LG is the latest to debut a modular home energy storage system in the US
LG Energy Solution is launching a new stackable modular home energy storage system (ESS) in the US in November.
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The world’s longest subsea cable that will send clean energy from Morocco to the UK just got a big boost
A plan to build the world’s longest subsea cable that will carry clean energy from Morocco to the UK just got streamlined.
Expand Expanding CloseSolar and battery storage prices have dropped almost 90% in 10 years
The cost of solar power has fallen by 87%, and battery storage by 85% in the past decade, according to a new study – here’s why.
Expand Expanding CloseUS grid-scale energy storage installations soared in Q2 2023
The US battery energy storage market added 5,597 megawatt hours (MWh) in the second quarter of 2023, a new quarterly record.
Expand Expanding CloseThe world’s northernmost solar farm is about to come online
Norway has installed the world’s northernmost solar farm and battery storage in the Svalbard archipelago, just south of the North Pole.
Expand Expanding CloseVolvo is going to turn used EV batteries into new battery storage
Volvo Energy and UK battery storage company Connected Energy today announced that they’ve signed a letter of intent to turn used Volvo EV batteries into new battery storage.
Expand Expanding CloseA $55/month Tesla Powerwall lease program in Vermont just got a lot bigger
The Vermont Public Utility Commission just uncapped Green Mountain Power’s Tesla Powerwall lease program, making it now available to 270,000+ customers.
Expand Expanding CloseThe world’s largest battery storage system just got even larger
The Moss Landing Energy Storage Facility, the world’s largest lithium-ion battery energy storage system, has been expanded to 750 MW/3,000 MWh.
Expand Expanding CloseAs Texas hits 112F, here’s how big battery storage is keeping the grid online
As the brutal heat wave in Texas continues, Electrek spoke with Julia Souder, CEO of the global nonprofit Long Duration Energy Storage Council and chair of the Global Renewables Alliance, about how big battery storage is helping to keep the Texas grid online.
Expand Expanding CloseHere’s how extreme heat can impact the grid and renewables – and what’s being done to protect them
Electrek spoke with Kam Mahdi, CEO of renewable engineering firm Clean Energy Technologies in Costa Mesa, California, about how extreme heat can impact the power grid and renewables, as well as what’s being done to keep them online.
Expand Expanding CloseRenewable deployment surge puts world on track for net zero pathway – study
Rapid renewables growth means that by 2030, the global electricity system will be capable of delivering ambitious net-zero pathways, according to new research by RMI, in partnership with the Bezos Earth Fund.
Expand Expanding CloseThis startup’s solar + storage kit comes in an ‘oil’ barrel
Italian startup Barrel is packing solar modules, inverters, and battery storage into “oil” barrels – here’s why and how they work.
Expand Expanding CloseThis solar + battery storage shed can charge up your electric tools
Patio furniture company SunVilla and tech company Suntek have paired up to launch a solar + battery powered storage shed that can charge electric outdoor lawn equipment.
Expand Expanding CloseThe world’s largest battery factory will be 2.5x the size of Tesla’s Gigafactory
California-based Rondo Energy and Thailand’s Siam Cement Group are going to operate the world’s largest battery factory in Thailand.
Expand Expanding CloseCoal-dependent Eastern Germany is expected to become Europe’s largest clean energy hub
Coal-fired Boxberg power station in Eastern Germany will host the first phase of building the largest clean energy hub in Europe.
Expand Expanding CloseKORE Power’s big EV battery factory just got an $850M DOE boost
The construction of KORE Power‘s EV battery factory in Arizona is now fast-tracked with a US Department of Energy loan for $850 million.
Expand Expanding CloseEcoFlow just launched plug-and-play solar + storage for apartments
If you live in an apartment with a balcony and want a plug-and-play solar and battery storage system, EcoFlow may have just the solution.
Expand Expanding Close1,000 ultra-fast EV chargers are coming to city centers in the US and Europe
ADS-TEC Energy and JOLT Energy are rolling out battery-buffered, ultra-fast EV chargers in city centers in the US and Europe over the next 18 months.
Expand Expanding CloseLG Energy Solution just debuted a residential battery storage system in the US
Korean lithium-ion battery giant LG Energy Solution (LGES) wants to position itself as a battery storage system provider, so it’s launching a residential battery storage system in the US.
Expand Expanding CloseScientists in Italy invented the first edible rechargeable battery
Scientists at the Istituto Italiano di Tecnologia (Italian Institute of Technology) in Genoa have successfully created a completely edible, rechargeable battery.
Expand Expanding CloseThe UK is about to build its largest-ever grid-scale battery
Battery maker Invinity Energy Systems has been awarded £11 million ($13.7 million) by the British government to build the UK’s largest-ever grid-scale battery storage.
Expand Expanding CloseKentucky is about to get a huge non-lithium battery gigafactory
EnerVenue is going to open a 1 million-square-foot gigafactory in Kentucky to produce ultra long-life metal-hydrogen stationary batteries.
Expand Expanding CloseWest Virginia is getting a big new battery storage factory
Michigan-based Our Next Energy (ONE) is going to open a long-duration battery storage factory in West Virginia, next to a 420 MWh solar microgrid.
Expand Expanding CloseOne of the US’s first solar peaker plants – with Tesla Megapack – just broke ground
Solar energy company Arevon Energy and San Diego Community Power have broken ground on the Vikings Energy Farm, one of the first solar peaker plants in the US.
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