energy, Inc. announces availability of a new 8.6kWh lithium-ion energy storage system for solar energy storage and smart home connectivity. With this product release, JuiceBox enters the rapidly growing residential energy storage market with a safe and reliable, web-connected product that can be installed on new and existing solar energy installations.
Finding Solutions For Battery Sulfation Issues In Renewable Energy Applications
While the recent news about carbon has been touted as something that can drastically improve the overall performance of the flooded lead acid battery, the facts should be completely understood before buying these types of batteries with any carbon additives, especially if they are sold as a value added feature.
Adding the battery back-up power option to existing grid-tied PV/solar systems
Using battery-based off-grid technology, a smarter type of "grid/hybrid" inverter technology is able to use PV, wind, hydro-electric and other renewable DC energy sources to keep the batteries charged and sell the excess to the grid, just like the grid-tied unit using the grid as its battery.
Plant Expansion at Surrette Battery Company
The plant upgrades and streamlined floor plan allow for and estimated increase in throughput of 30%. Automated equipment speeds up production and efficiency, reducing lead times and allowing us to get the product out the door to our distributors more effectively.
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