A trial run of Houston-based Sage Geosystems’ underground battery has delivered “groundbreaking” results, the company reported. The tech, sometimes called an “earthen” battery, is meant to store electricity generated from renewable sources. It’s also geared to be an […]
A massive storage facility in Washington state serving the natural gas network that provides electricity and heating fuel to millions of Americans from the Pacific Northwest down to New Mexico went down Saturday evening. The […]
At the end of each year, I like to look back at the past year and ahead to what the coming 12 months might bring (which I will cover in a separate post tomorrow). In […]
The U.S. Has Billions for Wind and Solar Projects. Good Luck Plugging Them In. (NYT) February 24, 2023 Mariel Alumit Plans to install 3,000 acres of solar panels in Kentucky and Virginia are delayed for years. […]
It is often useful to contrast rhetoric with reality. The phrase, an “energy transition,” the goal to replace hydrocarbons, has origins that trace back to a 1977 speech by President Jimmy Carter. It was an “address to […]
Today I had the opportunity to visit with Tim Kaelin, CEO of Renewable Energy Management about his energy storage company that does not need tax incentives, or subsidies to bring to market. This is a […]
The Federal Energy Regulatory Commission on Thursday directed the North American Electric Reliability Corp. to develop reliability standards for inverter-based resources, or IBRs, such as wind, solar and battery systems. FERC is bolstering standards for IBRs […]
The Energy Department has announced a $325 million investment in new battery types that can help turn solar and wind energy into 24-hour power. The funds will be distributed among 15 projects in 17 states […]
Fires caused by lithium batteries are expected to increase over the coming years as use of the highly flammable product continues to rise, an energy storage expert has warned. So far this year, lithium batteries have […]
SEARCY, Ark. — In the decarbonized future envisioned by many states, utilities and the federal government, expect more power plants like Entergy Arkansas’ facility here, where thousands of gleaming panels and banks of batteries spread […]
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