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U.S. Battery Capacity Increased 66% in 2024

March 12, 2025 admin batteries, battery factories, clean transport, Electric vehicles, energy information administration (eia), Energy Storage, ev battery factories, lithium-ion batteries, market research, policy & politics, research

Credit to Author: US Energy Information Administration| Date: Thu, 13 Mar 2025 03:17:24 +0000

In the United States, cumulative utility-scale battery storage capacity exceeded 26 gigawatts (GW) in 2024, according to our January 2025 Preliminary Monthly Electric Generator Inventory. Generators added 10.4 GW of new battery storage capacity in 2024, the second-largest generating capacity addition after solar. Even though battery storage capacity is growing fast, … [continued]

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Churches in Louisiana Installing Solar + Storage as Hurricane Prep

March 11, 2025 admin batteries, churches, clean power, Energy Storage, hurricanes, lithium-ion batteries, Louisiana, New Orleans, nonprofits, rooftop solar, Solar energy

Credit to Author: Zachary Shahan| Date: Sat, 08 Mar 2025 02:51:16 +0000

As a Floridian, I am quite used to the threat and destruction of hurricanes. However, it seems like one state — a much smaller state — is hit even more and worse than Florida. That would be Louisiana. Interestingly, an unexpected sector of society is taking it into their own … [continued]

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In Solar vs. Gas Matchup, It Was Energy Storage That Killed The Beast

March 2, 2025 admin batteries, bess, Energy, energy dominance, Energy Storage, energy transition, grid, lithium-ion batteries, national renewable energy lab (nrel), natural gas peaker plants, policy & politics, renewable energy, usa

Credit to Author: Tina Casey| Date: Sun, 02 Mar 2025 14:56:14 +0000

Researchers are zeroing in on the value of utility-scale energy storage systems as a replacement for gas peaker plants and other grid services.

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Freyr Battery Factory in Georgia Bites the Dust

February 10, 2025 admin batteries, battery factories, clean power, Donald Trump, Energy Storage, freyr battery, Georgia, green economy, inflation reduction act of 2022., lithium-ion batteries, Manufacturing, Solar energy

Credit to Author: Zachary Shahan| Date: Sat, 08 Feb 2025 03:10:32 +0000

Freyr, based in Norway, was one of the first companies to jump into the US market with big battery plans due to the Inflation Reduction Act passed by Democrats in 2022. I interviewed Freyr’s CEO, Tom Jensen, soon afterward about the plans and about the Inflation Reduction Act. I’ll embed … [continued]

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ARENA Community Based Battery Rollout

February 9, 2025 admin Australia, australian renewable energy agency (arena), batteries, clean power, Energy Storage, lithium-ion batteries, Solar energy

Credit to Author: David Waterworth| Date: Fri, 07 Feb 2025 04:37:48 +0000

First, let me be clear: a community battery is located in the community to collect and store electricity when there is an oversupply, usually from rooftop solar. It may or may not be owned by a community organisation. Generally, it appears most are owned by the major gentailers. See our … [continued]

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New US Energy Secretary’s Idiotic Press Release

February 8, 2025 admin batteries, chris wright, clean power, Donald Trump, elon musk, Energy Storage, Fossil Fuels, lithium-ion batteries, natural gas, nuclear energy, policy & politics, Solar energy, wind energy

Credit to Author: Zachary Shahan| Date: Thu, 06 Feb 2025 15:08:43 +0000

Elections don’t matter. They’re all the same. That’s the nonsense you hear far too often. Elections do matter, and they result in massive differences in policy and in the future. The new US Secretary of Energy, Chris Wright, has signed his first Secretarial Order. It directs the US Department of … [continued]

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New US Energy Secretary’s Idiotic Press Release

Credit to Author: Zachary Shahan| Date: Thu, 06 Feb 2025 15:08:43 +0000

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ARIES: Energy Solutions at Any Scale

February 7, 2025 admin batteries, clean power, Energy Storage, grid, lithium-ion batteries, national renewable energy laboratory (nrel), policy & politics, portland general electric (pge), Solar energy, us department of energy (doe)

Credit to Author: US Department of Energy| Date: Wed, 05 Feb 2025 04:50:24 +0000

Q&A With Annabelle Pratt: Using the Beauty of Mathematics To Answer Utility Challenges Welcome to the ARIES: Solutions at Any Scale series. This Q&A series introduces NREL’s outstanding researchers working on Advanced Research on Integrated Energy Systems (ARIES) projects. Their work helps answer questions about future energy systems for communities, companies, … [continued]

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Reducing Data Center Peak Cooling Demand and Energy Costs With Underground Thermal Energy Storage

February 6, 2025 admin batteries, data centers, Energy Storage, geothermal technologies office, lithium-ion batteries, national renewable energy laboratory (nrel), nrel, thermal energy storage, us department of energy (doe)

Credit to Author: US Department of Energy| Date: Wed, 05 Feb 2025 04:31:36 +0000

As US Data Centers Continue To Grow, Integrating Geothermal UTES Cooling Could Change the Game As the demand for U.S. data centers grows with the expansion of artificial intelligence, cloud services, and big data analytics, so do the energy loads these centers require. By some estimates, data center energy demands … [continued]

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Renewable Energy Lures New Lithium Venture To Deep Red State

February 4, 2025 admin clean power, clean transport, Electric vehicles, Energy, Energy Storage, ev batteries, lithium, lithium brine extraction, lithium supply, lithium-ion batteries, Oklahoma, oklahoma wind, renewable energy, Solar energy, stardust power, usa, wind energy

Credit to Author: Tina Casey| Date: Mon, 03 Feb 2025 15:25:09 +0000

The battery-grade lithium producer Stardust Power is leveraging renewable energy to set up shop in Oklahoma…if it survives the Trump chopping block, that is.

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