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Sandia Releases Web Tool to Evaluate Energy Storage Options

Sandia National Laboratories and the Department of Energy have released a new tool to help utilities, developers and regulators identify the energy storage options that best meet their needs. Partnering with DNV KEMA, a global testing and consulting firm,...

Germany's E.ON to Add 300MW Pumped Hydro Energy Storage

E.ON intends to considerably enlarge the capacity of Waldeck pumped-storage hydroelectric station on Lake Eder in the federal state of Hesse in central Germany. E.ON will begin building a new 300 megawatt pumped-storage plant next to the existing Waldeck...

$74 Million in Fuel Cell R&D Funding Offered by DoE

The U.S. Department of Energy is accepting applications for a total of up to $74 million to support the research and development of clean, reliable fuel cells for stationary and transportation applications. Hydrogen systems can serve as viable energy...

DoE Guarantees $1.45 Billion Loan for 250MW Abengoa Solar Thermal Project

A $1.45 billion loan guarantee has been finalized for Abengoa Solar Inc.’s Solana project, the world’s largest parabolic trough concentrating solar plant. The announcement was made by U.S. Department of Energy Secretary Stephen Chu. Located near Gila...

Pumped-Hydro to be Installed at Portugal's Venda Nova III

Voith Hydro Heidenheim has been awarded a new order from the Portuguese energy company EDP (Energias de Portugal) for two reversible pumped storage units. Voith Hydro, in a consortium with Siemens Portugal, is to supply the complete electromechanical...

Sopogy Lands 200MW China Project for Thermal Energy Storage

Sopogy, a Honolulu solar power technology company, is planning a 200-megawatt solar thermal project for the China's National Utility, The State Grid. The company signed a memorandum of understanding last Thursday with China’s Yu Hao Long Corp., which...

Energy Storage in Utah: New Report Calls for CAES

An environmental group in Utah called HEAL Utah (Healthy Environment ALliance of Utah) issued a report earlier this week titled "eUtah: A Renewable Energy Roadmap". The study, which was written by Arjun Makhijani, Ph.D, was commissioned by HEAL Utah....

Gridflex Proposes 300MW Energy Storage Project for Hawaii

Gridflex Energy, LLC – a developer of bulk energy storage projects providing support to renewable energy – has proposed a first-of-its-kind pumped storage hydroelectric project that would use the ocean as the lower of two reservoirs.The 300 megawatt project,...

$4B 1GW NaS Energy Storage Project Goes to Mexico

Mexico President Calderon announced today at COP16/CMP6, the United Nations Climate Change Conference, his intention to support a project by Rubenius, a Dubai-based alternative energy and smart grid enabler, to provide energy storage to enable use of...

Altairnano Wins 10MW Energy Storage Project

Reno-based Altair Nanotechnologies, Inc. (Altairnano) (NASDAQ: ALTI) (NASDAQ: ALTID), has been selected by Inversiones Energéticas, S.A. de C.V. (INE), one of El Salvador's largest electric utilities, to provide a turn-key 10 MW lithium-titanate based...

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