There’s folk wisdom in just about every culture that teaches about renewable energy — things like “make hay while the sun shines”. But as an industrial culture, we want to make hay 24/7 and not be at ...

Texas has always charted its own course, especially when it comes to energy. The Electric Reliability Council of Texas (ERCOT), which manages about 90% of the state's electric load, operates ...

The Department of Energy's Pacific Northwest National Laboratory has begun the first tests of a utility-grade battery at the new Grid Storage Launchpad, a major milestone for DOE's investment in ...

Grid-scale energy storage, particularly mega-batteries, is essential for the global clean energy transition by balancing the variable nature of renewable energy sources like solar and wind. The scale ...

ORNL advances in flow-battery research showcase how modifications in glyme-based electrolytes (yellow, red and green) can boost efficient energy storage. Researchers at the Department of Energy’s Oak ...

Peak Energy says it will deploy the first sodium-ion battery in the Midcontinent Independent System Operator (MISO) service area with RWE Americas in eastern Wisconsin, using passively cooled ...

Following their review of redox flow battery research, Norway-based scientists told pv magazine that despite its high upfront capital costs and lower energy density relative to metal-ion, the ...

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. Robert Rapier is a chemical engineer covering the energy sector. As the global energy system adds more intermittent renewables, ...

Peak Energy Signs Agreement to Deploy MISO's First Low-Cost Sodium-Ion Grid Storage Battery ...

The US added 57 gigawatt-hours (GWh) of battery storage capacity to its electric grid last year – enough to supply the annual electricity needs of roughly ...