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.

AI-driven power demands and a push to bring solar energy and other renewables online faster are driving the storage ...

An Arizona utility plans to build a battery energy storage system (BESS) that will help it store more of the region’s abundant solar energy, enabling the power to be used after the sun goes down.

As hotter summers and population growth drive up electricity demand, utilities are investing in new infrastructure, ...

The need for flexibility, sustainability, reliability, and resiliency in the electricity sector is bringing varied technologies together in the power generation mix. Hybrid power plants are ...

Challenges, breakthroughs and big ideas in the race to protect our planet. SEE MORE by Lisa Stiffler on May 21, 2026 at 9:33 am May 21, 2026 at 9:39 am Artist’s rendering of a CoPower Platform by ...

The carmaker scaled back electric vehicle plans, but is going all in on advanced batteries, including a new sodium-ion chemistry designed for large-scale power storage. Months after slashing its lofty ...

Tokyo-based heavy industry manufacturer IHI Corporation has created a thermal utilization system that can convert surplus direct current power at solar plants into carbon-free steam. A test project ...

BOSTON--(BUSINESS WIRE)--As utilities face surging demand from electrification and the advancement of artificial intelligence, Fourth Power, a flexible-duration energy storage provider, has secured ...

Chinese suppliers have 90% of the U.S. energy-storage market, generating concern in Washington about overreliance on its ...