According to "U.S. Energy Storage Monitor" report, published jointly by the U.S. Energy Storage Association (ESA), Washington, D.C., and Wood Mackenzie, Annapolis, Md., 2,156 megawatt-hours (MWh) of new energy storage systems...
A February 2021 report published by the North American Electric Reliability Corporation (NERC), Atlanta, “Impacts of Electrochemical Utility-Scale Battery Energy Storage Systems on the Bulk Power System,” predicts that these...
In the pursuit of renewable energy, states with the most abundant resources have often shown the greatest tendencies toward innovation. Hawaii has embraced one of its most plentiful resources with a proposal that will create...
Advances in new technology often feed off of one another. This dynamic has been on full display in the energy sector, where renewable power and battery technology have contributed to each other's growth. According to a report...
The growth of solar is helping bring clean power to places not normally associated with abundant sunshine. The pairing of solar with utility scale storage is expanding that reach even further. Last month, purveyors of power...
Researchers at the University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, Mich., have found a way to get more energy out of thermophotovoltaic cells, which could have a big impact on energy storage down the line. Thermophotovoltaic cells are...
While many industries have suffered during the pandemic, others have persevered. Some have even thrived. The U.S. energy storage industry posted one of its best periods of growth ever in the second quarter of 2020...
According to the Energy Storage Association (ESA), it is possible to have 100 gigawatts of new energy storage deployed in the United States by the end of the decade. The national trade association whose members include...
Renewable power and energy storage are teaming up to help the country combat global warming in many ways. Just outside of San Francisco, communities are making contingencies against the growing risk of wildfires. Last month...
A federal mandate that enables grid-level energy storage resources (ESR), such as batteries, that compete fairly in wholesale power markets can stay in place per a court ruling. This is a decision that environmental advocates...
In what is certainly a tribute to, and vote of confidence for, the growing strength of utility-scale storage, three organizations, the U.S. Energy Storage Association (a national trade association for the U.S. energy storage...
The impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on the solar power market has been dire, with research firms cutting 2020 forecasts by up to 20%. Residential projects face particular challenges, as consumers confront their budget...
While electric utilities and renewable energy associations have noted the negative impact of the pandemic on employment, performance and supply chains in their industries, energy storage seems to be doing relatively well. A...
For at least a couple decades, electrical contractors have been helping customers find new ways to reduce electricity use. That’s because, in most areas of the country, rates have been based on total electricity consumption...
According to a new report from Wood Mackenzie, energy storage is expected to develop from approximately 4 gigawatts (GW) of annual deployments in 2019 to more than 15 GW by 2024. Reasons for this growth include falling costs...
This article focuses on revisions in Chapter 7, “Special Conditions,” which includes the requirements for conditions such as emergency systems, energy storage systems and so forth, and Chapter 8, “Communications Circuits.”...
The U.S. Department of Energy have expedited plans to lower the country’s reliance on foreign sources for lithium-ion batteries by increasing the country’s energy storage capacity with the launch of the agency’s Energy...
Electrical contractors with the capability to do distributed energy projects may see a big bump in business in California next year. On December 11, the California Public Utilities Commission (CPUC) proposed an annual...
The dynamics of energy have changed considerably in the green power age, as the growth of one clean technology can often be traced to another. Consider the increasing popularity of electric vehicles and energy efficiency...
The Smart Electric Power Alliance (SEPA) released its "2019 Utility Energy Storage Market Snapshot" report this month. SEPA is an educational nonprofit that works to facilitate the electric power industry's transition to a...
