General Electric (GE), a US multinational corporation, plans to triple its solar and battery energy storage manufacturing capacity in India to 9 GW per year by the end of 2022.Continue Reading
With the fast decrease in the cost of renewable energy generation, such as wind and solar power, there is an increasing need for energy storage technologies to ensure that electricityContinue Reading
We know what we need to do to cut carbon emissions and clean up the air we breathe — replace fossil fuel-burning vehicles with EVs, and fossil fuel power plantsContinue Reading
Grinntech, a start-up specialising in lithium-ion batteries for electric vehicles (EVs) and energy storage systems, announced that it has signed an MoU with the Tamil Nadu government to establish aContinue Reading
Batteries would be a logical choice, if we have to nominate a single technology that has influenced the most in 21st century. Cheap, compact batteries made smartphones and mobile computingContinue Reading
There is a lot of discussion about whether macrogrids or microgrids will be the key to the renewable energy revolution. Some argue we need a vast array of high voltageContinue Reading
There are batteries and there are supercapacitors. Both do the same thing — store electrical energy. Batteries charge relatively slowly and discharge slowly. Supercapacitors charge quickly and discharge quickly. BatteriesContinue Reading
The rise of intermittent power sources such as solar and wind brings along the challenges in planning and operation of the power systems. The problem of intermittent power generation dueContinue Reading
