Energy Storage: The Ultimate Challenge for Renewables

 August 11th, 2010 - Energy storage is a major challenge in developing renewable power sources – wind, solar, geothermal and hydroelectric power alike. We look at what can be done to store surplus electricity produced by these systems, the procedures that need to be put in place and how much they will cost. If renewable energy sources are to take hold on a wide scale, power-storage technique ...

Germany Plays Catch-Up in Electromobility Race

Germany has recently announced plans to enter the electromobility era; these plans have been criticized as “too little, too late.” The German Federal Ministries of the Economy, Education, Transport, and the Environment jointly announced that they would plug €500m into a National Electromobility Development Plan, with the aim of becoming the world’s leading market for electro ...