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Various of battery units on display2. Wide of entrance to Electricity Storage Association 21st Annual Meeting3. Close of brochures with images of renewable energy sources4. SOUNDBITE...\u003c/span\u003e\n\u003cspan class='full-description hide'\u003eAP Television\u003cbr/\u003eSan Jose, California - June 8, 2011\u003cbr/\u003e1. Various of battery units on display\u003cbr/\u003e2. Wide of entrance to Electricity Storage Association 21st Annual Meeting\u003cbr/\u003e3. Close of brochures with images of renewable energy sources\u003cbr/\u003e4. SOUNDBITE (English) Haresh Kamath, Strategic Programme Manager for Energy Storage and Materials at the Electric Power Research Institute (EPRI):\u003cbr/\u003e\"There are a lot of people putting in more solar, more wind, more geothermal - and energy storage can really help the grid accommodate large amounts of renewables which can otherwise be an issue, simply because it's variable. You don't know when the wind's going to blow, the sun doesn't shine all the time and so storage call really help the grid accommodate those things by shifting energy to whenever it is needed.\"\u003cbr/\u003eMcKittrick, California, US - March 15, 2011\u003cbr/\u003e5. Wide of solar thermal facility\u003cbr/\u003eSan Francisco, California, US - June 21, 2011\u003cbr/\u003e6. Close of Internet site showing Smart Metering from Pacific Gas and Electric utility\u003cbr/\u003e7. Wide of San Francisco housing\u003cbr/\u003eSan Jose, California, US - June 8, 2011\u003cbr/\u003e8. Mid of community energy storage unit by S\u0026amp;C Electric\u003cbr/\u003e9. SOUNDBITE (English) Jim Sember, Vice President for Power Quality Products, S\u0026amp;C Electric Company:\u003cbr/\u003e\"These are going to be installed for groups of homes, three to five homes, and they can provide backup power in the case of a power outage, and they can communicate back to the utility, so that the utility can see them as a single large unit, almost a virtual power plant, and be able to control them for the utility's benefit for flattening peaks and for supplying energy when the utility might need it for other reasons as well.\"\u003cbr/\u003e10. Pan right of A123 Systems installation\u003cbr/\u003e11. Close of cooling system for energy storage units\u003cbr/\u003e12. Tilt up cell phone battery and components\u003cbr/\u003e13. Wide of Fiamm display\u003cbr/\u003e14. Close of sodium nickel battery by Fiamm\u003cbr/\u003e15. SOUNDBITE (English) Peter Thomas, Chief Strategic Officer, Fiamm:\u003cbr/\u003e\"What we're focused on is, across the globe of deploying energy islands which interconnect renewables and work with electrical vehicle charging stations and integrate those into the grid.\"\u003cbr/\u003eFILE VIDEO (dates unknown)\u003cbr/\u003e16. Various of electric and hybrid vehicles\u003cbr/\u003eSan Jose, California, US - June 8, 2011\u003cbr/\u003e17. SOUNDBITE (English) Ali Nourai, the KEMA Consulting Company:\u003cbr/\u003e\"The calculation is very simple. When you drive your car you expect to go for 300 miles per charge or per each tank, gas tank. And usually at the legal speed that is a few hours of driving. A few hours of driving means a battery that can handle a car's energy for a few hours. Lithium ion cannot do that. We need a better battery. Smaller, more energy.\"\u003cbr/\u003eAlameda, California, US - May 11, 2011\u003cbr/\u003e18. Wide of entrance to Applied Intellectual Capital (AIC)\u003cbr/\u003e19. Pan of Stephen Clarke arriving on electric scooter\u003cbr/\u003e20. Tilt up Periodic Table of the Elements\u003cbr/\u003e21. Various of Stephen Clarke with people working in lab\u003cbr/\u003e22. Close of advanced lead acid battery, Stephen Clarke demonstrating\u003cbr/\u003e23. Tilt down United States Patent plaque\u003cbr/\u003e24. Close of blueprints for lead acid battery\u003cbr/\u003e25. SOUNDBITE: (English) Steve Clark, CEO, Applied Intellectual Capital:\u003cbr/\u003e\"So if you've got a large solar farm or a large wind farm and you put all the excess of that into a battery, that battery better well work, otherwise you're going to have a major grid scale problem. If you distribute the storage to the household or the business level, and you have a problem, then sure it's going to be an issue for the end user, and that needs to be addressed, but for overall grid security and grid stability it's a much better solution. And it moves the grid away from a position where it can be compromised by individual outages to one that's far more stable and secure.\"\u003cbr/\u003e26.  Zoom out, pan left Stephen Clarke drives away on electric scooter\u003cbr/\u003eMcKittrick, California, US - March 15, 2011\u003cbr/\u003e27. Wide of oil rig\u003cbr/\u003e28. Close of warning sign for petroleum pipeline\u003cbr/\u003eDevising a low-cost, lightweight battery is the holy grail of alternative energy suppliers.\u003cbr/\u003eUntil now, batteries have been heavy, expensive, slow to power up and quick to discharge.\u003cbr/\u003eThe annual meeting of the Electricity Storage Association in California is the place to turn on to the latest developments in battery technology. \u003cbr/\u003eBatteries to store electrical power have been around for a long time. But for most heavy duty applications like driving a car or powering industry their use has been limited.\u003cbr/\u003eNow the pressure is on to develop batteries that can challenge fossil fuels and support alternative energy sources.