A happy consequence of humankind’s progress in energy technology is that all the major components associated with the generation, transmission, distribution, and consumption of energy are improving simultaneously. Here at 2GreenEnergy, we tend to talk mainly about generation, perhaps because …
Grid-Scale Energy Storage from Batteries – Soon To Be Economically Viable Read More »
I sat through a 75-minute-long session at Infocast’s “Storage Week” show yesterday, on the subject of the economics of energy storage. Three presenters took us through how they develop their models using fantastically complicated spreadsheets. For example, if we deploy …
Utilities Should Examine the Social Benefits of Energy Storage Read More »
Guest blogger Cameron Atwood sent me this graph showing the increase in the use of solar and wind energy from 2005 to 2012. Impressive stuff. Here in the U.S., our grid-mix is currently comprised of more than 4% wind and …
I’m delighted to announce that a razor-sharp graduate student at USC, Nikita Rao, will be joining us at 2GreenEnergy as an intern. Her master’s program focused on the electric power industry, a topic that I know we’d all like to …
Welcome to Nikita Rao, Author on the Electric Power Industry Read More »
Taking my own advice and “following the money,” I note that Bill Gates is investing in a start-up whose product is utility-scale energy storage. We are not far from the robust expansion of renewable energy, propelled by this solution (“aqueous …
Here’s a good article that discusses a few different vicious cycles in which the investor-owned utilities (IOUs) find themselves. As more people install solar (or whatever) on their properties, the infrastructure by which power is generated, transmitted, and distributed must …
Distributed Generation Means Trying Times for Investor-Owned Utilities Read More »
Here’s an article on a study from Stanford University that questions the economic validity of energy storage as a solution to even out the variability of wind. I think the most probable scenario for our energy future is more about …
Here are five mini-reports on companies that have recently received funding for the development of advanced energy storage technologies. That’s good news. I’m reminded of the presentation that ARPA-E deputy director Dr. Cheryl Martin gave at CleanTechLA earlier this week, …
Today liquefaction of air offers us a great solution to one of the biggest issues that world energy science faces – electricity storage. According to the Institution of Mechanical Engineers this type of energy storage is just as effective as …
From Guest Blogger Paula: Liquid Air Energy Storage System Read More »
Here’s an interesting article that talks about the need to store solar energy, and the decision on the part of the State of California to force its power utilities to buy a large amount of energy storage accordingly. These people …
