We need to build grid-scale energy storage that is reliable and robust. This is especially important for addressing power shortages during extreme weather events, such as hurricanes, floods and winter ...

Grid operators are racing to keep up with a surge of renewable power and a wave of electricity-guzzling data centers, and the old toolkit of short-duration lithium packs and gas peaker plants is no ...

Following their review of redox flow battery research, Norway-based scientists told pv magazine that despite its high upfront capital costs and lower energy density relative to metal-ion, the ...

Grid-scale energy storage, particularly mega-batteries, is essential for the global clean energy transition by balancing the variable nature of renewable energy sources like solar and wind. The scale ...

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. Robert Rapier is a chemical engineer covering the energy sector. As the global energy system adds more intermittent renewables, ...

The Department of Energy's Pacific Northwest National Laboratory has begun the first tests of a utility-grade battery at the new Grid Storage Launchpad, a major milestone for DOE's investment in ...

Power outages have become increasingly common, and longer in duration, due to extreme weather and temperature events. Behind-the-meter (BTM) batteries are proving their worth, as they have become more ...

There’s folk wisdom in just about every culture that teaches about renewable energy — things like “make hay while the sun shines”. But as an industrial culture, we want to make hay 24/7 and not be at ...

U.S. electricity demand is rising faster than the grid was designed to accommodate. The demand is driven by artificial intelligence (AI) workloads, data centers and large-scale electrification. Energy ...

The US added 57 gigawatt-hours (GWh) of battery storage capacity to its electric grid last year – enough to supply the annual ...