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On January 23, 2013 Duke Energy announced that it had completed the Notrees Battery Storage project in Texas which now represents the largest capacity battery facility in North America. Providing backup power for the Notrees Windpower project, this facility is able to produce 36 MW of power on demand whether more...
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The St Lawrence River has for decades served the needs of the energy and transportation sectors. Ships have carried towers and turbine blades for the wind energy sector, while a new hydroelectric installation is being completed on the Canadian side of Niagara Falls. The waterway is home to several hydroelectric more...
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While there is much interest in developing various forms of energy storage at the present day, the popular contemporary technologies involve high capital cost. Many researchers have actively been seeking alternative mobile and stationary technologies that involve lower capital costs. Part of this research has revolved around increasing the energy more...
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A large segment of the population that lives in and around large metropolitan areas such as New York City depends on easy access fast and reliable mass transit services. As is the case with other cities, a large percentage of the transit network uses electric power and the electrically powered more...
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Posted By: Paul Valenta
- Vice President of Sales and Marketing, CALMAC Manufacturing Corp
On: June 12, 2012
On: June 12, 2012
The future of energy and the Smart Grid is dependent on smarter buildings that use disruptive technologies such as energy storage and building automation to be more efficient. Demand on our power grid continues to rise. Last summer, the East Coast experienced a massive heat wave that set record high more...
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Storage energy is critical to developing the full potential of Smart Grid, without this tool some promises about a SMART GRID may not be met. The development of this technology is not only important for Electric Cars, but for other areas of the Grid. The ability to store energy to more...
To get a glimpse of the future of energy generation, take a trip along the coast of China, or travel the country's interiors. Increasingly, the landscape is dotted with wind turbines, which capture and store energy straight from the elements. The rise of wind-generated energy in China and throughout the more...
The combination of scientific/technological advances and evolving changes in the power industry provide opportunity to develop large-scale thermal energy storage technology. Engineers used small-scale thermal energy storage during the latter 19th century to provide propulsion for steam-powered submarines that stored saturated water at some 100-psia and 328°F (164°C) in on-board more...
To a large degree, the success in the electric grid is defined by regulatory structure and history, and energy storage lacks both which poses trouble for its adoption. For instance, before California's AB 2514 (which is also known as energy storage law adopted by California in September 2010), there is more...
In September 2008, EnergyPulse published an article by Harry Valentine on "The Potential for Seasonal Energy Storage" 1. One of the possibilities for very large-scale pumped hydroelectric storage that Harry mentioned would operate between the Salton Sea in Southern California and Mexico's Sea of Cortez. I didn't initially think his more...
