Sodium Batteries And EVs That Power The Grid: Inside GM’s Big Energy Push
With sodium-ion batteries and vehicle-to-grid technology, General Motors’ growth ambitions extend far beyond cars. Source: InsideEVs.
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Portion of Czech hydropower station to be transformed into 154MW/750MWh pumped storage plant
The Czech Republic’s fourth pumped hydro energy storage plant is to be built within an existing hydropower complex, converting convention run-of-river into reversible units, creating 750MWh of energy storage capacity. Source: Energy Storage News.
Most Efficient Solar Module in the World — New Record
The Fraunhofer Institute for Solar Energy Systems (ISE) is no stranger to solar power records, and it’s just set another one. Via its own III-V germanium solar PV module, the institute reached 34.
European BESS M&A ‘up materially’ in Q1, market maturing and repricing risk
What is driving and shaping European BESS project financing and M&A this year? Source: Energy Storage News.
How to make distributed storage work in your state
A new white paper crafted by the Center for Renewables Integration and Pure Power Engineering identifies persistent challenges to bringing distributed energy storage projects online. Source: Renewable Energy World.
Nuclear in my backyard: A Nebraska utility is skirting the public backlash that plagues wind and solar
This story is made possible through a partnership between Grist and The Flatwater Free Press, Nebraska’s first independent, nonprofit newsroom focused on investigations and feature stories. Applause echoed through the halls of the Gage…
New Jersey Senators advance bill to incentivise customer-sited energy storage installations
Legislation to create an incentive programme for behind-the-meter (BTM) energy storage in New Jersey has been advanced by the US state’s Senate Environment and Energy Committee. Source: Energy Storage News.
Despite Record Renewable Growth, China Is Still Betting on Coal
China’s coal power output rose in early 2026, fueling concerns that last year’s drop in power-sector emissions may be temporary despite record growth in renewable energy. Data from China’s National Energy Administration suggests that…
Wärtsilä on why AI data centres need BESS to smooth demand and avoid ‘destroying the grid’
Energy-Storage. news Premium speaks with Scott Blalock, general manager, integrated applications engineering, at BESS integrator Wärtsilä Energy Storage. Source: Energy Storage News.
US automaker implores utilities to explore V2G, makes big bet on the grid battery of the future
General Motors is pushing for broader adoption of vehicle-to-grid technologies while investing in sodium-ion batteries for grid applications. Source: Renewable Energy World.
Threads of Earth’s Underground Fungal Networks Are Long Enough to Reach Beyond the Solar System
Hidden underground around the world lie 110 quadrillion kilometers of arbuscular mycorrhizal fungal networks—webs of ultra-thin threads that, if connected in a single line, would stretch almost a billion times thge distance between the…
RWE officially opens Australia’s first 8-hour battery storage system
RWE Renewables Australia has officially opened the 50MW/400MWh Limondale battery energy storage system (BESS) near Balranald in south-west New South Wales. Source: Energy Storage News.