Jim Kelly, CEO of ARES (Advanced Rail Energy Storage) has generously consented to do a webinar with me in the near future, which I think readers will find valuable. Insofar as solar and wind are intermittent resources, energy storage at …
Category: Energy Storage
Ron Wyden — Making Smart Grid a Reality in the U.S.
Here’s some good news: U.S. Senate Energy and Natural Resources Chairman Ron Wyden is a huge supporter of smart grid. In fact, he recently promised today to do everything he can to move the government’s “clumsy … machinery” to make …
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Unique Energy Storage Project Combines Anthracite Coal, Pumped Hydro
I thought I’d post an unusual conversation I had earlier today with Paul DiRenzo of Schuylkill County, Pennsylvania regarding his concept for a 300 MW pumped storage project. Paul: Our small family group remains convinced that planned coal surface mining …
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Energy Storage Is a Cost Item, Not Unlike Peaker Plants
Frequent commenter Cameron Atwood writes: I’m pleased to hear that further strides are being made in storage, and I look forward to seeing specifics emerge on this technique. The more of this progress is made and adopted, building on already …
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Energy Storage — Soon To Become Cost-Effective
In response to my recent post on Storage Week, the energy storage conference that I try to catch each year, a longtime 2GreenEnergy reader from the Middle East writes: Hi Craig! I admire your persistence. The concept has been in …
Annual "Storage Week" Conference Is Coming Up
I plan to attend the annual Storage Week conference in Austin, TX, April 2 – 4; this will be my third consecutive year for this conference, and I have to say that they are terrific, in terms of both content …
Supercapacitors as Energy Storage Devices
A young, bright, and extremely respectful friend sent me this video on supercapacitors a few hours ago. And, since he had been very active in communicating with me lately, he wrote, “Tell me to shut up if I get to be …
Hydrogen as a Device for Energy Storage
Earlier today I wrote a post in which I pointed out the impracticality of hydrogen as a “fuel,” to which frequent commenter Aaron writes: The US, even with a “smart grid” isn’t likely to get more than 16 hours of effective solar …
Southern California Edison Doesn't Need To Be Forced to Dabble in Energy Storage
Here’s an article from SmartGridNews called “California’s new energy storage mandate: Does it signal the tipping point?” The answer, in a word, is No. You’re “forcing” Southern California Edison, one of the most progressive utilities on the planet, to deploy …
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Unique Approach to Pumped Hydro Energy Storage
My friends at Eos Energy Systems tell me that far more than 95% of the world’s energy storage is pumped storage hydroelectricity (PSH) – which is one of the reasons they believe that their breakthrough in zinc-air batteries is so …
