Surging electricity demand from AI and data centers is accelerating the need for modernized grids and diversified storage technologies. Global reliance on lithium-ion batteries is creating economic, ...

For the past decade, the cost of lithium-ion batteries for grid storage has fallen by an average of 8 percent per year. When ...

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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 ...

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State lawmakers across the United States made efforts in the second quarter of 2025 to modernize electric grids, according to the 250 States of Grid Modernization: Q2 2025 Quarterly Report” from the ...

Nearly a decade ago, when the energy storage market was in its infancy, an industry organization set a dreamy goal: By the end of 2025, the U.S. would deploy 35 gigawatts of batteries connected to the ...

U.S. electricity demand is rising faster than the grid was designed to accommodate. The demand is driven by artificial intelligence (AI) workloads, data centers and large-scale electrification. Energy ...

Power generators and transmission system engineers have to rethink their planning strategies, and must continue to develop tools to allow more solar, wind, and other forms of renewable energy to ...

Nearly 600 EV battery packs are deployed in B2Us SEPV Cuyama energy storage project in Santa Barbara County, Calif. The system charges from on-site solar and from the grid. (Courtesy Of B2U Storage ...

On April 28, 2025, a sudden and massive blackout plunged Spain and Portugal into darkness, disrupting daily life across the Iberian Peninsula. Within a mere five seconds, the region lost approximately ...