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24 articles covering "energy-storage"
ESS Tech and Juniper Energy signed a non-binding LOI to deploy 500+ MWh of sodium-ion storage, starting with an 80 MWh California project targeted for 2027.
Fudan University researchers built a flow battery using circulating zinc slurry instead of a fixed electrode, retaining 81.1% capacity after 5,500 cycles.
Masdar reached financial close on a $6.1 billion, 5.2 GW solar and 19 GWh battery project in Abu Dhabi designed to deliver 1 GW of round-the-clock clean power by 2027.
Fraunhofer ISE data put renewables at 61.8 percent of Germany's net public electricity generation in the first half of 2026, with record solar output of 43.2 TWh, while a separate ZSW and BDEW assessment finds renewables covered a record 57.7 percent of electricity consumption.
Britain's energy regulator is minded to back 16 long-duration storage projects totaling 7,645 MW, with pumped hydro and batteries dominating a portfolio meant to soak up excess wind.
Amsterdam startup Ore Energy will deploy up to 1 GWh of 100-hour iron-air storage for Budget Thuis, with a 400 MWh first phase due in 2028.
The agreement covers five initial projects and targets a program exceeding 100 GWh, with Tesla supplying Megapack hardware, construction, and Autobidder trading.
Engie Chile's standalone Tocopilla battery, built where a coal complex once stood, reached commercial operation with 116 MW / 660 MWh of capacity.
General Motors will design a sodium-ion cell at its Warren, Michigan battery labs and retain exclusive rights to manufacture it, while GM Ventures takes a strategic stake in partner Peak Energy.
Invinity Energy Systems has delivered 90 vanadium flow batteries to the Copwood VFB Energy Hub in East Sussex, forming Europe's largest such installation at 20.7 MWh, backed by UK government funding.
The US installed 9.7 GWh of new battery storage in Q1 2026—a 32% year-over-year jump and the highest first quarter ever recorded—as data center expansion and global gas disruptions outweigh federal permitting headwinds.
The 30 MW EFGL project off southern France began generating electricity on May 4, marking a milestone for floating offshore wind and anchoring a larger 250 MW follow-on.