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April 16, 2012
The U.S., Japan, and China Lead the $113.5 Billion Grid Storage Market in 2017

Despite regulatory uncertainty, a highly fragmented global market, and a risk-averse client base, the demand for energy storage on the grid will zoom to $113.5 billion in 2017, from a $2.8 billion market in 2012, reaching 185.4 GWh of capacity from 3.2 GWh.

News, Energy Storage, Smart Grid
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March 8, 2012
Arizona Public Service Testing Energy Storage in Flagstaff

Arizona Public Service Co. began testing a new 1.5 MWh energy storage system that is the size of a shipping container and can generate the equivalent power output of 1,200 hybrid cars or 300,000 cell phone batteries.

News, Energy Storage
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February 28, 2012
UK Deploys Battery Storage

UK Power Networks installs Lithium-ion battery storage system on a distribution network.

Spotlight, Electric Distribution, Energy Storage, Energy Delivery
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February 15, 2012
U.S. Grid Energy Storage Market to Reach 4 GW by 2016, Driving an Increase in Copper Demand

The projected increase in the U.S. market for grid energy storage devices could result in an increase in the demand for copper over the next five years.

News, Energy Storage
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January 31, 2012
Power Storage

The puzzle of how best to store electricity — whether at grid scale or building scale — has huge implications for the future of renewable energy and the smart grid.

In The Know, Energy Storage
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January 30, 2012
Storage Wars: Bankruptcy, Batteries and Supercapacitors

 Availability of economic distributed storage for the electrical grid greatly benefits from electric vehicle technology breakthroughs.

Insights, Distributed, Energy Storage
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January 2, 2012
China’s State Grid Launches Large Battery Energy Storage Station

BYD and the State Grid Corporation of China (SGCC) have finished construction on what may be the world’s largest battery energy storage station.

News, Energy Storage
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December 12, 2011
DOE Awards More Than $7 Million for Hydrogen Storage Technologies in Fuel Cell Electric Vehicles

The U.S. Department of Energy has announced more than $7 million to fund four projects in California, Washington and Oregon to advance hydrogen storage technologies to be used in fuel cell electric vehicles.

News, Electric/Hybrid vehicles, Energy Storage, Transportation
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November 28, 2011
New Projects Confirm Germany's Role in Energy Storage Segment

Two new developments confirm Germany's position as a top location to implement energy storage technology: Canadian fuel cell maker Ballard announced the opening of its new European headquarters in Germany this week. And last week a new project to store wind energy via hydrogen in the German natural gas grid was also unveiled.

News, Business, Energy Storage
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November 16, 2011
Top Five Emerging Grid Storage Technology Companies Revealed

The new Lux Research Grid Storage Tracker reveals that the lineup of leading emerging energy storage suppliers is indeed seeing a significant shake-up.

News, Business, Energy Storage, Smart Grid