As promised, I just did a phone interview for three engineering majors at Vanderbilt University who are studying the target market for our client Eos Energy Storage. We discussed the various ways in which this breakthrough in zinc-air batteries could …
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About a year ago, I was lucky enough to be invited to a meeting of the executive team of ARES, Advanced Rail Energy Storage, a company with a unique concept that competes against pumped hydro. I hope you’ll check out …
A friend just sent me a note on this compact, consumer-oriented energy storage device from Toshiba. I’m wondering if it’s a hoax. It delivers 3 kW of stored electricity for 12 hours? If it’s using lithium ion and combines the …
Coming Soon from Toshiba: Consumer Energy Storage Device Read More »
I brought an associate to make a brief presentation to my friends at Eos Energy Storage yesterday. As I’ve mentioned, Eos represents a breakthrough in zinc-air batteries that will soon culminate in electrical storage at $160 / kilowatt-hour, about one-third …
I’m joining some friends in a few minutes for a sushi dinner. This reminds me of the adage about our production and consumption of energy, which, for all intents and purposes, is the only supply chain in the world without storage. …
I always look forward to the Storage Week show each June, as the whole enterprise of energy storage is so important and so multi-varied. Over 95% of the world’s installed energy storage is pumped hydro, but there are a dozen …
Energy Storage Provides Many Benefits, But … It's Complicated Read More »
I’m up in San Jose for the 5th Annual “Storage Week,” a show I eagerly anticipate each year. Not only do I like to keep up on the technologies that are important to integrating renewables into the grid mix, but …
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I started my day with a predawn call to Edison, New Jersey and Mumbia, trying to connect my people at Eos Energy Storage with strategic partners in India. The breakthrough in battery chemistry/design will result in product for sale in …
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One of the things I like most about my friends at Eos Energy Storage is the cleverness and sense of humor of their writing. In their website’s piece about the need for storage on our grid, they quip, “Sushi has …
Here is a magnificent piece on energy storage: a perfect blend of the basic science and economics. It’s a very readable explanation of how and why storage will be required to integrate significant amounts of renewables on the grid. Today, …
Energy Storage, Pumped Hydro, and Synthetic Fuels Read More »
