Judging by most press coverage, the electric vehicle sales race is between Tesla and the rest of the world. Or maybe it’s between the Nissan Leaf, which set the record for U.S. sales in 2014, and the Chevy Volt, a plug-in hybrid that sold well back in the day. Actually, the dynamic has shifted in the first half of 2016. The EV sales contest is now a two-horse race, with the Tesla Model S on top and the Volt just behind. If inventory remains strong, Chevy could make it interesting all summer long.

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June 6 (SeeNews) – General Electric’s (NYSE:GE) startup-collaboration division, GE Ventures, has added German energy storage specialist Sonnen GmbH to its investment portfolio, the German company said in a statement on Monday.

The US venture capital company, along with existing investors in Sonnen, provided a sum in the double-digit million-euro range that should help the German firm develop its brand of residential power storage systems.

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The latest developments in energy storage promise a greener future for the electrical industry. With more effective and reliable interaction between renewable resources and the grid, greenhouse gas emissions can be reduced. Several studies have been conducted by both the private and public sectors to analyze the impact of such technology on the electrical grid. For example, a study released by Texas utility Oncor Electric Delivery Co.highlighted the many benefits of this technology for the grid:

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BOULDER, Colo.–(BUSINESS WIRE)–A new report from Navigant Research examines the growing opportunities for energy storage systems (ESSs) to provide numerous services to the grid, with global market forecasts for power capacity, energy capacity, and revenue, segmented by region, technology, and application, through 2025.

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Tesla Motors Inc may source batteries from Samsung SDI Co Ltd for its energy systems in homes, companies and utilities, rather than for its electric cars, the U.S. company’s chief executive said on Wednesday.

Shares of Samsung SDI, an affiliate of Samsung Electronics Co Ltd, rebounded 3 percent early Thursday.

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Energy Storage News – AES Philippines, a unit of AES Corp. of the US and Electricity Generating Public Company Ltd. of Thailand, expect to complete the country’s first 10-megawatt, battery-based energy storage facility in Masinloc, Zambales province late this month.

EGCO president Chanin Chaonirattisai said in a statement the 10-MW lithium-ion battery energy storage located at the 600-MW Masinloc coal-fired power plant aimed to provide reserve power and grid stability services to the Luzon grid.

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With Daimler AG’s stationary lithium-ion battery energy storage business now getting its feet, the company has gone ahead and established a new body — Mercedes-Benz Energy GmbH — to handle the development and global sale of Mercedes-branded energy storage products, according to a new press release from the company.

Production of these Mercedes-Benz energy storage products will remain “the core expertise of Daimler’s other wholly owned subsidiary, Deutsche ACCUMOTIVE GmbH & Company KG.”

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Energy Storage News – NSW-based transmission group Transgrid has signaled a major push into smaller, grid-scale battery storage, saying it is looking at installing a number of 1MW-sized installations at commercial customers.

Transgrid’s Anthony England says the company is looking to partner with commercial businesses – hardware chains, supermarkets, data centres and others – “with room for a container out the back and solar PV on their roof.

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I spend a good deal of time at energy storage conferences, trying to figure out where the various technologies and business models are headed. I thought I had most of the nuances figured out – until I ran into Sam Jaffe at the Energy Storage America conference in Charlotte in April. After a brief discussion, I realized I had some more understanding to do, and was able to arrange a follow-up conversation. I first met Jaffe when he was active at Navigant Research as their main energy storage analyst, and he has since moved on to become Managing Director at Cairn Energy Research Advisors (Cairn ERA). Jaffe’s spent more than 10 years in energy storage as an analyst, consultant, entrepreneur and executive from all ends of the business. So he’s practically been watching this space since before it became relevant.

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