Brunswick Electric Membership Corporation (EMC) in North Carolina will use Lockheed Martin’s GridStar Lithium energy storage systems to provide clean energy exactly when needed. Energy storage projects like this “unlock the true potential of renewable energy generation,” Lockheed Martin says.
The US Army is using clean energy projects to begin targeting resiliency through microgrids, executive director of the US Army’s Office of Energy Initiatives Michael F. McGhee said at the recent Microgrid Global Innovation Forum in Washington, DC.
Commercial and industrial utility customers used to have limited options in order to meet their electricity needs: buy it, make it, or eliminate it. Now they have another viable option: to shift it through demand flexibility, the Rocky Mountain Institute (RMI) points out. Recently RMI … Read more…
The Federal Energy Regulatory Commission has issued an order allowing the participation of electric storage resources in the capacity, energy, and ancillary services markets operated by regional transmission organizations and independent system operators. FERC’s vote to open US wholesale energy markets to batteries and other … Read more…
A new report from Environment New York shows that energy storage is increasingly becoming a viable option for businesses. Rising renewable energy production means that energy storage is ready for prime time, according to the state-based environmental advocacy organization. The report, “Making Sense of Energy … Read more…
Massachusetts awarded $20 million in grants for energy storage projects in the state this week, doubling the initial amount planned, MassLive reported. The funding is going toward 26 projects involving different business models in an effort to accelerate the development of energy storage technologies. The … Read more…
New York Governor Andrew Cuomo signed a bill to create a statewide energy storage target, making New York the fourth state in the country that will have such a target, Greentech Media reported. The bill to establish an energy storage deployment program was passed unanimously … Read more…
Commercial and industrial sector energy storage projects in Canada are set to go into high gear. The Swiss investment group SUSI Partners signed a deal for US $94.22 million (C $120 million) with Toronto-based energy storage project developer and owner NRStor Inc. The investment comes from … Read more…
Commercial thermal energy storage just got a boost. Ingersoll Rand’s HVAC and building management systems brand Trane acquired CALMAC Corporation, a privately-held manufacturing company based in Fair Lawn, New Jersey, that specializes in ice-based energy storage technologies. CALMAC’s IceBank ice storage tanks work with Trane’s … Read more…
The Energy Storage Association (ESA) maps out a path to installing 35 gigawatts of new energy storage in the United States by 2025 in a new white paper developed with Navigant Research. Called “35×25: A Vision for Energy Storage,” the paper details market drivers for … Read more…
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