Energy saving

Greenbyte Energy Cloud chosen by Skyline Renewables

Wednesday, 11 December 2019 Robin Whitlock

Smart asset management and monitoring software, Greenbyte Energy Cloud has been chosen by IPP Skyline Renewables for its initial 800 MW asset portfolio and growth across North America.

Canada

GE upgrades hydro Quebec’s Montagnais substation to meet growing transmission needs

Friday, 07 June 2019 Robin Whitlock

GE’s Grid Solutions business has been awarded a contract to perform key upgrades on hydro Quebec’s Montagnais substation’s protection and control systems.

Pumped hydro storage solves UK Nuclear headache says ILI Group

Friday, 18 January 2019 Robin Whitlock Hitachi, the parent company of Horizon Nuclear Power, has announced it has cancelled development at the proposed Wylfa Newydd power station in Anglesey, North Wales – the second such nuclear project ...

“Sun in a Box” Would Store Renewable Energy for the Grid

Monday, 10 December 2018 Dan McCue Engineers at MIT have come up with a conceptual design for a system to store renewable energy, such as solar and wind power, and deliver that energy back into an electric grid on demand. The system may ...

Fortum to Install Nordic’s Biggest Battery to Support Grid Stability

Monday, 03 December 2018 REM Fortum, headquartered in Espoo, Finland, is installing what it says is the Nordic’s biggest battery at a hydropower plant located on the Dalälven, Sweden. The battery system’s output is 5MW and the ...

Energy Vault Announces Transformative Utility-Scale Energy Storage Technology

Tuesday, 13 November 2018 Dan McCue Energy Vault, an Idealab company, has unveiled its groundbreaking energy storage solution. Based on the principles that underpin traditional gravity-based pumped hydro plants, the new technology combines ...

DNV GL launches first Battery Performance Scorecard to provide independent data to battery system buyers

Friday, 09 November 2018 Robin Whitlock Energy expert and certification body DNV GL has released its first annual Battery Performance Scorecard to help equip energy storage product buyers with objective data to guide their purchase strategies. ...

NantEnergy announces largest global deployment of zinc rechargeable battery system

Tuesday, 09 October 2018 Robin Whitlock NantEnergy has announced, at the One Planet Summit in New York, that the global environmental impact of the company’s green rechargeable battery system has now reached the breakthrough manufacturing ...

Siemens Develops Innovative Energy Storage Demonstrator

Thursday, 28 June 2018 REM A pilot project, developed by Siemens in conjunction with the Science and Technology Facilities Council, the University of Oxford and Cardiff University, has developed the world’s first demonstrator ...

New York’s Energy Storage Roadmap to Aid the State in Meeting Governor’s 1500 MW Goal by 2025

Monday, 25 June 2018 Dan McCue New York has released its comprehensive Energy Storage Roadmap to guide the state toward its nation-leading energy storage target. The Roadmap is designed to help New York accelerate the development of ...