Batteries

Climatetech finance

Newsletter: 3 clean energy SPAC stories you should know about

Wall Street's SPAC frenzy has given dozens of energy-related startups a fast track to public markets.

By Julian Spector . 16 June 2021
Batteries

Solid Power joins the battery SPAC fray with plan to go public at a $1.2B valuation

The solid-state battery developer follows fellow contender QuantumScape in a reverse merger to tap public investment.

By Jeff St. John . 15 June 2021
Grid edge

Housing developers and utilities join forces to create the next generation of microgrids

Sharing rooftop solar, batteries and grid controls between utilities and customers is a complex undertaking, but it could yield benefits greater than the sum of their parts.

By Jeff St. John . 15 June 2021
Energy storage

A power plant in Maryland ditches coal for batteries, a first for the US

Power producer Talen Energy is installing batteries at a retired coal plant near Baltimore.

By Julian Spector . 14 June 2021
Long-duration energy storage

Long-duration energy storage can help clean up the grid, but only if it's super cheap

To compete with clean firm generation, long-duration storage needs to come down massively in price.

By David Roberts . 10 June 2021
Batteries

A huge battery fleet is coming to the Philippines

Fluence is delivering 470 megawatts of grid batteries to bolster grid stability in just over a year's time.

By Julian Spector . 10 June 2021
Politics

Newsletter: Biden wants to build batteries better

Batteries are quickly becoming crucial to the future of the grid and the auto industry.

By Julian Spector . 10 June 2021
Batteries

Biden admin aims to make the US a world leader in lithium-ion batteries

The fast-growing lithium-ion battery sector is the key to powering EVs and decarbonizing the grid — and the U.S. doesn’t want to be left behind.

By Jeff St. John . 9 June 2021
Solar

Colorado is poised to give a new boost to distributed solar and battery systems

Pending legislation could expand scope of behind-the-meter and community solar and battery installations.

By Jeff St. John . 2 June 2021
Clean energy

ARPA-E’s new focus: Bridging the valleys of death for cleantech R&D

The nation's top energy research agency wants to scale up “high-risk and potentially disruptive” tech to meet urgent decarbonization goals.

By Jeff St. John . 1 June 2021