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Press Releases
DOE Project Highlights Advantages of Hybrid Energy Storage
ENERGY SECURITY, ECONOMIC SAVINGS, LOWER EMISSIONS (Palo Alto, California—March 28, 2022) Confronted with accelerated timelines to dramatically reduce carbon by 2030 while maintaining reliability during seasonal and extreme weather events, a new study for the U.S. Department of Energy’s National Energy Technology Laboratory (NETL) offers electricity providers a rapid and feasible path: hybridize long-duration thermal […]
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New patent enhances grid resiliency by extending energy storage duration
(Palo Alto, California, April 21, 2021) A new invention can double the duration of energy storage systems by continuing to operate at part load after it has been fully discharged. U.S. Patent No. 10,982,570 for DISPATCHABLE STORAGE COMBINED CYCLE POWER PLANTS issued on April 20, 2021 enhances the capabilities of Liquid Salt Combined Cycle™ (LSCC) […]
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Distributed Energy
Economics Drive Design of DER Systems
Distributed energy systems are transforming the way power is produced and distributed. The decentralized model of power generation, where energy is produced closer to where it will be used, rather than at a large plant elsewhere and sent through the traditional grid, has several advantages, including reducing transmission losses and lowering carbon emissions. An Oct. […]
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