As battery costs fall, storage deployments rise. That trend led to a record year for energy storage deployment in 2015, and the trend will continue into the future, according to BNEF’s New Energy Outlook.

“Batteries will get a boost as costs drop and developers see the chance for lucrative new revenue streams,” said Julia Attwood, storage analyst at BNEF.

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We all know that the solar industry, particularly in the UK has lost a significant number of jobs in the last nine months. We also know that energy storage is the hottest of hot topics at present, and a sector predicted to see substantial growth. However, as I’ve written before, the number of jobs available in the storage sector doesn’t come close to the number of solar jobs lost. Demand outstrips supply. What is more, many of the jobs lost to solar do not lend themselves to transfer to the storage sector, for an obvious example think roofer.

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The Energy Storage Association recently announced it approves of the work the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission is doing to support energy storage. FERC is conducting a review related to market barriers for energy storage. ESA says FERC is using a careful approach to helping energy storage expand in the marketplace.

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Energy Storage News: What exactly is wrong with renewables, and why aren’t we all-green already? Subsidy abuse and insufficient economic viability in the face of cheap oil are two of the most common criticisms thrown at the renewable industry.

These, however, are nothing compared to the biggest challenge that the green energy industry has encountered: the impossibility to store power produced—at least not in an affordable and reliable enough way.

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Utility companies or others planning to install renewable energy systems such as solar and wind farms have to decide whether to include large-scale energy storage systems that can capture power when it’s available and release it on demand. This decision may be critical to the future growth of renewable energy.

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Energy Storage News – Don’t look now, but corporate America may lead the next phase of the renewable energy revolution. And that’s terrible news for utilities across the country.

Companies are looking at renewable energy as a way to save costs, lock in rates, and go green, and they may have more power to upset the utility business model than even a million homeowners installing solar panels. The defection of even a small number of large companies from the traditional grid could cause havoc in the utility industry. 

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Judging by most press coverage, the electric vehicle sales race is between Tesla and the rest of the world. Or maybe it’s between the Nissan Leaf, which set the record for U.S. sales in 2014, and the Chevy Volt, a plug-in hybrid that sold well back in the day. Actually, the dynamic has shifted in the first half of 2016. The EV sales contest is now a two-horse race, with the Tesla Model S on top and the Volt just behind. If inventory remains strong, Chevy could make it interesting all summer long.

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June 6 (SeeNews) – General Electric’s (NYSE:GE) startup-collaboration division, GE Ventures, has added German energy storage specialist Sonnen GmbH to its investment portfolio, the German company said in a statement on Monday.

The US venture capital company, along with existing investors in Sonnen, provided a sum in the double-digit million-euro range that should help the German firm develop its brand of residential power storage systems.

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The latest developments in energy storage promise a greener future for the electrical industry. With more effective and reliable interaction between renewable resources and the grid, greenhouse gas emissions can be reduced. Several studies have been conducted by both the private and public sectors to analyze the impact of such technology on the electrical grid. For example, a study released by Texas utility Oncor Electric Delivery Co.highlighted the many benefits of this technology for the grid:

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BOULDER, Colo.–(BUSINESS WIRE)–A new report from Navigant Research examines the growing opportunities for energy storage systems (ESSs) to provide numerous services to the grid, with global market forecasts for power capacity, energy capacity, and revenue, segmented by region, technology, and application, through 2025.

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