This story originally appeared on Vox and is part of the Climate Desk collaboration. The tricky thing about generating electricity is that for the most part, you pretty much have to use it or lose it.

As the global energy transition accelerates, utility-scale photovoltaic (PV) power plants are evolving from pure generation assets into flexible energy hubs. A major step in that evolution is the ...

When New York state passed its ambitious Climate Leadership and Community Protection Act in 2019, Brooklyn-based NineDot Energy saw an opportunity. The state needed to establish a 70 percent renewable ...

For the first time, a home battery is live on a New York City rooftop, opening the door for residential energy storage across the five boroughs. Brooklyn SolarWorks installed a 19.6-kilowatt-hour ...

The new PWRcell 2 Energy Storage System from Generac has earned the prestigious 2025 GOOD DESIGN Award, recognizing the brand’s home battery products for their stand out design, functionality, and ...

Massachusetts is making a big push for batteries — not the kind you put in a flashlight, but powerful, tractor trailer-sized batteries that store energy for the electric grid. State officials say more ...

STATEN ISLAND, N.Y. — Three large concrete perimeter walls are being constructed to surround one of Staten Island’s burgeoning battery energy storage system sites, a step that developers say is part ...

From plunging costs to policy upheaval, the global battery storage sector is transforming grid design—and facing unprecedented challenges. The energy storage industry stands at a pivotal crossroads.

The deal comes as the South Korean battery company expands its energy storage systems business in the U.S.

NASA’s Glenn Research Center developed a new flywheel-based mechanical battery system that redefined energy storage and spacecraft orientation. This innovative approach demonstrated the potential of ...