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May 10, 2017
The Interstate Renewable Energy Council’s (IREC) Charging Ahead: An Energy Storage Guide for State Policymakers is intended to provide state policymakers and regulators with systematic, foundational information on advanced energy [...]Read More
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March 28, 2016
The energy storage industry is booming – with more than 240% growth in the U.S. alone last year, and more installations in the last quarter of 2015 than ALL of 2013 [...]Read More
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February 24, 2016
The Energy Storage Association (ESA) is seeking candidates for the Brad Roberts Outstanding Industry Achievement by a Member Organization Award. The Award will highlight the accomplishments of a member company [...]Read More
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November 03, 2013
According to market research firm IHS, the global energy storage market is growing exponentially to an annual installation size of 6 gigawatts (GW) in 2017 and over 40 GW by 2022 — [...]Read More
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October 24, 2013
In order to synchronize generation assets for electrical grid operation, the alternating current (AC) frequency must be held within tight tolerance bounds. Different methods available for “frequency regulation” include generator inertia, adding and subtracting generation assets, [...]Read More
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October 23, 2013
On any regular day, utility companies have to plan how much energy to generate and distribute onto the grid. They try to predict what customers will do based on historical [...]Read More
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September 24, 2013
Electricity storage improves the performance of the transmission system to the extent that it increases the load carrying capacity of the transmission system, a benefit accrues if additional load carrying capacity defers the need to add [...]Read More
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September 24, 2013
Many types of electricity storage are well-suited to provide what is often referred to as “peaking” electric supply resources. Peaking resources are an important element of utilities’ portfolio of electric supply resources that are [...]Read More
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September 24, 2013
Distributed grid-connected photovoltaics (PV) is playing an increasingly significant role as an electric supply resource and as an integral part of the electrical grid. However, PV poses some notable challenges [...]Read More
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August 24, 2013
Electricity storage can be used to reduce the cost incurred for electric service. The benefit can be significant. There are two variations on this value proposition. One involves electricity end-users that pay “time-of-use” [...]Read More