Pandas and Sustainable Bio Fuel
We were recently interviewed in connection with an article on the quest for cellulose based biofuel and how the Panda might lead us in one promising directing. The article can be found here, and below is a transcript: Do Giant Pandas Hold The Key To Sustainable Fuels? OCTOBER 14, 2013 BY ZINTRO LEAVE A COMMENT Screen shot 2013-09-23 at 12.54.23 PMWhen considering the production of biofuels, concerns over the possible impact on food supply, and subsequently prices, arise. In r
Energy Storage Analysis Report: “The energetic implications of curtailing versus storing solar- and
A team out of Standford University recently published an analysis on the benefit of energy storage in conjunction with renewable energy: “We present a theoretical framework to calculate how storage affects the energy return on energy investment (EROI) ratios of wind and solar resources. Our methods identify conditions under which it is more energetically favorable to store energy than it is to simply curtail electricity production. Electrochemically based storage technologies
Energy Storage for PV is growing in Australia
Fueled by the requirements from some utilities including Horizon Power, energy storage in connection with PV is growing on the residential scale. We recently got to discuss it with James Martin II, who is writing for SolarChoice, an Australian solar broker company, which also runs a very informative news blog, and the first part of his article can be found here. From the utility side, the prime driver for demanding energy storage in connection with PV is to provide firming a
