As industries mature from the go-go startup era with a zillion different business models, you tend to see a lot of consolidation. Bigger, better capitalized companies snatch up firms with technologies and services that complement their own, and offerings become […]
China claims ‘world’s largest battery storage station’
China has earned first-place status in the energy world yet again, this time by completing what it says is the “world’s largest battery energy storage station.” Built in conjunction with a 140-megawatt wind- and solar-energy project in Zhangbei, Hebei Province, […]
Opportunities abound to use smart-grid data ‘in ways never before possible’
As utility companies use more and more “smart” devices to gather information about the energy they produce, transmit and sell, they’re facing exponentially growing mountains of data that could be valuable. Actually extracting value from that data, though, can be […]