Ice Energy Reaches Big California Virtual Power Plant Milestones

Credit to Author: Zachary Shahan| Date: Sat, 19 Oct 2024 01:13:42 +0000

Thermal energy storage company Ice Energy has a 25.6 MWh utility-scale energy storage program in the Southern California Edison (SCE) utility district. It’s been in operation for five years and is spread out across 100 customer sites. It’s part of the Southern California Virtual Power Plant (“VPP”) Thermal Storage Project. … [continued]

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The Climate Menace Hidden in Plain Sight

Credit to Author: Guest Contributor| Date: Tue, 06 Aug 2024 18:42:28 +0000

A primer on refrigerants and their impacts on climate change. Refrigerants are everywhere. They’re in our air conditioners and heat pumps, in our fridges — even in our cars! Yet, despite this ubiquity, refrigerants are an oft-neglected subject within electrification strategies despite their major contribution to the greenhouse effect. Perhaps … [continued]

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Rondo Energy Is Working On Ways To Decarbonize Process Heat

Credit to Author: Steve Hanley| Date: Wed, 10 Jul 2024 18:14:24 +0000

Rondo Energy is on a mission to prove that heat storage is cost competitive with more traditional technologies.

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More Hotshots Pick Hot Bricks For Industrial Energy Storage

Credit to Author: Tina Casey| Date: Fri, 28 Jun 2024 14:09:24 +0000

A new thermal energy storage technology is being deployed to reduce greenhouse gas emissions from industrial facilities.

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Thermal Energy Storage To Beat Natural Gas In Northeast US

Credit to Author: Tina Casey| Date: Fri, 07 Jun 2024 14:55:07 +0000

A new thermal energy storage system aims to push natural gas out of industrial processes in New York and six other states in the US Northeast, with an assist from hot rocks.

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Aramco, Rondo Energy Studying GW-Scale Thermal Storage, Hydrogen, Carbon Capture Deployment

Credit to Author: Contributed Content| Date: Wed, 22 May 2024 12:34:23 +0000

A major global energy and chemicals company has entered into a memorandum of understanding (MoU) with a provider of lower-carbon industrial heat and power, with the groups beginning engineering studies […]

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World’s Largest Concrete Thermal Energy Storage Pilot Successfully Tested

Credit to Author: Contributed Content| Date: Thu, 16 May 2024 13:48:31 +0000

EPRI, in collaboration with Southern Company and Storworks, has recently completed testing of a pilot concrete thermal energy storage (CTES) system at Alabama Power’s Ernest C. Gaston Electric Generating plant […]

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Bill Gates-Backed Group Supporting New Energy Storage Technology

Credit to Author: Darrell Proctor| Date: Tue, 12 Dec 2023 12:48:00 +0000

A Massachusetts-based group developing an energy storage system to support renewable energy resources is moving forward with plans for a prototype facility outside Boston. Fourth Power on Dec. 12 said […]

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New Energy Storage In-A-Can To Balance EV Charging At Convenience Stores

Credit to Author: Tina Casey| Date: Mon, 10 Apr 2023 17:25:26 +0000

energy storage ev charging Parkland convenience storesParkland is pilot-testing a new energy storage system to go with its “EV Charging Station Of The Future.”

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The Magic of Heat Pumps: Transforming Homes & Combating Climate Change

Credit to Author: Michael Barnard| Date: Sun, 08 Jan 2023 02:40:44 +0000

DALL·E created image of a warm and comfortable home interior with a family in the style of impressionismHarvest Thermal is a company focused on electrifying home heating and hot water systems with its thermal storage heat pump technology. The system reduces homeowners’ energy costs and carbon emissions by shifting heat production to off-peak hours and optimizing energy use through stratified thermal storage and data-driven controls.

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