ViZn Energy Systems Inc. has announced that they will be partnering with Jabil Inala to offer turnkey storage solutions to the African power market. Africa has 13 percent of the world’s population, but accounts for only four percent of the world’s energy demand, leaving a gap of around 600 million people with no access to electricity according to the International Energy Agency’s Africa Energy Outlook.
30 September, 2016
European train builder Alstom has just unveiled its first zero-emissions train. The Coradia iLint regional train replaces the diesel power plant with hydrogen fuel cells, while offering the same level of performance.
28 September, 2016
Global battery energy storage system (BESS) installed capacity is set to grow from 1.5 GW in 2015 to over 14 GW by 2020, as large numbers of projects are planned to be commissioned over the forecast period due to increasing renewable installations and focus on grid stability, according to research and consulting firm GlobalData.
23 September, 2016
E.ON will install and operate a ten megawatt battery to equalize the feed-in of renewable energy to the transmission network operated by US regional energy provider, Tucson Electric Power.
14 September, 2016
French oil company Total, with energy storage firm Saft and SunPower in its portfolio, is the first oil “supermajor” entering new areas of business including solar plus storage and distributed generation, Lux Research says.
07 September, 2016
UK-based Ceres Power has a key development role in a recently selected US Department of Energy programme award to Cummins Inc, to develop a novel, modular 5 kW solid oxide fuel cell (SOFC) system that is scalable up to 100 kW, initially targeted at data centres.
01 September, 2016