I’m joining some friends in a few minutes for a sushi dinner. This reminds me of the adage about our production and consumption of energy, which, for all intents and purposes, is the only supply chain in the world without storage. …
Category: Energy Storage
Energy Storage Provides Many Benefits, But … It's Complicated
I always look forward to the Storage Week show each June, as the whole enterprise of energy storage is so important and so multi-varied. Over 95% of the world’s installed energy storage is pumped hydro, but there are a dozen …
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Energy Storage Show Rich in Great Contacts for Clean Energy
I’m up in San Jose for the 5th Annual “Storage Week,” a show I eagerly anticipate each year. Not only do I like to keep up on the technologies that are important to integrating renewables into the grid mix, but …
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Connecting Eos Energy Storage to Strategic Partners in India
I started my day with a predawn call to Edison, New Jersey and Mumbia, trying to connect my people at Eos Energy Storage with strategic partners in India. The breakthrough in battery chemistry/design will result in product for sale in …
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Eos Energy Storage Writes With an Amusing Lilt
One of the things I like most about my friends at Eos Energy Storage is the cleverness and sense of humor of their writing. In their website’s piece about the need for storage on our grid, they quip, “Sushi has …
Energy Storage, Pumped Hydro, and Synthetic Fuels
Here is a magnificent piece on energy storage: a perfect blend of the basic science and economics. It’s a very readable explanation of how and why storage will be required to integrate significant amounts of renewables on the grid. Today, …
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Zinc-air Batteries — The Breakthrough We’ve Been Awaiting?
[youtube http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ex0yLY6YuR4]Here’s a short interview in which I answer a few questions about zinc-air battery energy storage, a subject that’s been in front of the scientific and investment communities since the 1970s. Is this one the real deal? Personally, I …
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Zinc-Air Battery — Hot New Breakthrough in Battery Cost
[youtube http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=44EaTcV_-4o]Here’s an interview in which I discuss a company that appears to have made a considerable breakthrough in zinc-air batteries, enabling the sale of product at $160/kWh. If this is “for real,” which I believe it is, the potentials …
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China, Renewables, and Energy Storage
Here’s an excellent article that expands on what I wrote in my report on China and renewable energy. I agree with a great deal of this, but the figures on the amount of energy and the amount of money …
Can Zinc-Air Batteries Get It Done? I’ll Know More After Lunch
I’m on a train headed to New York City this afternoon for a series of meetings, the first of which will be lunch with my friends at Eos Energy Storage. Their breakthrough in zinc-air energy storage will enable them to …
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