\u003cbr/\u003eMany companies are exploring ways of making energy storage more efficient for applications like electric vehicles and distribution on the electric grid.\u003cbr/\u003eMore powerful and long-lasting batteries could make electric cars a mass market possibility, increase the reliability of wind and solar power stations and reduce power outages by storing energy reserves in the home.\u003cbr/\u003eThat's why scientists and entrepreneurs are hard at work exploring how to store the most energy in the lightest and cheapest unit.\u003cbr/\u003eIn San Jose, California, the annual meeting of the Electricity Storage Association draws companies from across the US and abroad to show off their ideas and learn from one another.\u003cbr/\u003eCompanies display products using a variety of chemistries and configurations, with applications from transportation to telephones.\u003cbr/\u003eOne of the most important uses for energy storage will be at the site of renewable energy facilities, where it will make the supply of electricity from intermittent sources - like the sun and wind - become more even and reliable.\u003cbr/\u003eHaresh Kamath, Strategic Programme Manager for Energy Storage and Materials at the Electric Power Research Institute, underscores this concept:\u003cbr/\u003e\"Energy storage is very important for making the grid more flexible for large amounts of renewables. There are a number of reasons why. Renewable energy is very popular right now, there are a lot of people putting in more solar, more wind, more geothermal - and energy storage can really help the grid accommodate large amounts of renewables which can otherwise be an issue, simply because it's variable. You don't know when the wind's going to blow, the sun doesn't shine all the time and so storage call really help the grid accommodate those things by shifting energy to whenever it is needed,\" he says.\u003cbr/\u003eIn San Francisco, Pacific Gas and Electric is already using smart metering to encourage residents to observe and control their electric usage. \u003cbr/\u003eStill in progress, the next step in the Smart Grid may be to allow homes to collect and store their own energy for later use.\u003cbr/\u003eSingle home storage is still in the works, but this unit by S\u0026amp;C Electric is a step in that direction. It's designed to store energy for a group of homes and reduce the risk of power outages.\u003cbr/\u003eMore than a dozen technologies are being considered for localised energy storage, with options including lithium ion, advanced lead acid, sodium sulphur and flow batteries using electrolytes.\u003cbr/\u003e\"Those are community energy storage units. That's a new concept for energy storage that kind of brings to the utility and the homeowner benefits to both groups. These are going to be installed for groups of homes, three to five homes, and they can provide backup power in the case of a power outage, and they can communicate back to the utility, so that they utility can see them as a single large unit, almost a virtual power plant, and be able to control them for the utility's benefit for flattening peaks and for supplying energy when the utility might need it for other reasons as well,\" says Jim Sember, VP for Power Quality Products, S\u0026amp;C Electric Company.\u003cbr/\u003eFiamm's sodium nickel battery is one contender in the race for a better battery - it has a slightly higher energy density than lithium ion.\u003cbr/\u003eIt's also lighter than a traditional lead acid battery, works in extreme hot and cold environments, and is 100 percent recyclable,says Peter Thomas, Chief Strategic Office of Fiamm, an Italian battery company with an American component:\u003cbr/\u003e\"What we're focused on is across the globe of deploying energy islands which interconnect renewables and work with electrical vehicle charging stations and integrate those into the grid.\"\u003cbr/\u003eLithium ion has been the favourite for electric vehicles and other applications, but experts are also looking for better options, says energy storage expert Ali Nourai of the KEMA Consulting Company:\u003cbr/\u003e\"The calculation is very simple. When you drive you car you expect to go for 300 miles per charge or per each tank, gas tank. And usually at the legal speed that is a few hours of driving. A few hours of driving means a battery that can handle a car's energy for a few hours.\u003cbr/\u003eLithium ion cannot do that. We need a better battery. Smaller, more energy.\"\u003cbr/\u003eAt Applied Intellectual Capital (AIC) in Alameda, California, CEO Stephen Clarke is working on updating lead acid technology to make it more efficient.\u003cbr/\u003eClarke keeps his electric scooter on hand as an example of the possibilities.\u003cbr/\u003eAIC's battery comes in 12-volt and 48-volt versions and can be manufactured in existing lead acid battery factories. It contains no liquid and is completely recyclable.\u003cbr/\u003eHe's looking at the problem of how batteries can come into play on the scale of the electric grid:\u003cbr/\u003e\"So if you've got a large solar farm or a large wind farm and you put all the excess of that into a battery, that battery better well work, otherwise you're going to have a major grid scale problem. If you distribute the storage to the household of the business level, and you have a problem, then sure it's going to be an issue for the end user, and that needs to be addressed, but for overall grid stability and grid security it's a much better solution. 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