Energy Storage News

Articles from Forbes

1. Editorial: Energy Storage Critical to Solar Industry

   Explore Forbes Jul 21 2011 Solar Photovoltaic , Utility Grid

   

   At the Intersolar conference held last week in San Francisco, energy storage was covered in a pre-conference session, as if storage were an optional topic solar companies could ponder, rather than something critical to the industry’s future. Could it be that most solar folks are still [trying to understand] storage?

   Read Full Article

   Mentions: CA DoE TX

2. World’s 1st Utility Baseload Solar Thermal Plant

   Explore Forbes Jun 21 2011 Utility Grid

   

   Torresol’s "Gemasolar" is a 19.9-MW plant with a 15-hour ‘battery’.

   Read Full Article

   Mentions: Spain China Torresol Energy

3. IRS: Valence investor, Berg, understated income by $110M

   Explore Forbes Jun 7 2011

   

   The Internal Revenue Service says a venture capital business of billionaire Carl E. Berg, the unassuming, low-key New Mexico native who made his fortune in the Silicon Valley, understated its income by $110 million and owes $44 million in back taxes and penalties. ... Over the past two decades, Berg has spent more than $100 million for a 52% stake in Valence Technology, an Austin, Tex. company trying to develop batteries that will power cars. So far, there’s been no payoff. “This is a very tough business, but it has enormous potential,” Berg told Forbes earlier this year.

   Read Full Article

   Mentions: U.S. Mexico Valence

4. Scale vs Stacking Benefits

   Explore Forbes May 20 2011 Utility Grid

   

   Given the steep capital costs of energy storage systems, storage technologies must be able to perform multiple services across different parts of the energy value chain.

   Read Full Article

   Mentions: MIT MA

5. GE Determined to Develop Battery for Solar & Wind

   Explore Forbes May 2 2011 Solar Photovoltaic , Wind , Commercial & Industrial , Military , Utility Grid

   

   GE is determined to come out with a battery system that will store energy, but the investment costs are enormous because it needs to develop a massive storage system for a huge global customer base.

   Read Full Article

   Mentions: GE Enersys Altair Nanotech

Topics in the News

1. (1 articles) MIT
2. (1 articles) NYISO
3. (1 articles) FERC
4. (1 articles) U.S.
5. (1 articles) NY
6. (1 articles) MA
7. (1 articles) GE
8. (1 articles) Enersys
9. (1 articles) Active Power
10. (1 articles) Altair Nanotech
11. (1 articles) UK
12. (1 articles) Germany
13. (1 articles) Hitachi America

Popular Articles

• GE Determined to Develop Battery for Solar & Wind  
• Scale vs Stacking Benefits  
• Editorial: Energy Storage Critical to Solar Industry  
• IRS: Valence investor, Berg, understated income by $110M  
• World’s 1st Utility Baseload Solar Thermal Plant  

Picture Gallery