Typically, tools evolve slowly, with improvements and new features added over time. Of course, occasionally there are breakthrough developments that dramatically change a tool or tool category. The introduction of the lithium...
Electrical contractors might be seeing more customers interested in adding battery-based energy storage systems to their homes and businesses, especially in California, Hawaii and Arizona, where incentives are available to...
The Gemini Project, a solar plus storage project commissioned by Nevada-based NV Energy will be the largest solar farm in the United States and possibly the world. The project, which includes 690 megawatts (MW) of solar and...
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...
From incremental improvements to something entirely new, today’s battery research and development is breaking ground in how we’ll store and deliver power. Today, one rechargeable battery type towers over the rest. The U.S...
Lithium-ion batteries are rechargeable energy cells considered to have a “high-energy density,” meaning they can store a lot of energy. As an energy source, lithium-ion cells have been around for a while. Lithium-ion...
In April, an explosion at a utility-scale lithium-ion battery facility owned by Arizona Public Service (in place to store power from a solar energy array) sent eight firefighters to the hospital. The firefighters were there...
The market for residential energy-storage systems may be small, but it’s gathering speed. These systems require professional installation, so they represent a new market for electrical contractors. As manufacturers and...
