[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 …
Zinc-air Batteries — The Breakthrough We’ve Been Awaiting? Read More »
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 …
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% …
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 …
Energy Storage – News from the Infocast “Storage Week” Show Read More »
As a part of our recent discussion on energy storage, Larry Sobel wrote in, calling my attention to this fabulous lecture given by a brilliant and thoroughly entertaining chemistry professor at MIT, who calls upon his students to think differently and go …
Frequent commenter Frank Eggers is right as rain with his comments on my recent solar thermal piece in which he writes: Superior (technology) would not solve the problem resulting from the fact that the sun is not always shining. …. …
Energy Storage Vital To Attaining High Penetration for Renewables Read More »
I spent a few happy hours at the Santa Barbara Summit on Energy Efficiency over the last couple of days. Most (though not all) of the presentations were really good, and totally relevant to the audience. I was really pleasantly …
Interesting Presentations at the Summit on Energy Efficiency Read More »
Here’s a short follow-up to my piece on synthetic fuels the other day, in which I mentioned that I would be driving up to San Jose for another “Craig Shields…At Your Service” session. I spent the day with Dr. David …
Synthetic Fuels — Cutting-Edge Ideas on Energy Storage Read More »
The Ammonia Fuel Network’s Executive Direct John Holbrook was good enough to send me a few DVD’s in which Bill Leighty made presentations on the numbers that surround ammonia a fuel. I was struck by a number of things. First, …
Ammonia Fuel Network — Great Presentation on Energy Storage and Transmission Read More »
As promised, here is a description of various technologies and will they be able to support the objective. Compressed Air Compressed air is an old technology which consumes off peak energy from a power plant or renewable energy to run …
Energy Storage for Power Grids – by Guest Blogger Anil – Continued Read More »
