The networking vendor is claiming an industry first with the encrypted version of its 100G Metro technology, which aims to handle large, fast-flowing amounts of data with as much security as it can muster.…
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Meet Solar Grid Storage, a startup mixing batteries and solar
A young startup is building a business around installing solar panels and batteries. Innovation in the energy industry isn't just about new technologies, it's about new business models, too.…
Read MoreSilent Circle will “move on” from NSA-associated encryption standards, but is that necessary?
The secure communications firm will bring in default replacements for widely-used encryption standards that came out of the U.S. National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST). However, at least one security expert thinks this may be "a trifle of an overreaction."…
Read MoreA quest to prove there’s a business case for installing big batteries at buildings
California is set to become a large energy storage market, and that has prompted bankers to figure out whether they could make money from it. Wells Fargo plans to get answers from its own pilot project.…
Read MoreWhy FERC’s energy storage ruling is important
The Federal Regulatory Energy Commission recently passed a new rule for frequency regulation to support emerging technologies that can provide quick bursts of power to the grid. We break down what this new rule means and who will benefit.…
Read MoreThe fate of 9 giant solar farms in Cali
It was roughly a year ago when the California Energy Commission approved nine solar farms all within a few months in order to make sure those projects could qualify for a federal program that subsidizes 30 percent of their costs. Where are they now?…
Read MoreA123 Systems hooks into China’s grid
Only 72 percent of China's wind-power sources are connected to its grid -- meaning there's a good deal of wind turbines that are spinning that aren't providing usable clean power. Battery maker A123 Systems hopes its first deal in China can help with that problem.…
Read MoreThe Mystery of the Imperial Valley Solar Project
What’s going on with a 709 MW solar project planned for the Imperial Valley in Southern California? We just learned from San Diego Gas & Electric’s spokesman, Art Larson, that the utility canceled its contract to buy power from the project.…
Read MoreAES Building World’s Largest Lithium-Ion Battery Grid Projects
Power company AES is in the process of scaling up its lithium-ion grid battery projects to a commercial size, and by the third quarter of this year, plans to start operating a 32-MW project in conjunction with grid operator PJM in West Virginia.…
Read More5 Things You Need to Know About Energy Storage
The Electric Power Research Institute has released a report that lays out energy storage technology options, benefits, performance and costs and how the different technologies play a role in everything from managing the electric grid to managing home energy use.…
Read MoreSoon to Be a Reality: Next-Gen Compressed Air Energy Storage
Utility scale energy storage doesn't get the type of attention as, solar or electric cars -- particularly a tech as dry as compressed air energy storage. But startups are innovating in this area, and two in particular are moving ever closer to commercialization: SustainX and General Compression.…
Read MoreTessera Sells Off 2nd Big Cali Solar Project
Less than two months after Tessera Solar announced the sale of its crown-jewel solar project, it has sold another big project, a 709-MW development, to AES Solar. The sale underscores the difficulties of developing a mega solar project in California's desert.…
Read MoreLatest DOE Loan Guarantee: A123 Battery Project for Grid Storage
And the DOE loan guarantee train keeps on chugging. This morning the DOE says it has offered its 14th loan guarantee -- a $17.1 million conditional commitment to AES to build a 20 MW energy storage system using A123System's (s AONE) lithium ion batteries.…
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