Energy storage
Schneider brings BESS to its microgrid suite
The company hopes expanding its microgrid solution will help open up the conversation between utilities and customers about flexible resources.
The challenging economics of battery recycling
Columbia University's Dan Steingart talks about the shortage of end-of-life lithium-ion cells — and why battery recycling is hard right now.
The data center of the future looks like a massive virtual power plant
Alphabet spinout Sidewalk Infrastructure Partners plans to woo utilities with “data center microgrids.”
The Big Switch: Are batteries the new oil?
Batteries are at the center of the clean energy economy. Will they shape geopolitics in similar ways to oil?
The rise of heat batteries
Could intermittent renewables, bricks, and heating coils be the solution to industrial decarbonization?
Understanding the growing world of battery recycling
Will battery recyclers have enough used batteries to sustainably feed their operations?
Could community solar be a promising partner for virtual power plants?
As the grid faces unprecedented load strain, community solar is rising from niche market to grid resource.
Unpacking the software layer of VPP deployment
Lunar Energy’s Sam Wevers on what it takes to be the “VPP SaaS service for Sunrun”
Stem forges ahead with its move into SaaS
The energy storage company is focused on selling its bidding software to power producers.
What’s so hard about building a circular battery economy?
From design to disassembly, lithium-ion batteries pose unique challenges to setting up a successful battery recycling system.
Why labor shortages pose 'serious challenges' to U.S. battery supply chain
Skillsets like chemistry and chemical engineering are in short supply, even as investment in factories grows.
Automation and off-grid assets will power Hy Stor’s Mississippi hydrogen hub
A new partnership with Schneider Electric is set to integrate automation management into green hydrogen production and storage.
What do changes to Hawai'i’s home battery program mean for its energy transition?
A revision in how much homeowners are paid for electricity they send to the grid could keep them from participating at all.
Indonesia’s nickel industry is the ‘poster child of tradeoffs’ for the battery economy
The critical supplier of battery minerals faces growing criticism for environmental and social harms. How do we balance the harms and benefits?
The mining conundrum for critical minerals
The battery economy is still an extraction economy. Can we build it differently?