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

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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The proliferation of energy storage in everything from utility-scale batteries to electric vehicles is a driving force in the transition to a cleaner, more distributed power system. This trendline includes the best Utility Dive reporting on this dynamic sector.

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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

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

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 Diana DiGangi • May 13, 2025

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

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 Meris Lutz • May 13, 2025

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

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

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 Diana DiGangi • May 8, 2025

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

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

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

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

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

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 Herman K. Trabish • Updated April 29, 2025

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

Lightshift to build 11-MW storage project for Virginia municipal utility

Danville Utilities intends to use the project to cut its peak demand in an effort to lower transmission and capacity charges by about $30 million.

By Ethan Howland • April 24, 2025

Enphase to absorb bulk of China tariff hit this year: CEO

The U.S.-based battery and electrical equipment provider is working to reduce its China exposure amid tariff and domestic policy uncertainty, executives said Tuesday.

By Brian Martucci • April 23, 2025

Haven Energy offers no-cost solar, batteries to income-qualified California customers

Under a Self-Generation Incentive Program framework for low- and moderate-income customers, Haven has deployed more than 1,000 residential batteries, co-founder and CEO Vinnie Campo said.

By Brian Martucci • April 22, 2025

How AI data centers can support grid reliability in Texas and across the US

An Enhanced Reliability Interconnection framework would prioritize connections to the grid for large loads that improve reliability through flexibility and behind-the-meter generation.

By Gideon Powell and Josh T. Smith • April 22, 2025

From crisis to opportunity: Rebuilding cities with safer energy

By investing in alternative battery technologies now, cities can prepare for looming energy challenges, work toward decarbonization goals and safely enhance urban resilience.

By Mukesh Chatter • April 21, 2025

As Trump targets clean energy, will utilities embrace DERs and VPPs?

Though early Trump policies have been broadly unfavorable to utility-scale wind, solar and energy storage, experts are bullish on distributed generation and flexible loads.

By Brian Martucci • April 21, 2025

Small data centers, big impact: How demand response can fuel the energy transition

Smaller data centers and other commercial and industrial sources can play a key role in stabilizing the grid by participating in demand response programs and implementing battery storage solutions.

By Rachel Permut • April 18, 2025

EIA outlook points to more renewables, near-term decline in energy consumption

Production trends in the U.S. Energy Information Administration’s outlook reflect “the disastrous path” of the Biden administration’s energy policy, a DOE spokesperson said.

By Robert Walton • April 17, 2025