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Tuesday, October 9, 2012

Energy Storage Update 10/9


Mobile and Stationary Energy Storage
Solar Novus Today
Foto_copy The layout of the Battery+Storage/f-cell show and conference, held this week in Stuttgart shows that the topic of energy storage overlaps into several industries and disciplines. Mobile storage technology for vehicles, for instance, is ...http://www.solarnovus.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=5788:mobile-and-stationary-energy-storage&catid=75:editors-blogs&Itemid=352

Solar Novus Today
Energy Storage, Demand Response Critical To Avoiding Wind And Solar Power ...
North American Windpower
Automated demand response (AutoDR), energy storage and natural-gas generation will all be critical to avoiding the curtailment of renewable energy like wind and solar power, finds a new report from Lux Research. As renewables like wind and solar ...http://www.nawindpower.com/e107_plugins/content/content.php?content.10511
Liquid Air Energy Storage System Could Compete with Batteries
CleanTechnica
According to the Institute of Mechanical Engineers, an energy storage system that cools air until it becomes liquid could compete with batteries. The liquid is then stored inside a vacuum flask to keep it in a cold, liquid state until it is needed. Air ...http://cleantechnica.com/2012/10/09/liquid-air-energy-storage-system-could-compete-with-batteries/
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Power Engineering Magazine
LONDON 9 October, 2012 The significant shortfall in electricity supply within the next three years highlighted by Ofgem in its latest report presents a strong case for energy storage technologies as they can de-couple production and consumption of ...http://www.power-eng.com/news/2012/10/09/frost-sullivan-energy-storage-is-the-answer-to-looming-power-shortages-nl-energy-storage-will-help-t.html
Research seeks affordable energy storage for e-cars
EE Times India
At the same time, they will increase the share of renewable energies in energy-intensive production. For instance, KIT experts plan to install a photovoltaic system with integrated stationary energy storage at the KIT campus. Thus, it will become ...http://www.eetindia.co.in/ART_8800676121_1800008_NT_58992432.HTM
German Study: Not Much Power Storage or Coal Power Needed for 40 ...
CleanTechnica
There isn't much of a need for power storage in Germany even if it increases the share of its electricity that is generated by renewable sources by around 50%, according to a new study by the German engineering association VDE. Importantly, the study ...http://cleantechnica.com/2012/10/09/german-study-not-much-power-storage-or-coal-power-needed-for-40-renewable-power-supply/
Singapore's Chemoil to sell Chemoil Storage for $285 mln
Reuters
SINGAPORE Oct 9 (Reuters) - Chemoil Energy Ltd is selling Chemoil Storage Ltd, which owns a company providing fuel storage services on Singapore's Jurong Island, to Oiltanking GmbH for $285 million. Chemoil said on Tuesday it will realise an estimated ...http://www.reuters.com/article/2012/10/09/chemoil-idUSL3E8L94H120121009
Palisades sues federal government over lack of waste storage
Michigan Radio
Now news that Palisades Nuclear Power Plant, run by Entergy Energy, joins a list of other nuclear power plant operators to sue the federal government over a lack of waste storage. From the Kalamazoo Gazette: In the complaint, filed Sept. 26 in federal ...http://www.michiganradio.org/post/palisades-sues-federal-government-over-lack-waste-storage
PRiME Draws a Record 4000 Attendees to Hawai'i Convention Center
TSNN Trade Show News (blog)
PRiME featured the second international ECS Electrochemical Energy Summit (E2S) Oct. 11, which serves as a leading forum on the challenges of large-scale energy storage. The summit will cover technical, economic and social perspectives, highlighting ...http://www.tsnn.com/news-blogs/prime-draws-record-4000-attendees-hawaii-convention-center
 Is a fuel cell technically an energy storage device?
I've heard fuel cells being called energy storage devices. However, unlike batteries, they only convert energy. They don't store anything unless you consider the ...
www.physicsforums.com/showthread.php?p=4103537

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