Tag: energy storage

Ontario, Canada is well known as a leader in the adoption of clean energy technology.  Their fabled feed-in-tariffs have provided incentive for developers all over the globe to site renewable energy projects in the province.  And certainly their adoption of …

Ontario, Canada — A Smart Grid Leader By Any Standards Read More »

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Here’s an article that illustrates a principle I often discuss here: the lack of proper incentives and regulation to get the power utilities to embrace energy efficiency.  As a society, we need to use less energy, but that will only …

Energy Efficiency Sounds So Good, But Where Are the Incentives To Make It Happen? Read More »

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It’s been only two years since FERC (The U.S. Federal Energy Regulatory Commission) announced that it would allow DR (demand response) to be treated the same as any other dispatchable power source.  But in those two years, a great deal …

Demand Response Is a Big Deal Read More »

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Here’s an article that communicates the truth of the clean energy scene i.e., that fossil fuels have more than enough clout in this world to have survived the short-term threat to their existence, and will remain prominent in the global …

Renewable Energy and a Clash of the Titans Read More »

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I’m taking a break from the activities at this, the second and last day of the University of California at Santa Barbara’s annual Energy Efficiency Summit to write this short note. My friends at Eos Energy Storage would have been …

Talking Up Eos Energy Storage at the Energy Efficiency Summit Read More »

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Renewable power is one of the major ways that people will use energy in future.  The fossil fuels that were the basis of the vast improvements in living over the past 250 years are declining.  Apart from the damage they …

From Guest Blogger Nick: Energy Storage – the Next Breakthrough Technology? Read More »

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Here’s a webinar I conducted yesterday on Advanced Rail Energy Storage, or ARES, a new concept in cost-effective, grid-scale energy storage.  I interviewed ARES CEO Jim Kelly, and covered a range of issues spanning the physics and economics of energy …

Advanced Rail Energy Storage — Webinar Read More »

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Many times the subject of power storage has come up on this forum. Today it becomes an issue for me personally again and this is an ongoing issue. Not quite 3.5 years ago I purchased 4 deep cycle 12 volt …

From Guest Blogger Brian McGowan: Power Storage Read More »

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The resort and hotel business is extremely competitive and costly. As more and more hotels become increasingly extravagant, they require evermore energy to run. Many are switching to green renewable energies to cut costs and in theory they could eventually …

From Guest Blogger R. Hoyal: Solar Energy Hotels — The Future Is Bright Read More »

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In prepping for the upcoming webinar on ARES (Advanced Rail Energy Storage), I’m recommending that the company position itself more aggressively around the integration of renewables into the grid-mix and, in particular, the imperative to displace coal immediately. As I …

Advanced Energy Storage Solutions Will Help Displace Coal-Fired Power Plants Read More »

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