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 …
Category: Energy Storage
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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Do Zinc-Air Batteries Provide a Low-cost Energy Storage Solution?
[youtube http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=44EaTcV_-4o] Here’s an interview with Steve Hellman, president of Eos Energy Storage, in which Steve claims that zinc-air batteries can finally provide a low-cost answer for utilities and electric vehicle manufacturers. But is it true? We’ve certainly seen stories …
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2GreenEnergy Webinar – Cost-Effective Energy Storage
In my estimation, the subject of energy storage doesn’t get as much ink as it should. At stake here, to a large degree, is the entire penetration of renewables onto the grid; at the utility scale, cost-effective storage will cause …
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Betting the Ranch on Your Clean Energy Solution
One of the great things about our country is its tolerance of a diversity of opinion. On top of that, we have the freedom to up the ante on those opinions and convert them into real commitments. Any of us …
Eos Energy Storage May Change Our World
Before my day in New York City comes to a close, let me mention a highlight: my meeting with Steve Hellman, president of Eos, energy storage giant of the not-too-distant future. I won’t bore you with the details of his …
Clean Energy Investors Don’t Want Technology Risk
In the venture capital community, one hears a great deal about “technology risk.” In my most recent meeting with Ray Lane, Managing Partner at Kleiner Perkins a few months ago, he told me: “We want all technology risk removed before …
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A Few Perspectives on Energy Storage
One of the things I enjoy most about shows like Storage Week, sitting through many dozens of presentations on energy storage, is the breadth of perspective on the subject of clean energy. We all know that ultimately, storage is 100% …
Energy Storage – News from the Infocast “Storage Week” Show
There are elements of the energy business that I find monstrously complex – namely, everything but the technology. The political wranglings – the way the federal, regional, state, and local agencies work in conjunction with the utilities and the regulatory …
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Terrific Energy Storage Show: Storage Week 2011
My wife points out that perhaps I need to write a few more happy pieces, to counterbalance the tone I often set with my cynical remarks about hypocrisy, corruption and impending disaster. OK, check this out: Next week, it looks …
