Newsletter October 2014

What’s hot in energy storage news?

Sarasota county school district achieves 20 megawatts of energy storage using it's ice-based cooling technology. Watch CBS News interview Cecil Peel, manager of technical services for the Sarasota school district, on its use of energy storage technology. Plus Forbes reports that air conditioning represents a new, exciting frontier that will pay dividends better than most bond funds. A number of companies including CALMAC have been percolating below the radar in improving air-conditioning.

In international news, is it time to let the fossil rest in peace? According to Energy Post, instead of investing in more base load, Europe's grid should be looking for a lot more energy storage in tandem with still more renewables. Wind and solar produce more energy than they consume so that our future grids could be sustainable energy systems that grow and maintain themselves by combining renewables and energy storage together.



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