Energy storage

Electric vehicles

Did Ford's electric F-150 just shake up the home backup power market?

Tesla popularized the concept of batteries in the home. Ford connected the home to the truck.

By Julian Spector . 1 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
Clean energy

California may build 11.5GW of almost all carbon-free resources to replace its last nuclear plant

Regulators have decided that adding 7.5 GW by 2026 won’t be enough after the Diablo Canyon nuclear plant closes. Can California build so much clean and reliable grid capacity in time?

By Jeff St. John . 26 May 2021
Transmission

The good news and bad news for clean energy from LBNL’s nationwide interconnection study

Solar, wind and energy storage projects make up a massive share of grid interconnection requests, but they’re taking longer to connect and dropping out more often.

By Jeff St. John . 26 May 2021
Grid edge

Why LS Power is going big into microgrids with Endurant Energy

A major player in power plants, grid-scale batteries and transmission targets investments in distributed energy, from geothermal heat pumps and generators to solar and storage.

By Jeff St. John . 24 May 2021
Grid edge

California’s race to secure its grid against summer blackouts

Gigawatt-scale batteries and more demand-side resources are lined up. But weather extremes still threaten to stress California’s grid beyond its limits.

By Jeff St. John . 19 May 2021
Batteries

Arizona's largest utility restarts battery buildout after fire

Arizona Public Service will pair its solar plants with a major battery fleet built to rigorous new safety standards.

By Julian Spector . 17 May 2021
Batteries

Newsletter: They could have been (battery) contenders

Every week is Battery Week here at Canary Media.

By Julian Spector . 17 May 2021
Batteries

Competitors to lithium-ion batteries in the grid storage market

Lithium-ion batteries probably have cars locked up, but what about grid storage?

By David Roberts . 14 May 2021
Energy storage

The architecture firm that wants to combine gravity storage with data centers

Data centers have to test their backup generators at least every month. WZMH Architects has a plan for what to do with the energy that is wasted.

By Jason Deign . 14 May 2021