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Nearly 40 New Advanced Energy Storage Projects Kicked Off in the First Half of 2013
According to Navigant Research, 38 new advanced energy storage projects were announced, deployed, or begun in the first six months of 2013.
New technologies, including capacitor battery technology, lithium titanate oxide, nickel-iron, and solar thermal, are swelling the pipeline of advanced energy storage projects. At the same time, new variants on older technologies, such as power-to-gas, are also coming online. These developments define an industry that is dynamic, if still not mature. According to a new tracker report, “Energy Storage Tracker 3Q13”, from Navigant Research, 38 new advanced energy storage projects were announced, deployed, or begun in the first six months of 2013.
In total, there are now 633 energy storage projects operating or under development worldwide, the study concludes.
“There are now 29 different energy storage technologies in use worldwide, some with just a small fraction of the overall market,” says Anissa Dehamna, senior research analyst with Navigant Research. “In terms of regional capacity, Asia Pacific continues to be the world leader in deployed capacity, with almost 1.2 GW, representing 47% of global capacity, followed by North America and Western Europe. In terms of installed projects, however, North America leads with 115 deployments.”
An Executive Summary of the report is available for free download on the Navigant Research website.
7 Comments on "Nearly 40 New Advanced Energy Storage Projects Kicked Off in the First Half of 2013"
GregT on Thu, 22nd Aug 2013 1:30 am
All battery technologies also require fossil fuel input, as well as natural resources.
Non- renewable.
BillT on Thu, 22nd Aug 2013 1:44 am
An awful lot of processing and energy needed to implement these ‘ideas’. No real numbers as to percentages of current energy use or what they are. More techie dreams that are not sustainable/renewable without oil.
mike on Thu, 22nd Aug 2013 4:06 am
well combine this with all this solar energy and wind energy we’ve heard so much about and I expect my energy prices to be coming down considerably in the next 5 years, I also expect the economy to start booming. when it doesn’t will people start to understand ? unlikely they will move onto even more pie in the sky technofixes.
It’s going to be a tough few decades being a rationalist, the further down the road to collapse we go the more and more technofixes will hit the drawing board and then disappear softly into the night with a whisper. I expect the MSM to get fully behind the infinite growth narrative and as such the common man will become even more entrenched in his civil religion called progress.
actioncjackson on Thu, 22nd Aug 2013 5:10 pm
These ‘renewable’ projects are accomplishing nothing more than accelerating the consumption of fossil fuels. It doesn’t matter if they can replace conventional forms of power generation, the shortage is of oil, and it requires oil to produce them. They can hope, but in the end, it’s oil they will need.
bobinget on Thu, 22nd Aug 2013 5:38 pm
I’ll take an unpopular position here and praise development of new energy storage methods. All the while keeping in mind, we are no where near there yet.
(We may never be ‘happy’ with current storage methods, always seeking better methods)
Take electric cars. With more efficient storage batteries* driving ranges can be extended as technology improves. We are on the cusp of developing so many new ultra light super strong
materials such as ‘Grapheme’ which in itself will play an important electronic storage role .
Solar PV’s when on site and producing electricity use no water as does steam generation for both conventional gas and solar thermal generation.
Most often the best siting for thermal solar is a desert.
Deserts are famous for two things. So much for sustainable thermal solar as conventional appeal would have it. PV solar OTOH requires grid tie or storage to be useful during four continuous rain or snow days.
BillT on Fri, 23rd Aug 2013 12:47 am
But, bobinget, deserts are far away from most consumers. They are very unfriendly places without water, which is also disappearing and cannot be made from ‘alternates.’ I think we will see the large cities located in deserts, dry up and disappear before 2050.
It’s not ‘methods’ that are the problem, but the energy and resources necessary to make them happen in quantity. Tell Americans that they have to give up 20% of their lifestyle so that we can make ‘alternates’, and hear them howl. But, with no surplus in either category, someone has to sacrifice to make it happen. That is why BAU is going to remain as long as possible and then collapse the whole system.
Harquebus on Fri, 23rd Aug 2013 1:07 am
Trees will store energy in timber much more efficiently. We won’t have to do much at all really.