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Feb 15 - McClatchy-Tribune Regional News - Frank Munger The Knoxville News-Sentinel, Tenn. - Oak Ridge National Laboratory has been highly successful in recent years by winning scientific competitions, and the lab has its sights set on another big prize: a five-year, $120 million project to focus research on advanced batteries and electrical energy storage. More...
Liquid, molten batteries as energy aid?
CAMBRIDGE, Mass., Feb 14, 2012 -- UPI - U.S. researchers say giant liquid batteries could eventually level the load from intermittent renewable energy sources such as solar or wind. More...
ABB and partners to evaluate the reuse of the Nissan LEAF battery for commercial purposes
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ICF International Integrated Energy Outlook Predicts Up to 40 GW of Coal Plant Retirements in the Next Two Decades
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S&C Provides First Grid-Tied Solar Energy Storage System
S&C Electric Company - S&C Electric Company today announces the successful deployment of a 750-kW PureWave Storage Management System (SMS) to PNM Resources. more...
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Winter - What Winter?

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Keystone XL Pipeline Perspective - by Pace Global Energy Management & Consulting Services

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GridWise Redux - Where the Grid Is Headed

Blogger Photo By Martin Rosenberg - The GridWise Global Forum came and went last week, airing some thoughtful discussion on the state of the grid and more...

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Energy Storage is the Holy Grail for Smart Grid

By Joao Gomes
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 more...
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As Wind Turbine Market Grows, So Does Reliance on Ultracapacitors

By Brendan Andrews
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 more...
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Prospects for Future Grid-Scale Thermal Energy Storage

By Harry Valentine
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 more...
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Are Regulators and Policy makers Helping Investments in Energy Storage?

By Ajay Singh
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. more...
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The Great Mexicali Energy and Shipping Canal

By Roger Arnold
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 more...
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