Energy storage
Arizona just added its biggest grid battery yet, with another coming soon
The state is shoring up clean energy supply for a new Google data center during a record year nationally for energy storage installations.
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EV charging
In a first, electric Ford F-150 trucks are powering homes in Baltimore
Plenty of utilities are talking about using EV batteries as grid assets. Baltimore Gas & Electric is actually doing it.
By Julian Spector .
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Batteries
Utah developer quadruples battery storage to meet new electricity demand
As data centers and electrification increase power use across the country, it's a move that will likely become more common.By Julian Spector .
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Batteries
Finally, a way to tell how clean grid batteries actually are
Batteries can’t distinguish between clean and dirty electrons — a complication for transitioning grids. A Texas battery project shows how software and standards can help.By Jeff St. John .
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Energy storage
Texas will add more grid batteries than any other state in 2024
With cheap land and a competitive market irresistible to energy storage developers, the Lone Star State will even overtake California in battery deployments this year.By Julian Spector .
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Grid edge
California’s patchwork push to scale up virtual power plants
The state has created more ways for solar-and-battery-equipped homes to get paid to help the grid — but not enough to save the crashing rooftop solar market.By Jeff St. John .
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Climatetech finance
Swell Energy acquires Renu to help build virtual power plants
The startup aims to combine privately owned batteries into grid resources. Renu, a regional battery installer, will help Swell access new markets.By Eric Wesoff .
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Energy storage
Long wary of batteries, New York's now poised to go big on energy storage
Can community-scale battery installations hit the sweet spot for the country’s densest city? NineDot Energy has raised $225 million more to take a crack at it.By Jeff St. John .
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Energy storage
Hawaii used rooftop solar to shore up the grid. New rules threaten that
A nation-leading virtual power plant program helped keep the lights on when Oahu's coal plant shut down. But rule changes may drive away future customers, advocates say.By Julian Spector .
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Energy storage
Chart: The US grid battery fleet is about to double — again
America's energy storage industry is on a tear, installing batteries to store clean wind and solar and make the grid more reliable. -
Energy storage
A huge battery has replaced Hawaii's last coal plant
Plus Power’s Kapolei battery is officially online. The pioneering project is a leading example of how to shift crucial grid functions from fossil-fueled plants to clean energy.By Julian Spector .
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