Imagining the Future of Energy Storage

A renewable energy breakthrough appeared at the annual World Future Energy Summit in Abu Dhabi last week. Dr. Sultan Al Jaber, ADNOC Managing Director and Chairman of the Abu Dhabi Future Energy Company (Masdar), announced the largest combined solar power and battery project in the world.  Masdar’s project will combine 5.2GW of solar capacity with 19GW hours storage to produce 1GW uninterrupted 24/7 electric power. It will be the world’s largest combined solar plus battery project according to the company. For the first time, renewable…