Energy Storage


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    Clean power deployments neared record in Q1, but development pipeline growth slowed: ACP

    Utility-scale solar and energy storage have made inroads in the Midwest and South, but political uncertainty could quash the momentum, the American Clean Power Association said.

    By Brian Martucci • May 30, 2025
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    Opinion

    IRA tax credits spur construction, manufacturing in red and blue states

    Repealing the Inflation Reduction Act could slow our ability to build more power generation and increase the risk of rolling blackouts and higher energy costs.

    By Emmanuel Martin-Lauzer • May 29, 2025
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    Trendline

    Virtual Power Plants

    Virtual power plants and their ability to balance energy supply and demand are increasingly sought by utilities as electricity demand increases, but their lack of standardization remains a barrier.

    By Utility Dive staff
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    California could nearly double generation capacity using surplus interconnection: UC Berkeley report

    The authors say about 16 GW of thermal capacity — dominated by gas — is operating below a 15% capacity factor, making it ripe for adding solar, wind or storage.

    By May 29, 2025
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    Vistra solar, battery projects in MISO face supply chain delays

    Vistra asked the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission for two-year commercial operation deadline extensions for projects in Illinois totaling 833 MW.

    By May 28, 2025
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    ABB launches BESS-as-a-service business model

    ABB said BESS-as-a-service is “technology agnostic” and will support companies focusing on operational expenditures instead of capital expenditures.

    By May 27, 2025
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    Opinion

    The Vistra fires and the truth about lithium-ion batteries

    A technology exists to mass-produce safer lithium-ion batteries that can prevent disastrous battery fires, at potentially lower cost.

    By Karl Littau • May 27, 2025
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    House GOP budget ‘worse than feared’ for clean energy: analysts

    The bill’s “unworkable” provisions raise barriers for projects to qualify for clean energy credits before an accelerated 2028 expiration, an industry association said. Jefferies analysts also called out its “intentional targeting” of residential solar.

    By Brian Martucci • May 22, 2025
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    SEIA estimates budget bill could wipe out almost 300K clean energy jobs

    Legislation that passed the House Budget Committee could jeopardize 287 U.S. solar and storage factories, says the Solar Energy Industries Association.

    By May 20, 2025
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    GOP supporters of IRA clean energy credits outline reconciliation bill recommendations

    Fourteen Republicans asked to maintain the tax credit transferability mechanism through the phase-out period and make two other adjustments to the clean energy tax credit changes.

    By Lamar Johnson • May 20, 2025
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    Opinion

    America’s climate brain drain is real — and it’s just getting started

    While Washington debates the existence of climate change, countries like Germany, South Korea and the Netherlands are vigorously funding battery innovation, green hydrogen and next-gen energy storage.

    By Joe Curtatone • May 20, 2025
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    ‘Rogue’ communication devices found on Chinese-made solar power inverters

    The devices could give adversaries a way to disable power grids, damage energy infrastructure and trigger blackouts, specialists say. 

    By Robert Freedman • May 15, 2025
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    Opinion

    Resetting net zero: What next?

    Governments, businesses and investors should seek to maintain long-term investment in competitive technologies while taking a proactive approach to sectors most vulnerable to the current slowdown.

    By Adrian Del Maestro • May 15, 2025
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    Electricity consumption is rising, driving solar, storage expansion: EIA

    Battery storage capacity additions through 2026 are expected to outpace wind, small-scale solar and natural gas, according to the Energy Information Administration.

    By May 13, 2025
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    House GOP proposes early phaseout of IRA clean energy tax credits

    The House Ways and Means Committee’s draft budget scales back the technology-neutral clean energy investment and production tax credits while leaving carbon capture credits largely intact.

    By Brian Martucci • May 13, 2025
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    Trump DOE’s latest move would roll some energy standards back decades

    Legal challenges are likely to the U.S. Department of Energy’s efforts to repeal or alter 47 energy efficiency, climate reporting and other regulations, experts said.

    By May 13, 2025
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    Opinion

    America’s moment to secure its critical mineral future

    As Congress works through reconciliation, we have a historic opportunity to reassert American industrial strength, safeguard national security and power a cleaner, technologically competitive future.

    By Heather Reams • May 12, 2025
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    Beyond shut-offs: How energy storage strengthens utilities’ wildfire resilience

    Battery storage gives utilities flexible wildfire options beyond all-or-nothing shut-offs.

    By Nate Walkingshaw, CEO and co-founder of Torus • May 12, 2025
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    XL Batteries CEO sees opportunity to topple China’s lithium battery dominance

    XL Batteries CEO Tom Sisto hopes that organic flow batteries can offer a utility-scale alternative to lithium-ion, for which China has “90% control over the entirety of the supply chain.”

    By May 8, 2025
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    Texas renewables restrictions could increase power prices by 14% in 2035: Aurora

    Reliability would also suffer — and load-shedding events become more likely — in a renewables-restricted future amid a years-long gas turbine backlog, Aurora said.

    By Brian Martucci • May 6, 2025
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    US solar, battery manufacturing to expand through 2027 despite uncertainty: Anza Renewables

    This year, Anza sees tighter supplies and higher prices for U.S.-made solar cells and battery components as tariffs push buyers toward domestic options.

    By Brian Martucci • May 5, 2025
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    Deep Dive

    Will tariffs help or hurt the US energy storage industry? It’s complicated, experts say

    Battery system costs have already soared past 2023 levels, one analyst says, but insiders are cautiously optimistic for a more resilient supply chain in the longer run.

    By Brian Martucci • May 1, 2025
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    Clean energy manufacturers cancel projects as Trump-era policies take hold

    Companies canceled, closed or downsized nearly $8 billion in projects in Q1.

    By Kate Magill • April 30, 2025
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    US energy storage sector commits to $100B investment by 2030

    The pledge represents a more than fivefold jump in “active investments” and could enable 100% U.S.-made supply for domestic battery storage projects, the American Clean Power Association said.

    By Brian Martucci • April 30, 2025
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    Deep Dive

    EPRI’s Open Power AI Consortium plans to fuel grid modernization with data sharing

    Utilities, tech companies and regulators are facing a conundrum: Utilities want to use AI, but AI needs access to unavailable utility data to be effective.

    By Updated April 29, 2025
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    Opinion

    Trump’s battery tariffs threaten utility-scale storage and US grid reliability

    The tariffs will not only affect procurement costs but could force utilities to turn back to natural gas capacity in the short term — undermining emissions goals and customer affordability strategies.

    By Brandon N. Owens • April 28, 2025