Press Releases

Washington, D.C., August 27, 2020 –The U.S. Energy Storage Association (ESA) today announced that its Corporate Responsibility Initiative (CRI) Task Force has published Guidelines for End of Life and Recycling of Lithium-Ion Battery Energy Storage Systems. This new resource outlines how to plan for end-of-life management of Lithium-ion (Li-ion) batteries from decommissioned energy storage systems (ESS) in an […]

WASHINGTON, D.C. – Today, the White House Office of Science and Technology Policy, the National Science Foundation (NSF), and the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) announced over $1 billion in awards for the establishment of 12 new artificial intelligence (AI) and quantum information science (QIS) research institutes nationwide. The $1 billion will go towards NSF-led AI […]

August 27, 2020 — GE Renewable Energy announced today that it has been selected by Wykes to deliver a 25MW multiple hour duration Energy Storage Systems, to be integrated with Wykes’ Solar PV plant at the Chelveston Renewable Energy Park, in the United Kingdom. The site currently operates with 60 MW of solar energy and […]

NEW YORK — Kiwi Power, a leading global energy technology company, is bringing its distributed energy resource (DER) optimization technology and expertise to North America. Building on the strong relationship with its first client ENGIE North America, the company has expanded its sales presence in the region. Kiwi Power enters the market offering advanced virtual power […]

AUGUST 26, 2020 — The Investment Committee of Rosatom has approved the project of modernization of the experimental shop-floor for nuclear fuel fabrication at the site of the Siberian Chemical Combine (SCC), an enterprise of TVEL Fuel Company of Rosatom in Seversk, Tomsk region (West Siberia). This will enable SCC to manufacture fuel assemblies with […]

HOUSTON, August 26, 2020 — Innowatts, a leading energy Software as a Service (SaaS) platform that helps electricity providers optimize and transform their businesses with artificial intelligence (AI) enabled forecasting and customer-centric data analytics, today announced its selection by Shell Energy Europe Limited to provide AI-powered demand forecasting solutions, serving Shell’s northern European portfolio. As […]

August 25, 2020 – Framatome signed a contract with Hinkley Point C to supply conventional field instrumentation for the two U.K. EPRs under construction at the nuclear power station located in Somerset, England. Approximately 10,000 instruments will monitor and measure temperature, flow, pressure and level under all operating conditions. “With this contract, we are expanding […]

AUGUST 25, 2020 — Hitachi ABB Power Grids is joining with Fortress Information Security (Fortress) as a participant in its Asset to Vendor Network (A2V), which will enable the company to quickly and seamlessly share information about its cybersecurity preparedness with United States and Canada-based power utilities. Leading companies such as American Electric Power (AEP) […]

LONG BEACH, Calif. and HAYDENVILLE, Mass.  (August 18, 2020) — As part of a nationwide movement by cities and counties to generate their own clean, locally-sourced power, renewable hydrogen producer Ways2H and municipal energy consultancy Local Power announced a partnership to integrate a new power source, onsite renewable hydrogen, into the mix for community microgrids. […]

ABB has signed a contract with ORION to implement automation and control solutions at Bangladesh’s 100MW Moidhara solar power plant in Mongla, supporting the country’s growing energy requirements and helping the government to achieve its goals of delivering cleaner power generation projects by 2020.  Collaborating with Energon Renewables (BD) Ltd, a subsidiary of ORION, one […]