Grid operators are racing to keep up with a surge of renewable power and a wave of electricity-guzzling data centers, and the old toolkit of short-duration lithium packs and gas peaker plants is no ...

AI is stressing the U.S. grid, forcing energy storage to diversify. Lithium supply chains and long-duration batteries are now ...

The problem is that even the best new grid-scale storage systems on the market—mainly lithium-ion batteries—provide only ...

Ford will repurpose EV battery plants to build grid-scale energy storage, betting on data centers as EV incentives fade.

The MarketWatch News Department was not involved in the creation of this content. Peak Energy's solution is the first battery energy storage system to remove nearly all moving parts with new ...

As power-guzzling data centers proliferate across the country and drive electricity prices up, batteries could be a part of ...

Cost of battery storage has fallen by 40 pct of more for second year in a row, changing the game for big solar, grid management, consumers and renewables in general.

Global grid storage capacity more than doubled in 2024 to 126 GW, with China, the U.S., and Europe leading growth. Batteries are shifting from niche technology to core infrastructure, underpinning the ...

Ford announced it will move on from its electric vehicle trucks, instead producing hybrid vehicles and manufacturing grid-scale energy storage for the rapidly growing datacenter market as well as an ...

Scientists have found a way to push zinc–bromine flow batteries to the next level. By trapping corrosive bromine with a ...

CATL’s sodium-ion battery advances to aqueous production lines and steadier voltage, giving drivers and homeowners more ...

WESTFIELD — For years, Kristen L. Mello has been advocating against so-called forever chemicals, or PFAS, which seeped into the ground decades ago from firefighting foam at Barnes Air National Guard ...