Michele Kearney's Nuclear Wire: Energy storage update 4/4

Research and Markets: Global Energy Storage Market to 2020
The Herald | HeraldOnline.com
GBI Research's new report, Global Energy Storage Market to 2020 - Targeting Transportation Sector Applications, Advanced Batteries, Ultracapacitors and Fuel Cells all Set for Growth, provides key data, information and analysis on the market ...http://www.heraldonline.com/2013/04/03/4741465/research-and-markets-global-energy.html

Bill Gates Provides Boost To Renewable Energy Storage
CleanTechnica
aquion energy Bill Gates, the well known co-founder of Microsoft, has decided to provide a financial boost to renewable energy storage research and development (R&D). He is one member of a group of high-profile investors who are investing $35 million ...http://cleantechnica.com/2013/04/03/bill-gates-provides-boost-to-renewable-energy-storage/

Train-Based Energy Storage: Making Renewable Energy Reliable With Gravity
iTech Post
The idea operates on the same principle as pumped-storage hydropower, where energy is used to push large quantities of water uphill, or into a tower, or behind a dam. Then, when the energy is needed, the water is released through a turbine, which ...http://www.itechpost.com/articles/7450/20130403/train-based-energy-storage-making-renewable-reliable-gravity.htm

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Bill Gates gives boost to renewables storage
PV-Tech
Aquion claims that by using non-toxic materials such as saltwater, its Aqueous Hybrid Ion batteries are a cheap and environmentally neutral alternative to other energy storage systems on the market, which use potentially hazardous chemicals. The ...http://www.pv-tech.org/news/bill_gates_gives_boost_to_renewables_storage

Nitro-Turbodyne Awarded Patent for Breakthrough Power Conversion ...
Power Engineering Magazine
Leveraging several unique properties of LN2, this patent uses the inverse potential energy stored within LN2 to provide power for generators, pumps, flywheels or other devices. This method thus looks at LN2 as storing a "negative" quantity of energy ...http://www.power-eng.com/news/2013/04/03/nitro-turbodyne-awarded-patent-for-breakthrough-power-conversion-technology-nl-allows-zero-emission.html

SolarReserve Completes Molten Salt Receiver Panel Assembly on Crescent ...
AZoCleantech
Utilizing the most advanced solar thermal technology worldwide, the Crescent Dunes Plant will be the nation's first commercial-scale solar power tower facility with energy storage and the largest power plant of its kind in the world. “With more than ...http://www.azocleantech.com/news.aspx?newsID=18197

AZoCleantech

VTTI expresses its confidence in Cyprus
Financial Mirror
VTTI B.V., one of the world's fastest-growing independent energy storage companies, reaffirmed its support and commitment to Cyprus where its subsidiary, VTT Vasiliko Ltd, is developing a major oil storage terminal. Commenting on the recent economic ...http://www.financialmirror.com/news-details.php?nid=29362

Bill Gates helps power up green battery maker
Business Green
Aquion Energy yesterday confirmed it has raised $35m (£23.2m) in a new funding round for its Aqueious Hybrid Ion batteries and energy storage systems, including an undisclosed sum from the billionaire Microsoft chairman. FURTHER READING ...http://www.businessgreen.com/bg/news/2258830/bill-gates-helps-power-up-green-battery-make

Aquion Energy's Disruptive Battery Tech Picks Up $35M in VC

Greentech Media - ‎Apr 2, 2013‎

While the market for viable energy storage is dependent on regulatory and financial market structures as well as technology, it would be helpful to have a disruptive, cheap, and safe electrochemical storage solution -- one that has superior performance and ...http://www.greentechmedia.com/articles/read/Aquion-Energys-Disruptive-Battery-Tech-Picks-Up-35M-in-VC

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Aquion's Battery-Eating CEO Gives Investors a Charge

Wall Street Journal (blog) - ‎16 hours ago‎

There are few better ways for a CEO to express confidence in his company's product than to eat it. Aquion Energy: Scott Pearson, chief executive of Aquion Energy. Last week, Scott Pearson, chief executive of Aquion Energy, a developer of batteries for the ...