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Glendale Water & Power to Launch Thermal Energy Storage Project
GLENDALE, Calif., March 16 /PRNewswire/ - Ice Energy, a leading provider of advanced energy storage solutions to the electric utility industry, today announced plans with municipal utility Glendale Water & Power (GWP) to install 1.5 Megawatts (MW) of energy storage on Glendale city buildings and local businesses under a $4.25 million program. More...
Saft plant counted on to spark Jacksonville in 'clean energy' sector
Mar 16 - McClatchy-Tribune Regional News - David Bauerlein The Florida Times-Union, Jacksonville - Saft broke ground today on its high-tech battery plant at Cecil Commerce Center, giving Jacksonville some international buzz in the field of "clean energy," a sector Florida regards as a key industry for job growth. More...
Beacon Power Connects Flywheel Energy Storage System to California Wind Farm
Mar 12 - Business Wire - Beacon Power Corporation (Nasdaq: BCON), a leading provider of advanced products and services to support a more stable, reliable and efficient electricity grid, today announced that it has shipped, installed and successfully connected a Smart Energy 25 (Gen 4) flywheel energy storage system at a wind farm in Tehachapi, California. More...
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Distributed Energy Storage Pilot Project Installed in Austin ; Ice Energy Teams with Austin Energy for State's First Distributed Storage Project
Mar 11 - PRNewswire - Ice Energy, a leading provider of advanced energy storage for the electric utility industry, has completed the installation of a distributed energy storage pilot project, in conjunction with Austin Energy, at the South Austin Recreational Center, located in South-Central Austin. More...
Electricity-storage effort gets funds
Mar 13 - The Buffalo News - A partnership between the University at Buffalo and two other entities to develop high-capacity batteries for storing electricity has won more than $550,000 in funding from the New York State Research and Development Authority. More...
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The Potential for Rechargeable Electric Municipal Public Transportation

By Harry Valentine
The official worldwide history of electrically powered public transportation began in the year 1890 when electric trams and electric streetcar replaced horse drawn trams and streetcars. Electrically powered subway trains subsequently replaced steam hauled subway more...
Filed Under Energy Storage

Power Pricing and Energy Storage along the St Lawrence River System

By Harry Valentine
The waterway system between Lake Superior and the Gulf of St Lawrence provides power generation and the capacity to store massive amounts of energy through pumped hydraulic storage. The well being of a population of more...
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Hydraulic Storage using Coastal Salt Domes

By Harry Valentine
Worldwide, there is still an increasing demand for electric power despite the ongoing economic recession that caused a few regions such as Ontario to go from a projected power shortfall to excess generating capacity. A more...
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The Great Lakes as a Hydraulic Storage Reservoir

By Harry Valentine
There is a growing need to develop more electrical generation capacity across North America. The market demand for electric power fluctuates almost cyclically throughout the day and creates an opportunity to develop mega-scale energy storage more...
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The Potential for Seasonal Energy Storage

By Harry Valentine
The steadily increasing demand for electrical energy would likely result in greater use of energy storage technology in the future. Advanced developments in several renewable technologies promise lower cost per kilowatt. more...
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