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Thursday, August 30, 2012

Energy Storage Update 8/31


Companies Attempt Mountaintop Energy Storage
Energy and Capital
Caves and mountaintops for electricity storage? That seems to be the newest development as companies ranging from Siemens AG (NYSE: SI) to General Electric (NYSE: GE) to Energy Cache (a startup backed by Bill Gates) are squeezing air into salt mines ...
US GAS: Futures Steady Ahead of Gas Storage Data
Wall Street Journal
Hot summer weather and strong demand for gas from power generators has trimmed the level of injections into storage this summer, compared with historical levels, but high output has kept inventories growing. Gas injections haven't topped the year ...
Energy Sees Broad Declines; Nat Gas Rises Despite Storage Spike; Statoil's ...
Barron's (blog)
Energy Sees Broad Declines; Nat Gas Rises Despite Storage Spike; Statoil's New Plays. Email; Print. smaller; Larger. By Teresa Rivas. Energy names were falling across the board today, after losing ground yesterday, with Exxon (XOM) and Chevron (CVX) ...
Asian grid-scale energy storage market to reach $3.6 billion this year – Zpryme
EcoSeed
Constituting more than half the global market's projected $7.3 billion, Asia's grid-scale energy storage market this year is set reach up to $3.6 billion, according to a report from Zpryme. Asia's numbers are attributed to its large and growing ...


Luminous Power to expand capacity
Business Standard
Power and energy storage company Luminous Power Technologies has plans to expand its battery manufacturing capacity by adding two-three assembly lines at its existing plant at Gagret in Himachal Pradesh with an investment of Rs 70-100 crore over the ...
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UK wind power predictable enough to keep lights on, says think tank IPPR
Telegraph.co.uk
More efficient energy use in homes and businesses, smart meters, electric vehicles, better energy storage and the use of natural gas to make up a capacity shortfall during a long, cold calm spell could help the grid adapt, IPPR said. Interconnections ...

New front month Oct. gas futures seesaw ahead of EIAs
Reuters
... outage rate of about 5,200 MW. STORAGE STILL BLOATED Last week's gas storage report from the U.S. Energy Information Administration showed total domestic gas inventories rose the previous week by 47 billion cubic feet to 3.308 trillion cubic feet.
Charlotte Is Home to Energy Innovation
U.S. Politics Today
With a range of technologies including solar panels, energy storage batteries, smart meters, home energy managers, smart appliances, electric vehicles and charging stations in residential and office garages; this test bed is an example of the bright ...

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