Day: February 4, 2019
Index Launches for Battery Metals and Mining
EQM Indexes today launched a Battery Metals and Mining Index — Bloomberg: BATTIDX — to track the combined performance of global companies in the metal and material supply chain for advanced battery technologies used in portable devices, electric vehicles, and grid storage for renewable energy.……
Could Dairy Farmers Become Energy Traders with Blockchain?
Dairy farmers in Australia may have the chance to begin buying and selling renewable energy on a peer-to-peer energy trading platform for the first time ever next year.
Global Offshore Wind Leader Steps into Grid Services from Energy Storage
Offshore wind developer Orsted is planning its first grid-scale energy storage project near Liverpool, England. The company said that the Carnegie Road battery storage project will be operational by the end of the year.
Solar Plus Multi-Storage Restores Power to Families in Puerto Rico
In an Aug. 2 Renewable Energy World article, we reported “Achieving 100 Percent Residential Renewables in Hawaii with Solar+Multi-Storage” since April 2017, 500 hours off-grid and 220 hours grid-tied, using Tabuchi Electric hybrid solar inverter with single embedded battery (10 kWh) and an ROI of…
Building on the Promise of Solar+EV Charging
A group of organizations led by the Great Plains Institute will work together to assess the potential value of treating renewable energy generation and controlled EV charging as a single linked technology that benefits utilities and consumers.
Blockchain’s Potential for Managing the Impact of Renewables and Peer-to-Peer Sales
Blockchain has the potential to change the business world as we know it today. Entire value chains can be shortened by it — including in the energy industry.
Climate Pledges of the World Are Not ‘Ambitious Enough’
Speaking at the start of a new round of climate talks in Bonn, Germany, today, Patricia Espinosa, executive secretary of the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change, said the current climate pledges put forth by signatories of the Paris Agreement “simply aren’t ambitious enough.”……
Hawaii Takes Historic First Step Toward Creating ‘Utility of the Future’ Now
In what could be the beginning of the new way forward to utilities, on Tuesday, Hawaiian Gov. David Ige signed the Ratepayer Protection Act, a new law that directs utilities in Hawaii to change their business models and fully decouple revenue and capital expenditures.
ABB Launches 8-minute Charger for Electric Vehicles
This week at Hannover Messe, ABB launched what it says is the world’s fastest e-vehicle charger. The Terra High Power charger can charge up to 350 kilowatts, which translates to about 200 kilometers of range for an EV, in just 8 minutes, according to the company. ABB said that its chargers are…
Water-Based Battery Offers New Option for Utility-Scale Solar, Wind
Stanford University researchers have developed a water-based battery that could provide a cheap way to store wind or solar energy generated when the sun is shining and wind is blowing so it can be fed back into the electric grid and be redistributed when demand is high.