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The Electricity Storage Association is an international trade association established to foster development and commercialization of energy storage technologies. Our mission is to promote the development and commercialization of competitive and reliable energy storage delivery systems for use by electricity suppliers and their customers.
At the Silicon Valley Energy Storage Symposium and Technology Showcase on January 20 in Sunnyvale, CA about 100 people attended to discuss energy storage technologies and the challenges we face.
Organized by Joint Venture of Silicon Valley, the symposium brought together key public officials, private sector leaders, academia and research participants whom engage in a discussion of the future of energy storage. For additional information about Joint Venture’s work and events, go to the last section of this article.
Storage technologies are an important element of the smart grid. In his keynote address, Brad Roberts presented ‘Electricity storage – Optimizing the use of renewable energy’.
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Most importantly, Senator Wyden gave the DOE 60 days to produce a “blueprint” of its plans for energy storage after the current stimulus program is complete. He wants the momentum created by the stimulus to continue and not allow DOE to “wait and see what happens” as a result of the stimulus. Senator Wyden pressed FERC Chairman Wellinghof to make storage a higher priority in rule making by FERC. Senator Udall made a point to FERC that storage needs to be considered its own asset class just like T&D and Generation.
Read more...Executive E-Briefing from Customized Energy Solutions and Strategic Decisions Group
Date: 16th December 2009
Time: 9 – 10 a.m. Pacific Time / 12 – 1 p.m. Eastern Time
Registration fee: Free Venue, Webinar (Please visit http://www.ces-ltd.com/webinar.html for additional information and registration form.)
Rep. Mike Thompson [D-CA-1] and Rep. David Wu [D-OR-1] introduced a House version of the Senate STORAGE bill written by Senator Ron Wyden [D-OR]. These STORAGE bills recognize the need for storage in the US electricity grid and offer tax incentives to foster innovation and deployment of energy storage technologies. Please read the texts of the Bills below and learn more about the potential impact storage can make on the development of a Smart Grid in America. Read more…
H.R 4210 Storage Technology of Renewable and Green Energy Act of 2009
S. 1091 Storage Technology of Renewable and Green Energy Act of 2009
S. 1091 Storage Act Frequently Asked Questions
Five Technologies that Could Change Everything
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See a complete listing of the awards of funds from the DOE American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009 (ARRA) for the all catagories under the Battery and Component Manufacturing Initiatives. battery_awardee_list.pdf
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