Industrial scale photovoltaic solar field installation in Rosamond, Kern County, California. This article is one in a series investigating the importance of modernizing and decarbonizing the electric ...

Newly formed firm Energy Storage and Power plans to make compressed-air energy storage machines for utilities that need storage for wind and solar power sources. Martin LaMonica is a senior writer ...

Hydrogen storage is the process of storing hydrogen in a way that maintains its availability, purity, and cost-effectiveness ...

The growth of renewable power generation is experiencing a remarkable surge worldwide. According to the U.S. Energy Information Administration (EIA), it is projected that by 2050, the share of wind ...

California is set to be home to two new compressed-air energy storage facilities – each claiming the crown for the world’s largest non-hydro energy storage system. Developed by Hydrostor, the ...

Global demand for compressed natural gas (CNG) and hydrogen fuel cell vehicles continues to grow. However, large-scale adoption of these alternative fuel technologies requires safe, efficient, ...

Noble Gas Systems (Novi, Mich., U.S.) has received a $500,000 prize in the U.S. Department of Energy’s (DOE) Manufacture of Advanced Key Energy Infrastructure Technologies (MAKE IT) initiative for its ...

Hydrostor, a long duration energy storage solution provider, today announced the development of 1,000 MW of long duration energy storage in the state. The California Public Utilities Commission has ...

This is the Jan. 12, 2023, edition of Boiling Point, a weekly newsletter about climate change and the environment in California and the American West. Sign up here to get it in your inbox. What can ...

Storing hydrogen as a compressed cold gas increases the usable energy density, Verne says. Credit: Verne Hydrogen has an unusual characteristic that could be a key to its cost-effective deployment as ...

Researchers from Finland and Sweden have reviewed different ways to store compressed gaseous hydrogen, including storage vessels, geological storage, and other underground options. They complemented ...