by | Mar 25, 2019 | Did You Know? (DYK), Funny & Interesting, Industry Impact on Economy, Society and the Environment
Did you know that ABES stores electrical energy in the form of chemical energy, which is then converted back into electricity when needed? Batteries contain two electrodes (anode and cathode), two terminals composed of different chemicals, and the electrolyte that...
by | Mar 25, 2019 | Did You Know? (DYK), Funny & Interesting, Industry Impact on Economy, Society and the Environment
Did you know that in 2018, flywheels accounted for 0.058 GW of rated power in the U.S. and have efficiencies between 85-87%. FES systems store electric energy via kinetic energy by spinning a rotor in a frictionless enclosure?.. The rotor is sped up or down to shift...
by | Mar 25, 2019 | 6-Building Processes and Operations, 7-Strategy & Business Model Innovation, 8-People, Organization and Culture, Blog Posts
“It’s not brain surgery.” The saying implies that the activity in question is relatively simple in comparison with the difficulty of operating on the human brain. There may be some truth to this saying—but NOT if it is applied to the building process. Consider that a...
by | Mar 11, 2019 | Did You Know? (DYK), Funny & Interesting, Industry Impact on Economy, Society and the Environment, KEY THEMES
Did you know that PHS and CAES are large-scale technologies capable of discharge times of tens of hours but are geographically limited. Several EES technologies are in research phases, but five storage technology types are considered deployed: Pumped Hydroelectric...
by | Mar 11, 2019 | Did You Know? (DYK), Funny & Interesting, Industry Impact on Economy, Society and the Environment
Did you know 2.5% of delivered electric power in the U.S. is cycled through a storage facility. For comparison, 10% of delivered power in Europe and 15% of delivered power in Japan are cycled through energy storage...
