Anker Solix launches new E10 whole home backup system in U.S., offers ‘one-stop’ service to bypass installers
Hybrid solution combines battery, solar, and a new DC generator to power the energy system, as it goes direct to consumers. Plus, full pricing and availability.
Illinois sets energy storage procurement goal
Governor Pritzker signed the Clean and Reliable Grid Affordability Act into law, directing the procurement of 3 GW of energy storage in Illinois over the next two years.
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.
Massachusetts awards 1.3 GW in landmark energy storage tender
The Commonwealth has selected four storage projects, including a redevelopment of a former oil terminal, as it marks its first major procurement towards a 5 GW storage mandate.
Demand diligence from U.S. battery integration
Tariffs continue to reshape the U.S. storage market. Rising costs for overseas systems have created new incentives to integrate equipment domestically, and many developers are turning to US firms to assemble battery systems. Integration capacity can scale faster than battery cell manufacturing, but not without risk. Unlike cell plants, where automated processes keep variations in check, battery assembly and integration depends on people, as Jeff Zwijack from Intertek CEA explains.
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.
Texas BESS: GridStor inks tolling agreement for 350 MWh project, Sunrun teams up with NRG Energy for low-cost home storage
GridStor, Sunrun, and NRG Energy are hoping their efforts in the Texas battery energy storage (BESS) market will provide flexibility for the strained Texas ERCOT grid by catering to energy demand.
NineDot Energy enrolls 300 MW of community energy storage in New York
The New York Statewide Solar For All program aims to deliver $40 a month in bill savings via participating in distributed solar and energy storage programs across the state.
Ford axes Lightning EV Truck, pivots to $2 billion grid-scale storage manufacturing
Ford announced it will move on from its electric vehicle trucks, instead producing hybrid vehicles and manufacturing grid-scale energy storage for the rapidly growing datacenter market as well as an entry to residential energy storage.
