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		<title>By: Energy Storage&#8217;s Quiet Revolution &#171; Home Energy Americas Blog</title>
		<link>http://gigaom.com/cleantech/solar-power-and-batteries-pair-up/#comment-30214</link>
		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Energy Storage&#8217;s Quiet Revolution &#171; Home Energy Americas Blog]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Wed, 24 Mar 2010 16:54:43 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[&lt;p&gt;[...] January, battery maker GS Battery teamed up with screen-printed solar-cell manufacturer Suniva to develop solar-power systems with batteries [...]&lt;/p&gt;]]></description>
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		<title>By: Energy Storage&#8217;s Quiet Revolution &#171; Don at Dawn</title>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Energy Storage&#8217;s Quiet Revolution &#171; Don at Dawn]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Wed, 24 Mar 2010 14:29:49 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[&lt;p&gt;[...] January, battery maker GS Battery teamed up with screen-printed solar-cell manufacturer Suniva to develop solar-power systems with batteries [...]&lt;/p&gt;]]></description>
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		<title>By: Energy Storage's Quiet Revolution &#124; Energy &#38; Power News</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 22 Mar 2010 07:33:27 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[&lt;p&gt;[...] January, battery maker GS Battery teamed up with screen-printed solar-cell manufacturer Suniva to develop solar-power systems with batteries [...]&lt;/p&gt;]]></description>
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		<title>By: 储能在静悄悄的革命 &#124; Wind Energy News Blog</title>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 20 Mar 2010 15:21:35 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[&lt;p&gt;[...] January, battery maker GS Battery teamed up with screen-printed solar-cell manufacturer Suniva to develop solar-power systems with batteries [...]&lt;/p&gt;]]></description>
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		<title>By: Eco Periodicals &#187; Blog Archive &#187; Energy Storage&#8217;s Quiet Revolution</title>
		<link>http://gigaom.com/cleantech/solar-power-and-batteries-pair-up/#comment-30210</link>
		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Eco Periodicals &#187; Blog Archive &#187; Energy Storage&#8217;s Quiet Revolution]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Fri, 19 Mar 2010 13:40:52 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[&lt;p&gt;[...] January, battery maker GS Battery teamed up with screen-printed solar-cell manufacturer Suniva to develop solar-power systems with batteries [...]&lt;/p&gt;]]></description>
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		<title>By: USA - China - A G2 For Climate and Economy? &#124; Save The Planet - Go Green!</title>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 30 Jan 2010 07:45:20 +0000</pubDate>
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		<title>By: Tips For Driving Green &#124; Energy Goes Green</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 29 Jan 2010 23:22:19 +0000</pubDate>
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		<title>By: Earth Day, Giving Our Planet a Huge Birthday Party! &#124; solar power in kansas</title>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Earth Day, Giving Our Planet a Huge Birthday Party! &#124; solar power in kansas]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Fri, 29 Jan 2010 21:32:10 +0000</pubDate>
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		<title>By: Green Transportation - No Bailouts Necessary &#124; Energy Goes Green</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 29 Jan 2010 20:19:59 +0000</pubDate>
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		<title>By: Jim</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 28 Jan 2010 17:39:37 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[&lt;p&gt;&quot;The companies wouldn’t estimate how much money the combination might actually save customers, saying only that the numbers will depend on the specific application and cost of the energy being saved.&quot;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;Hmm, let&#039;s try, shall we?  Assume $300/kW-hr and 4,000 charge cycles.  That means a total of 4000 kW-hrs can be stored for $300.  (I&#039;m being charitable and ignoring the cost and efficiency losses of the power inverters, and efficiency of charge/discharge of the batteries.)  So that means each kW-hr stored costs 7.5 cents just for the batteries.  If you add in all that other stuff, I&#039;m sure the total cost is much worse.  No bargain.&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;You are far better off putting extra energy generated into your PHEV (or fridge, or AC unit, or pool heater....) and getting any electricity needed at night from the grid.  The grid will even be happy as you are drawing at off-peak hours and supplying yourself at on-peak hours.&lt;/p&gt;]]></description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>&#8220;The companies wouldn’t estimate how much money the combination might actually save customers, saying only that the numbers will depend on the specific application and cost of the energy being saved.&#8221;</p>
<p>Hmm, let&#8217;s try, shall we?  Assume $300/kW-hr and 4,000 charge cycles.  That means a total of 4000 kW-hrs can be stored for $300.  (I&#8217;m being charitable and ignoring the cost and efficiency losses of the power inverters, and efficiency of charge/discharge of the batteries.)  So that means each kW-hr stored costs 7.5 cents just for the batteries.  If you add in all that other stuff, I&#8217;m sure the total cost is much worse.  No bargain.</p>
<p>You are far better off putting extra energy generated into your PHEV (or fridge, or AC unit, or pool heater&#8230;.) and getting any electricity needed at night from the grid.  The grid will even be happy as you are drawing at off-peak hours and supplying yourself at on-peak hours.</p>
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		<title>By: Sweet Solar Home &#187; Blog Archive &#187; Rise &#38; Shine: January 28, 2010</title>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Sweet Solar Home &#187; Blog Archive &#187; Rise &#38; Shine: January 28, 2010]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Thu, 28 Jan 2010 15:07:53 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[&lt;p&gt;[...]  Solar Power and Batteries Pair Up GS Battery claims its batteries can help on-grid customers get a far better return on their investment. [...]&lt;/p&gt;]]></description>
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		<title>By: Steve McGrath</title>
		<link>http://gigaom.com/cleantech/solar-power-and-batteries-pair-up/#comment-30203</link>
		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Steve McGrath]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Thu, 28 Jan 2010 14:30:27 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[&lt;p&gt;Wow, this technology has intriguing possibilities. It&#039;s great to see the dream of getting off the grid with solar move from pipe dream to reality. I met a guy at my local bookstore who did it and blogged on him here. Some good links and tips. http://fwd4.me/DEN&lt;/p&gt;]]></description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Wow, this technology has intriguing possibilities. It&#8217;s great to see the dream of getting off the grid with solar move from pipe dream to reality. I met a guy at my local bookstore who did it and blogged on him here. Some good links and tips. <a href="http://fwd4.me/DEN" rel="nofollow">http://fwd4.me/DEN</a></p>
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