Leclanché, (which specializes in) large-format lithium-ion cells and energy storage solutions, announced today that Bruellan Corporate Governance Action Fund ('Bruellan') has agreed to increase the current bridge loan of EUR 5 million ... by an additional EUR 1.5 million to provide for additional time to the Company to pursue its fund raising efforts.
Startup Eos Energy ... raised a $15 million series B round from a group of investors including power company NRG Energy. Eos Energy ... has been building a low cost grid battery using air and zinc that it hopes utilities and power companies will buy to help manage their grids and combine with solar and wind projects.
Enough Northwest wind energy to power about 85,000 homes each month could be stored in porous rocks deep underground for later use, according to a new, comprehensive study. Researchers at the (DoE's) Pacific Northwest National Laboratory and Bonneville Power Administration identified two unique methods for this energy storage approach and two eastern Washington locations to put them into practice.
One issue was approval of a settlement involving the Waltham, Mass.-based company, now known as B456 Systems, its official creditors committee, and Milwaukee-based auto parts maker Johnson Controls Inc.
Energy storage leaders will turn their eyes to California yet again this week as hundreds of the industry’s executives meet in Santa Clara for the Electricity Storage Association’s (ESA’s) annual conference .
IDS Solar Technologies ... announced the completion of its circuit board design for its feature-rich integrated battery management and charge controller system.
S&C Electric Europe, a smart grid and renewable energy integration company has entered into a strategic partnership with The University of Strathclyde's Power Networks Demonstration Centre (PNDC) to develop smart electrical solutions ... In addition, the investment will also be used to develop Community Energy Storage (CES) units, which are battery-based domestic energy storage system providing reliable backup power.
EnerVault Corporation announced today the appointment of energy industry veteran Jim Pape as Chairman and Chief Executive Officer. Mr. Pape has a 30 plus year track record leading commercial efforts at Fortune 500 and start-up companies in rapidly evolving markets like renewable energy and energy efficiency as well as established industries such as military aerospace and industrial manufacturing.
Some engineers are dusting off an old idea for storing energy—using electricity to liquefy air by cooling it down to nearly 200 °C below zero. When power is needed, the liquefied air is allowed to warm up and expand to drive a steam turbine and generator.
Gildemeister clarified the recent statement by the Austrian competition authority as to the Mori Seiko intent to takeover the Germany based machine tool manufacturer. In reality, the announcement referred to the plan of Mori Seiki to purchase just a quarter of the shares.
A Norwegian company called Subhydro is making forays into underwater hydroelectrical power plants, and Canadian company Hydrostor is creating an underwater grid storage system.
ZBB Energy (commissioned) a multi-generation source ZBB EnerSystem that provides uninterrupted power to DC voltage lighting loads, rack power to servers and other miscellaneous loads in a lab set up at a data center of the credit-card company Visa.
Maxwell Technologies received ... an additional notification letter from the Listing Qualifications Department of the NASDAQ Stock Market LLC ("NASDAQ") advising the company that, due to its inability to file with the Securities and Exchange Commission its quarterly report on Form 10-Q for the period ended March 31, 2013 on a timely basis, and because the company remains delinquent in filing its Form 10-K for the fiscal year ended December 31, 2012, the company is not in compliance with NASDAQ Listing Rule 5250(c)(1) for continued listing.
U.S. Army and Lockheed Martin commissioned the first U.S. Department of Defense (DoD) grid-tied microgrid integrating both renewable resources and energy storage ... The project was funded by the DoD's Environmental Security Technology Certification Program.
AGRION brings together business leaders and key stakeholders for cleaner, more efficient energy development and resilient infrastructure planning through weekly onsite and online meetings, task forces and initiatives across multiple verticals in cities worldwide.
SunPower plans to sell lithium ion batteries -- or other energy storage technology -- bundled with solar panels. The move follows other solar companies into the energy storage space.
Revenue for the Battery Manufacturing industry in China is set to total $119.3 billion in 2013, with annualized revenue growth estimated at 20.3% over the past five years, says IBISWorld.
Greensmith Energy Management Systems has achieved over 9 MWh in installed and contracted energy storage capacity with customers in the US , Canada , and Australia.
Navitas Systems, a leading provider of energy-enabled system solutions and energy storage products for commercial, industrial and government agency customers, announced today that it has received a Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) award of $150,000 from the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE).
(An) assistant professor of chemical engineering at the University of New Hampshire has received an Early Career Research Award from the U.S. Department of Energy to pursue research that will improve the ability to store energy in supercapacitors. The award (is) $750,000 over five years ...
