Phoebe Skok
What it’s like to build grid-scale batteries in Texas versus California
While both markets face ancillary market saturation, it has very different consequences in CAISO than in ERCOT.
Certification hurdles inhibit growth of solar panel reuse market
A new white paper from SPR argues that interconnection rules and unfavorable economics make large-scale, responsible reuse largely infeasible.
Joint venture NeoVolta Power will bring BESS manufacturing to Georgia
The partnership with PotisEdge and LONGi marks NeoVolta’s first move into domestic manufacturing.
What’s next for battery technology in 2026
Longer-duration storage, safety-driven procurement and FEOC compliance are starting to push alternative chemistries closer to scale.
The installer-customer mismatch on residential battery motivations
While resilience remains a key driver for homeowners to adopt residential battery storage, it’s not as high on the priority list for most customers as many installers believe.
U.S. battery market faces a make-or-break year in 2026
The industry faces rising demand, tighter economics and higher expectations for performance and reliability.
Solar-plus-storage VPPs must be ‘indistinguishable’ from peakers to win over grid operators, says EnergyHub
A EnergyHub report lays out what it will take for dispatchers to treat VPPs like conventional power plants.
What to know about ERCOT’s new RTC+B program
Under the real-time co-optimization structure, batteries will be recognized as both generators and loads.
The role of robotics in boosting U.S. solar recycling capacity
Solar recycler OnePlanet will draw on vision-guided robots and automation to scale their River City facility and recover more, purer valuable materials from spent panels.
ESS–EV battery supply chain bifurcates as U.S. manufacturers pivot toward storage
While the long-term impacts of the elimination of the United States’ federal electric vehicle tax credit remain unknown, it’s clear that battery manufacturers in the country are starting to shift their approach toward grid-scale storage rather than EV batteries.
