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Ford’s Battery Pivot Enters the Grid

Ford’s Battery Pivot Enters the Grid

Ford is moving from EVs into the fast-growing world of grid-scale energy storage.


News Jun 01, 2026 by Shannon Cuthrell
Tech Giants Race To Grab Power for Data Centers

Tech Giants Race To Grab Power for Data Centers

Meta, OpenAI, and Google are locking in power years before their AI data centers are scheduled to come online.


News Nov 17, 2025 by Shannon Cuthrell
Can Repurposed Jet Engines Solve AI Data Center Power Problems?

Can Repurposed Jet Engines Solve AI Data Center Power Problems?

ProEnergy is converting jet aircraft engines into gas-powered turbines to meet AI data centers’ power demands.


News Nov 07, 2025 by Liam Critchley
100 MWh Brick Battery Uses Solar To Power Oil Production

100 MWh Brick Battery Uses Solar To Power Oil Production

The world’s largest industrial heat battery is operational at an oil production facility in California.


News Nov 07, 2025 by Shannon Cuthrell
Briefs: Partnerships Push Batteries, Data Centers, and More

Briefs: Partnerships Push Batteries, Data Centers, and More

Tesla, Samsung DSI, Littelfuse, Emerson, Prevalon Energy, CETY, Qymera, and Smoltek Hydrogen have each entered into strategic partnerships.


News Nov 06, 2025 by Karen Hanson
ABB Intros Battery Energy Storage System-as-a-Service

ABB Intros Battery Energy Storage System-as-a-Service

ABB’s flexible, no-CapEx model targets industrial electrification and energy resilience.


News Jun 06, 2025 by Jake Hertz
Scalable AI Microgrid Makes Hydrogen Fuel Onsite

Scalable AI Microgrid Makes Hydrogen Fuel Onsite

HNO International has unveiled HyGrid, an intelligent hydrogen-powered microgrid system.


News Jun 05, 2025 by Luke James
Microgrids, Macrotrends: Local Generation Feeds the Grid

Microgrids, Macrotrends: Local Generation Feeds the Grid

Microgrids can benefit users and aid the power grid when optimized by AI and management software.


News Feb 24, 2025 by Karen Hanson
KYOCERA AVX Offers SpiSCAP, a Supercapacitor Simulation Tool

KYOCERA AVX Offers SpiSCAP, a Supercapacitor Simulation Tool

Kyocera AVX's SpiSCAP simulation tool simplifies the supercapacitor selection process for optimized power management across industries.


News Feb 22, 2025 by Austin Futrell
Schneider Electric, Mainspring Team Up on Fuel-Flexible Microgrid

Schneider Electric, Mainspring Team Up on Fuel-Flexible Microgrid

Schneider Electric is partnering with Mainspring to develop a hybrid-fuel microgrid solution based on Mainspring’s linear generator technology…


News Apr 08, 2024 by Mike Falter
Google-Backed Startup Plans Data Center Battery Microgrids

Google-Backed Startup Plans Data Center Battery Microgrids

Sidewalk Infrastructure Partners, a spinoff of Google’s parent company, Alphabet, believes battery-powered microgrids will ease the energy stress…


News Mar 29, 2024 by Karen Hanson
Inside Volvo Penta’s Powerful Engine for Industrial Generators

Inside Volvo Penta’s Powerful Engine for Industrial Generators

With improved power density via dual-stage turbochargers and heavy-duty steel pistons, Volvo Penta’s D17 genset engine supplies reliable backup…


News Feb 05, 2024 by Shannon Cuthrell
ABB Turns to Uninterruptible Power Supplies to Address Grid Supply Challenges

ABB Turns to Uninterruptible Power Supplies to Address Grid Supply Challenges

Taking an innovation from the data center and applying it to the road, ABB hopes to enable the future of EV charging.


News Jul 24, 2023 by Jake Hertz
Companies Team Up to Build Virtual Power Plant With Enhanced Security

Companies Team Up to Build Virtual Power Plant With Enhanced Security

Software firms EIPGRID and Intertrust are partnering to build a secure virtual power plant and distributed energy resource management platform for…


News Feb 03, 2023 by Shannon Cuthrell
CES 2023: Power Electronics Companies Showcase New Products

CES 2023: Power Electronics Companies Showcase New Products

Several major players in the power electronics market will demo their products and services at this year’s CES in Las Vegas. Here’s a roundup…


News Jan 06, 2023 by Shannon Cuthrell
CEC Awards $31 Million for Tribal Long-Duration Energy Storage

CEC Awards $31 Million for Tribal Long-Duration Energy Storage

The California Energy Commission has approved a $31 million grant to support the construction of a first-of-its-kind, long-duration storage system…


News Nov 19, 2022 by Stephanie Leonida
ENGIE NA Adds Solar & Battery Storage Capacity, Expands Microgrid Projects

ENGIE NA Adds Solar & Battery Storage Capacity, Expands Microgrid Projects

Energy service provider ENGIE North America announced it is increasing its solar and battery storage capacity in several states and expanding its…


News Nov 08, 2022 by Shannon Cuthrell
Powering the Energy Transition With Hydrogen: Generac to Distribute EODev’s Hydrogen Fuel Cell in North America

Powering the Energy Transition With Hydrogen: Generac to Distribute EODev’s Hydrogen Fuel Cell in North America

Generac Power Systems will support EODev’s North American expansion by distributing the latter company’s low-noise and carbon-free hydrogen…


News Oct 07, 2022 by Stephanie Leonida
Duke Energy Expands Storage Options

Duke Energy Expands Storage Options

Duke Energy is finding ways to improve grid reliability, support renewables, and provide emergency backup power.


News Sep 28, 2022 by Kevin Clemens
SK Innovation Ups Investment in U.S. EV Battery Business to $2.5 Billion

SK Innovation Ups Investment in U.S. EV Battery Business to $2.5 Billion


News Apr 29, 2020 by Paul Shepard