Energy startup Commonwealth Fusion Systems has announced that it will begin construction of the “world’s first grid-scale” nuclear fusion power plant near Richmond, Virginia. The MIT spinout announced ...

Grid batteries could back up wind and solar and they’re becoming more affordable. Large-scale batteries on our power grid could balance the intermittency of wind and solar, along with the normal ...

Global grid-connected battery energy storage system (BESS) installations have reached 156 GWh through October 2025, up 38% year-on-year compared with the same period in 2024, according to the latest ...

The Department of Energy's Pacific Northwest National Laboratory has begun the first tests of a utility-grade battery at the new Grid Storage Launchpad, a major milestone for DOE's investment in ...

A grid-scale battery in the Scottish Highlands got a chance to prove its mettle in March when, 11 days after it started up, a massive wood-burning generator in northern England shut down unexpectedly.

Energy storage for the electrical grid is about to hit the big time. By the reckoning of the International Energy Agency (iea), a forecaster, grid-scale storage is now the fastest-growing of all the ...

American battery startup Peak Energy and energy developer Jupiter Power have teamed up to deploy grid-scale sodium-ion batteries. It's a big step forward for the nascent—and in some ways, ...

Grid-scale energy storage is also anticipated to play an “essential role” in the energy transition. Image Nextracker. The Australian Energy Regulator (AER) has said that a delay in new renewable ...