On April 22, 2024, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) awarded the Connecticut Department of Energy and Environmental Protection (DEEP) with a $62.45 million grant under its Solar for All initiative, including $400,000 of in kind services from EPA in the form of technical assistance. Project SunBridge will focus on increasing access to …
Powering the energy transition with better storage
Exploring different scenarios and variables in the storage design space, researchers find the parameter combinations for innovative, low-cost long-duration energy storage to potentially make a large impact …
Pumped hydro, batteries, thermal, and mechanical energy storage store solar, wind, hydro and other renewable energy to supply peaks in demand for power.
The Renewable-Energy Revolution Will Need Renewable Storage
Before leaving office, President Donald Trump signed into law the Energy Act of 2020, which included the bipartisan Better Energy Storage Technology (BEST) Act, authorizing a billion dollars to be ...
Apple powers ahead in new renewable energy solutions with over …
Cupertino, California Apple today announced over 110 of its manufacturing partners around the world are moving to 100 percent renewable energy for their Apple production, with nearly 8 gigawatts of planned clean energy set to come online. Once completed, these commitments will avoid over 15 million metric tons of CO2e annually — …
Go big, go DC: an in-depth look at DC-coupled solar …
New technologies and designs aimed at driving down the cost of energy storage facilities are currently the focus of intense industry R&D. Sara Verbruggen reports on DC coupling, an emerging system …
Harvesting Energy at Night: Solar Cell Keeps Working
Solar cells provide power during the day, but saving energy for later use requires substantial battery storage. In Applied Physics Letters, by AIP Publishing, researchers from Stanford University constructed a photovoltaic cell that harvests energy from the environment during the day and night, avoiding the need for batteries …
Community Solar Best Practices Guide: Developing ...
Community solar is a rapidly growing model of solar development in the United States. Community solar provides households, businesses, and other energy users the opportunity to subscribe to a solar array in their community and allows for more equitable access to the benefits of clean energy, especially for households and businesses that cannot host a …
Three scientists at the cutting edge of new energy …
SHIRLEY MENG: Storage solutions. Shirley Meng sees a future power grid that runs largely on megawatt-scale batteries storing energy harvested from wind and solar power.
BESS: The charged debate over battery energy storage systems
When the wind blows and the sun shines turbines and solar panels may generate more energy than needed on a particular day. ... but battery energy storage facilities can replace a portion of these ...
A renewable approach to electric vehicle charging through solar energy ...
Developing novel EV chargers is crucial for accelerating Electric Vehicle (EV) adoption, mitigating range anxiety, and fostering technological advancements that enhance charging efficiency and grid integration. These advancements address current challenges and contribute to a more sustainable and convenient future of electric mobility. …
Energy storage important to creating affordable, reliable, deeply ...
The MITEI report shows that energy storage makes deep decarbonization of reliable electric power systems affordable. "Fossil fuel power plant operators have traditionally responded to demand for electricity — in any given moment — by adjusting the supply of electricity flowing into the grid," says MITEI Director Robert Armstrong, the …
Sensing as the key to the safety and sustainability of new energy ...
The global energy crisis and climate change, have focused attention on renewable energy. New types of energy storage device, e.g., batteries and supercapacitors, have developed rapidly because of their irreplaceable advantages [1,2,3].As sustainable energy storage technologies, they have the advantages of high …
Fluid from the low-temperature tank flows through the solar collector or receiver, where solar energy heats it to a high temperature, and it then flows to the high-temperature tank for storage. Fluid from the high-temperature tank flows through a heat exchanger, where it generates steam for electricity production.
A new form of combined solar power generation and storage is being developed for the UK. It couples thin, flexible, lighter solar sheets with energy storage to power buildings or charge vehicles ...