Energy Storage News – A trio of non-profits has come out with a report that makes a strong case for deploying energy storage plus on-site solar for low-income rental housing in California. The analysis projects that under today’s market conditions, the combo has a quick payback and would whittle electricity bills down to practically nothing.

To be clear, the analysis covers the electricity bills of the housing owner, not the tenants. Providing low income renters with the benefits of solar energy storage is a whole other can of worms, but the non-profits do have some suggestions on that score.

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The economic benefits of adding energy storage to solar in California at affordable multi-family dwellings could far outweigh the costs, even doubling savings on energy bills, a new report claims.

The report, ‘Closing the California clean energy divide’, has been produced by the Center for Sustainable Energy, the California Housing Partnership Corporation and the Clean Energy Group. Allowing families in affordable rented housing to take some stake in controlling their energy production and demand could have “significant electric bill savings”, the authors said.

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Nissan and Eaton have partnered to introduce a residential energy storage unit that’s designed to enable customers to take advantage of time-of-use pricing, and to provide back-up power.

The xStorage system is powered by twelve second-life Nissan EV battery modules, and will feature smartphone connectivity. Nissan Design Europe will contribute design expertise to ensure that the unit is aesthetically pleasing (taking a page from Tesla’s book?).

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The Energy Market Authority (EMA) has established a $25 million Energy Storage Programme to develop technologies that will enhance the overall stability and resilience of Singapore’s power system.

Energy Storage System Test- Bed

The Energy Storage System (ESS) Test-bed is one of the initiatives under the Energy Storage Programme. Singapore’s current energy storage landscape is in its nascent stage. As this is one of the first ESS Test-bed, EMA and Singapore Powers will jointly run the Test-bed to better understand the feasibility of deploying grid-level energy storage technologies locally.

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Energy Storage News – Startup will build a better grid by pushing heavy railcars up a hill.

One of the biggest challenges of the shift to renewable energy like solar and wind is energy storage. The wind or sun don’t always generate power exactly when it’s needed, so infrastructure needs to bridge the gap. Batteries are the most frequently discussed solution, but there are other options out there, many of them surprisingly low-tech.

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Energy storage is hitting its stride.

Data from the latest GTM Energy Storage Monitor reveals that the U.S. storage market grew 245 percent in 2015 over 2014 (albeit from a small base). By 2019, America’s storage market could amount to 1.7 gigawatts and be valued at $2.5 billion.

Through my 20-plus years of experience developing storage technology and storage power plants, I believe the best way to understand the future of storage is to view the evolution of the industry through a series of phases.

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With prices dropping rapidly for both renewables and battery storage, the economics of decarbonizing the grid are changing faster than most policymakers, journalists, and others realize. So, as part of myongoing series, “Almost Everything You Know About Climate Change Solutions Is Outdated,” I will highlight individual case studies of this real-time revolution.

My Monday post discussed the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission’s (FERC) report that in the first quarter, the U.S. grid added 18 megawatts of new natural gas generating capacity, but 1,291 MW of new renewables. But one of FERC’s “Electric Generation Highlights” for March deserves special attention as a leading indicator of the revolutionary new economics of solar plus storage:

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Everyone is talking about Lithium Ion. But while everyone was TALKING, a company called Sinetech was already designing and building one of the first and most cost-effective lithium solutions available in South Africa: The PowerBank. The PowerBank is the latest addition to the well-known Omnipower brand by Sinetech. This Lithium Ion energy storage solution was first launched at The Solar Show Africa 2016, held at the Sandton Convention Center in March.

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When it comes to grabbing headlines with visions of the future, few can beat entrepreneur and inventor Elon Musk. He’s behind SpaceX, the rocket company that he sees as a vehicle to his dream of colonising Mars.

Better known, perhaps, are his Tesla electric cars, an increasingly common sight in the US and here in the UK.

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Exergonix just acquired “substantially all of the assets of Coda Energy,” a twice-bankrupt California manufacturer of energy storage systems. Exergonix will assume management and operation of all of the already-installed Coda systems operating at customer sites in California, according to a release.

Exergonix, founded in 2010, claims to have “reliably delivered energy projects geared for commercial- or utility-scale applications and has participated in strategic partnerships to win utility grid-level projects.” Peter Nortman, Coda’s founder and CTO, “will join the management team at Exergonix and will help transition all existing [Self-Generation Incentive Program projects] to Exergonix.”

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