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Tesla Faces Stiff Competition In Energy Storage War

07/17/17, 05:54 AM | Energy Storage, Other Renewables | battery backup, tesla

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

07/14/17, 06:21 AM | Solar Power, Energy Storage | battery backup, research reports

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.

Solar Power Gets $46 Million Boost From U.S. Energy Department

07/12/17, 03:13 PM | Solar Power, Other Renewables | Finance, government policy, Technology Discussions

Chris Martin for Bloomberg: The U.S. Energy Department awarded $46.2 million in research grants to improve solar energy technologies and reduce costs to 3 cents per kilowatt-hour by 2030.

Intersolar and ees North America See Strong Opening in San Francisco

07/11/17, 02:06 PM | Solar Power, Energy Storage | Intersolar

Industry leaders take the stage at the premier solar and energy storage event; hundreds of exhibitors show off emerging technologies in buzzing exhibition hall

The World's First Power Plant To Combine Hydro And Solar Opens In Portugal

07/11/17, 06:26 AM | Solar Power, Other Renewables | Hydro Power

Alexander C. Kaufman for Huffington Post: The first-of-its-kind project could be a model for states like Washington and Oregon, and countries like Brazil, that depend heavily on hydroelectricity.

Amber Kinetics to Assess Innovative Flywheel Storage Technology

07/10/17, 06:20 AM | Energy Storage, Other Renewables | Fly Wheel, Technology Discussions

Amber Kinetics and Global Energy Giant Enel S.p.A. Announce Agreement to Assess Innovative Flywheel Storage Technology

How data analytics is adding value in the smart home

07/06/17, 03:00 PM | Energy Storage, Other Renewables | Smart City, Smart Grid

Paige Leuschner for SmartCitiesDive: In the energy industry, utilities are employing these solutions to provide customers with more information about their energy consumption.

Groundbreaking new energy storage system mounts to existing poles

07/06/17, 06:24 AM | Energy Storage, Other Renewables | Utility Energy Storage

Lacy Cooke for Inhabitat: Toronto Hydro is testing a grid-scale energy storage system that can be attached to poles already present around the city.

More Than a View: Windows Double as Solar Panels

07/05/17, 03:18 PM | Solar Power, Other Renewables | Technology Discussions

Tereza Pultarova, Live Science Contributor: The windows have solar cells installed in the edges at a specific angle that allows the incoming solar light to be efficiently transformed into electricity.

Floating Wind Plan Could Finally Crack California's Offshore Market

07/03/17, 05:45 AM | Solar Power, Other Renewables | Offshore Wind

James Temple for MIT Technology Review: Falling prices, improving technology, and smart public policies are changing the calculations.

Pollution might be blocking 25% of potential solar power, study finds

06/30/17, 05:55 AM | Solar Power, Other Renewables | maintenance, solar panels

Nick Lavars for New Atlas: "I thought the dirt had to affect their efficiencies, but there weren't any studies out there estimating the losses. So we put together a comprehensive model to do just that."

This Paint May Pick Up Where Solar Panels Leave Off

06/29/17, 06:00 AM | Solar Power, Other Renewables | hydrogen, Technology Discussions

Katherine Lin for NBC News MACH: A team of researchers in Australia have created an experimental paint that attracts water molecules from the air and chops them up to produce hydrogen.

Report: U.S. solar demand could drop 66 percent if trade case succeeds:

06/28/17, 05:59 AM | Solar Power, Other Renewables | Feed-in Tariffs, government policy

Nichola Groom for Reuters: The U.S. solar industry would see two-thirds of expected demand dry up over the next five years if a trade case aimed at propping up the domestic panel manufacturing industry is successful, a new report said on Monday.

Panasonic Joins Push to Put Photovoltaics on More Car Roofs

06/27/17, 05:52 AM | Solar Power, Other Renewables | batteries, Technology Discussions | Panasonic Solar & Storage

By Chisaki Watanabe, Emi Nobuhiro, and Kevin Buckland for Bloomberg: The tech giant thinks solar roof panels are the future for hybrids and EVs.

New Biofuel Could Work in Regular Diesel Engines

06/26/17, 05:41 AM | EVs and Fuel Cells, Other Renewables | Biofuel

Edd Gent for Scientific American: The need for specially designed engines to run biodiesel is holding back the technology

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