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Proton OnSite Announces Megawatt-Scale Proton Exchange Electrolyzer for Hydrogen Generation in the Energy Storage Market

Proton OnSite, the world leader in Proton Exchange Membrane (PEM) water electrolyzer technology, announced today the commercial launch of the 1 and 2 Megawatt (MW) M Series PEM Hydrogen Generation systems.

22 Jan 2015

New Coating for Battery Improves Safety Due to Accidental Ingestion

Every year, nearly 4,000 children go to emergency rooms after swallowing button batteries — the flat, round batteries that power toys, hearing aids, calculators, and many other devices. Ingesting these batteries has severe consequences, including burns that permanently damage the esophagus, tears in the digestive tract, and in some cases, even death.

5 Nov 2014

Sandia Labs Begins Characterization of TransPower’s Large Grid Energy Storage System

Sandia National Laboratories has begun lab-based characterization of TransPower’s GridSaver, the largest grid energy storage system analyzed at Sandia’s Energy Storage Test Pad in Albuquerque, N.M.

27 Oct 2014

ORNL Researchers Use Waste Tires to Develop Better Anode for Lithium-ion Batteries

Recycled tires could see new life in lithium-ion batteries that provide power to plug-in electric vehicles and store energy produced by wind and solar, say researchers at the Department of Energy's Oak Ridge National Laboratory.

28 Aug 2014

Andalay Solar Announces Collaboration with Highpower International

Andalay Solar, a leading manufacturer of integrated solar power systems, announced a collaboration with Highpower International, Inc., a developer, manufacturer, and marketer of lithium and nickel-metal hydride (Ni-MH) rechargeable batteries, to launch a pilot project that will provide technologically advanced energy storage systems for Andalay Solar customers and enhance system performance while keeping the cost reasonably affordable and viable.

19 Aug 2014

New Liquid Alloy Electrode May Enable Batteries to Store More Renewable Energy and Strengthen Power Grid

Sun, wind and other renewable energy sources could make up a larger portion of the electricity America consumes if better batteries could be built to store the intermittent energy for cloudy, windless days. Now a new material could allow more utilities to store large amounts of renewable energy and make the nation’s power system more reliable and resilient.

4 Aug 2014

Major Shift on to Power Future Generations of Electric Vehicles

A major shift from gasoline-powered to affordable electric vehicles feels tantalizingly close, but the battery technology that could make it happen still needs to catch up to its own hype. Although luxury-car maker Tesla is banking on lithium-ion to power future generations of electric vehicles, others are taking a chance on promising new approaches, according an article in Chemical & Engineering News (C&EN), the weekly news magazine of the American Chemical Society.

18 Jul 2014

Delta Electronics’ New Battery Energy Storage Solution for Smart Grid Applications

Delta Electronics, a global leader in power and thermal management solutions headquartered in Taiwan, announced today the launch of a new Battery Energy Storage Solution (BESS), at a press conference in Paris. This innovative energy-saving solution is complementary with renewable energy production systems in smart grids, and helps managing energy demand to ultimately reduce or defer the overall costs of grid investment and power dispatch.

30 Jun 2014

UK’s 2MW Lithium-Titanate Battery-based Energy Storage System to Use Toshiba’s SCiB Battery

Toshiba Corporation today announced that it has been selected to provide the battery for the United Kingdom’s first 2MW scale lithium-titanate battery based Energy Storage System (ESS) to support grid management.

25 Jun 2014