energy storage
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The town of Namie, in eastern Japan, was devastated by the earthquake and tsunami of 2011, and has struggled to recover from the devastation of that day. Almost seven years later, the first new plant in town is set to open, one contributing to clean energy and zero-emission vehicles to boot. Carmaker Nissan and an arm of the giant trading company Sumitomo will open a plant to analyze, reuse, and recycle used and end-of-life battery packs from Nissan's electric cars. DON'T MISS: Used electric-car batteries should be recycled, not reused: report (Dec 2016) Nissan and Sumitomo together have set...
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UPS adds battery energy storage for 118 electric vans in UK
Electric vehicles are not only zero-emission and quieter and more pleasant to drive, they also clearly lower emissions of the carbon dioxide linked to climate change under most circumstances. For fleet operators who recharge large fleets of electric vehicles overnight, however, the load on electric...
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What maker offers electric cars, plus solar panels and energy storage, beside Tesla?
While Tesla may be the automaker most known for marketing home-solar equipment, it's actually not the only player on the block. Japanese automaker Nissan previously offered home-energy storage solutions in Europe, dubbed Nissan xStorage, that utilized cells recycled from Nissan Leaf batteries...
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Tesla's huge Australia battery won't last as world's largest: Hyundai in the wings
As Elon Musk basks in the glow of meeting his 100-day challenge to install the world's largest utility battery in South Australia, another company is looking to take his crown. Hyundai Electric & Energy Systems Co. announced on November 23 it took an order for an industrial energy-storage...
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Tesla's solar and battery project in Hawaii: we do the math
Tesla’s summer announcement of the world’s biggest battery-storage system in South Australia characteristically kept key details confidential. Fortunately, while mystery and mystique still shroud that project, more can be unearthed or inferred for Tesla's solar panel and battery...
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Mercedes launches home energy-storage battery, echoing Tesla
As Tesla regularly points out, the lithium-ion battery cells used in electric cars can also serve in home energy-storage units. Now, a Daimler company will go up against Tesla in that field under the branding of its most famous luxury-car make. Mercedes-Benz Energy announced yesterday that it is...
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If only we could all be as optimistic, and energetic, as Tesla CEO Elon Musk. Even as Tesla gears up for mass production of the Model 3 electric car and a hoped-for annual production rate of 500,000 total cars by next year, Musk has found time to place a high-profile bet on the renewable energy part of Tesla's businesses. In this case, it has to do with the electric grid in South Australian, which gets more than 40 percent of its energy from wind power. DON'T MISS: Tesla's battery farm on Kauai opens, large-scale solar energy for Hawaii The region has experienced several recent, high-profile...
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Tesla's battery farm on Kauai opens, large-scale solar energy for Hawaii
Even before Elon Musk engineered Tesla's acquisition of SolarCity, the two companies were collaborating. SolarCity was already controlled by Musk, who believes its solar-energy business can be reinforced and complemented by Tesla's energy-storage business. Last year, Tesla announced a joint project...
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3 California battery storage sites come online, one from Tesla
Long a leader in the push to reduce vehicle emissions and switch to renewable energy, California marks another milestone this week. The last of three battery energy-storage sites will come online in Southern California, providing storage and buffering for unpredictable renewable energy. Together...
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Home energy storage batteries lose to grid-connected solar on environmental impact
At first glance, renewable-energy sources like solar power and energy-storage battery packs seem like a logical match. Energy storage allows excess power collected by solar panels to be stored for later use, addressing the intermittent nature of solar power. It's a concept that has already won over...
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Energy storage batteries face biggest test in California
From the perspective of both renewable-energy advocates and electric utilities, grid-scale energy storage offers many potential benefits. By storing energy in battery packs for later use, energy storage can make intermittent renewable sources like solar and wind into more reliable forms of power...
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Supercapacitor energy density could soar using contact-lens polymer
U.K. researchers believe the polymer used in soft contact lenses could boost supercapacitor energy density.
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A new report claims reuse of electric-car batteries for energy storage is inefficient.
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Tesla stores to focus on energy as well as electric cars
Tesla's retail stores will be revamped to promote Powerwall battery packs, according to a new report.
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Tesla, SolarCity, and Ta'u: sun, storage batteries, clean energy (video)
Tesla and SolarCity collaborated on a renewable-energy project in American Samoa.
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Tesla 'Master Plan' update defends Autopilot; electric SUV, pickup, autonomous bus coming
Elon Musk's updated "master plan" for Tesla includes greater emphasis on autonomous vehicles.
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VT electric utility sells Tesla Powerwall batteries to its customers
Vermont utility Green Mountain Power is selling discounted Tesla Powerwall battery packs to its customers.
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BMW electric-car batteries to be used as home energy-storage devices
BMW will use i3 battery packs for home energy storage.
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Tesla and SolarCity will construct a combined solar farm and energy storage array in Hawaii.
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Nissan home energy-storage battery: another front against Tesla?
Nissan is launching a line of energy-storage battery packs called xStorage.
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French oil company Total agrees to buy battery maker Saft
Energy storage has never been the subject of more research, capital investment, and business interest than it's experiencing in this decade. With lithium-ion cells at the forefront of both electric cars and stationary batteries used to store renewable energy for later use, batteries are hot. Now...
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Reusing electric-car batteries: great idea, lots of practical challenges
In theory, it's a wonderful concept: once their tenure in an electric car is over, lithium-ion battery packs with as much as 70 percent of their energy capacity remaining can be sold and reused. In practice, however—especially at scale—the idea turns out to have some practical...
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U.S. advanced research agency optimistic on storage-battery progress
The Federal government's Advanced Research Projects Agency-Energy said last week that it has made huge strides toward creating a next generation of batteries for energy storage. The agency is tasked with kickstarting energy-related projects in the private sector; its director suggested that the new...
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Tesla Finally Gets Tesla.com Domain; Could Name Change Follow?
Tesla Motors now owns the domain name "Tesla.com."
Stephen Edelstein