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Study: Rail-Based Mobile Battery Storage Can Be Tapped for Backup Power

Study: Rail-Based Mobile Battery Storage Can Be Tapped for Backup Power

A Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory study finds that the U.S. rail network can accommodate mobile battery storage systems to offer flexible…


Unearthing the Nano-Silicon Solution

Unearthing the Nano-Silicon Solution

As the demand for higher capacity, more scalable and greener next-generation battery materials accelerates, a nano-silicon solution comes forward.


PG&E to Build Hybrid Microgrid for Backup Power in Wildfire-Prone Napa Valley 

PG&E to Build Hybrid Microgrid for Backup Power in Wildfire-Prone Napa Valley 

PG&E will add a hybrid hydrogen fuel cell + battery energy storage system to one of its substations to provide backup power in Calistoga,…


News May 17, 2023 by Shannon Cuthrell
Examining the Role of ESSIs and Databases in Battery Energy Storage Systems

Examining the Role of ESSIs and Databases in Battery Energy Storage Systems

Energy storage system integrators develop and sell battery-powered energy storage systems. They are key to the growth of energy storage systems in…


Comparing the Cost of Chemistries for Flow Batteries

Comparing the Cost of Chemistries for Flow Batteries

Researchers from MIT have demonstrated a techno-economic framework to compare the levelized cost of storage in redox flow batteries with…


Research: Electrochemical Mechanisms for Enhanced Energy Storage

Research: Electrochemical Mechanisms for Enhanced Energy Storage

Researchers from Drexel University have developed a technique that combines ultraviolet-visible spectroscopy and cyclic voltammetry to rapidly…


BESS Sizing and Placement in a Distribution Network

BESS Sizing and Placement in a Distribution Network

This article examines methods for sizing and placing battery energy storage systems in a distribution network.


Why the Rise in Australian Residential Energy Storage?

Why the Rise in Australian Residential Energy Storage?

A new report charts Australia’s rapid rise in residential battery storage adoption. 


Gassing Voltage in Battery Charging: Mitigation Strategies

Gassing Voltage in Battery Charging: Mitigation Strategies

This article discusses what gassing voltage is, how it affects battery health, and methods of preventing and mitigating it.


Sodium-aluminum Battery Heats Up Grid Storage

Sodium-aluminum Battery Heats Up Grid Storage

A new design of a molten sodium battery could find large-scale grid storage applications.


Battery Storage Breaks Records

Battery Storage Breaks Records

The American Clean Power Association recently unveiled its fourth-quarter and full-year market report with interesting findings about clean energy…


Flow Battery Uses Organic Charge Storage Molecules for Long-duration Grid Storage

Flow Battery Uses Organic Charge Storage Molecules for Long-duration Grid Storage

​​​​​​​XL Batteries, Inc. closes $10 million in seed funding for low-cost, scalable flow battery technology based on non-corrosive…


News Mar 14, 2023 by Mike Falter
Zenobe Delivers Battery Storage Services to Secure European Transmission Grid

Zenobe Delivers Battery Storage Services to Secure European Transmission Grid

Zenobē recently reached a battery storage milestone making its 100-megawatt transmission-connected battery operational in England. 


News Mar 08, 2023 by Shannon Flynn
Tesla Megapacks to Power One of World’s Largest Energy Storage Facilities

Tesla Megapacks to Power One of World’s Largest Energy Storage Facilities

Developers of a 250 MW energy storage project in Canada tapped Tesla as the battery supplier for one of the largest sites of its kind worldwide. 


News Feb 24, 2023 by Shannon Cuthrell
Columbus’ First Microgrid Begins Operation

Columbus’ First Microgrid Begins Operation

A solar-powered microgrid provided by Eaton recently came online to provide backup water services in Ohio’s state capital. 


News Feb 20, 2023 by Shannon Cuthrell
ABB Installs Battery Storage at Carbon-neutral Timber Building

ABB Installs Battery Storage at Carbon-neutral Timber Building

Swedish-Swiss industrial giant ABB recently installed a battery energy storage system to power fire safety sprinklers inside one of the tallest…


News Feb 16, 2023 by Shannon Cuthrell
2023 EIA Solar and Battery Storage Outlook 

2023 EIA Solar and Battery Storage Outlook 

Solar and battery storage projects will add new utility-scale generating capacity to the power grid this year. It’s the amount that will astonish…


Second-life EV Batteries Add Capacity to Solar Storage Facility

Second-life EV Batteries Add Capacity to Solar Storage Facility

A hybrid solar and storage facility in California recently reached 25 MWh of capacity from 1,300 reused electric vehicle battery packs. 


News Feb 12, 2023 by Shannon Cuthrell
Promising Electrodes for Long-lasting Lithium-sulfur Batteries

Promising Electrodes for Long-lasting Lithium-sulfur Batteries

Researchers explore different material combinations for long-lasting, high-performance lithium-sulfur batteries.


An Introduction To Flow Batteries

An Introduction To Flow Batteries

Lithium-ion batteries get all the headlines, but flow batteries are a viable option, particularly for large-scale grid storage.