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PNNL publishes Distributed Wind Energy Report

The U.S. Department of Energy’s (DOE’s) Pacific Northwest National Laboratory issued its annual report on distributed wind that shows turbines used for battery charging and remote power made up 99 percent of the total number of small wind turbines last year. The 2018 Distributed Wind Market Report highlights the very small wind turbines of less … Continue reading PNNL publishes Distributed Wind Energy Report

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Avista testing batteries that store wind power, solar energy

Avista Corp. will use a $3.2 million state grant to test how effectively large batteries store energy from wind power, solar energy and other renewable sources. The three-year demonstration will occur at a Pullman substation, with a battery-storage system built by UniEnergy Technologies of Mukilteo, Washington. The battery system should be able to store enough electricity … Continue reading Avista testing batteries that store wind power, solar energy

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Concentrated solar power could boost Natural Gas Plants

Wegeng’s team aims to keep the system’s overall cost low enough so that the electricity produced by a natural gas power plant equipped with the system would cost no more than 6 cents per kilowatt-hour by 2020. PNNL’s concentrating solar power system reduces greenhouse emissions – at a price that’s competitive with fossil fuel power. … Continue reading Concentrated solar power could boost Natural Gas Plants

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AeroVironment Integrates Pacific Northwest National Laboratory Technology into Electric Vehicle Charging Systems

AeroVironment, Inc. and the United States Department of Energy’s Pacific Northwest National Laboratory (PNNL), managed by Battelle, announced a commercial license agreement for a technology that supports widespread adoption of plug-in electric vehicles (PEVs) by helping to stabilize the electrical grid — the network of electricity generation, transmission and distribution that powers the nation.

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