The Hammond Group has appointed Dr Marvin Ho as VP of research and development.
Dr Ho is an electrochemist with more than 25 years of experience in energy storage technologies from in his work with the Trojan Battery Company and CSB Battery Technologies – now part of Hitachi Chemical Energy Technology Co.
The US state of Massachusetts has formally set a 200 MWh energy storage target to be achieved by 2020 – supported by a $10 million commitment to study, develop and encourage storage deployment.
The target, set by the state’s Department of Energy Resources (DOER), follows last year’s signing of bipartisan “energy diversification” legislation by state governor Charlie Baker (pictured).
A damning critique of some of the half-truths the lithium-ion battery industry has disseminated in technical media and online is presented in the summer’s issue of Batteries and Energy Storage Technology Magazine.
Written by Dr Mike McDonagh, the publication’s technical editor, the article, entitled True Li-es, pours cold water on some of the general claims made by the industry that have made it the chemistry of choice for large-scale energy storage projects— vital for the widespread introduction of renewables.
Hungarian energy firm Alteo is launching a project valued at around HUF 1.1 billion ($4 million) aimed at creating an “innovative” battery-based storage model for “weather-dependent” energy sources.
The project, which is backed by an HUF500 grant from Hungary’s National Research and Development and Innovation Office (NKFIH), will focus on developing a system to make it easier to forecast and plan the utilisation of weather-dependent power supplies, Alteo said.
Powin Energy, a US energy storage solutions provider, will partner with renewable energy company Hecate Energy to build and install six units with a total capacity of 12.8MW/52.8MWh at two sites in Ontario, Canada.
Powin’s modular Stack140, a 140kW lithium-ion battery array that is scalable from 125kW to multiple megawatts for outdoor installation, will be deployed in the systems in Stratford and Kitchener.
The systems meltdown at British Airways, which left 75,000 passengers stranded last month, was preventable.
Advances in energy storage solutions mean that the chaos – and possible €100 ($112) million compensation bill – could have been avoided, claims a leading ultracapacitor manufacturer.
The fast-growing telecom sector in India has become Panasonic’s major growth driver for energy storage products in the country, company officials say.
The Japanese tech giant reports the sector has generated more than $100 million in sales of lithium-ion battery-based solutions in the last three years, as telecom service operators invest in renewable energy plus storage.
Full grid defection – combining solar with storage and a small electrical generator – will make economic sense in a matter of years, not decades, for some customers in high-cost markets.
That’s the prediction of respected business consultancy firm McKinsey & Company.
US lithium-ion energy storage firm Sunverge Energy and San Francisco-based solar installer PetersenDean Roofing & Solar are teaming up to provide an “all-American” energy solution to Californian homes.
Sunverge’s lithium-ion battery energy storage systems (BESS) allows Californian residents to capture the power they generate from their rooftops as well as automatically use it when demand and energy prices are highest. By integrating Sunverge’s energy management platform with each storage system, PetersenDean can offer backup power during electric outages.
Queensland-based firm SolarQ has announced it plans to develop the largest solar farm and energy storage facility in Australia, with 800MW(ac) of solar photovoltaic and 4,000MWh of lithium-ion battery storage.
The AU$2 billion (US$1.5 billion) project that has secured sufficient land in the Lower Wonga area of Queensland, says will eventually supply about 15% of south-east Queensland's power needs.
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