Battery safety starts before the first spark

Battery energy storage is growing rapidly, but safety incidents, such as thermal runaway, remain a critical concern. 

By Mishaal SyedNaveed, Senior Fire Protection Engineer, Wärtsilä Energy Storage • Sept. 15, 2025

Thermal power plants more competitive than clean energy when considering reliability: Vistra CEO

Even so, in the near term Vistra President and CEO Jim Burke expects solar and batteries to do well because they can be built quickly.

By Ethan Howland • Sept. 12, 2025

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Energy Storage

The proliferation of energy storage in everything from utility-scale batteries to electric vehicles is a driving force in the transition to a cleaner, more distributed power system. This trendline includes the best Utility Dive reporting on this dynamic sector.

By Utility Dive staff

Complaint over MISO’s $22B transmission portfolio faces widespread opposition

Granting the complaint from five utility commissions could delay adding power supplies in the Midcontinent region and hurt reliability, according to comments filed at the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission.

By Ethan Howland • Sept. 10, 2025

Conduit Power to supply ‘bridge power’ for Texas data centers at ENGIE battery sites

Prometheus Hyperscale and Conduit expect the first site to come online in 2026. On-site gas generators and batteries will provide initial power as Prometheus awaits a grid connection.

By Brian Martucci • Sept. 10, 2025

Google, Salt River Project partner on long-duration energy storage

The tech giant will provide funding for a portion of long-duration energy storage projects developed for the Salt River Project’s electric grid, the partners announced Monday.

By Robert Walton • Sept. 10, 2025

Solar, storage are booming, but federal policy is driving costs higher: SEIA/WoodMac report

Residential solar pricing is up 2% year over year, commercial systems are up 10% and utility-scale pricing is up 4%, according to new research.

By Robert Walton • Sept. 9, 2025

Fed primed for rate cut as hiring slumps, unemployment inches up to 4.3%

Traders in interest rate futures, responding to new labor market data, increased the odds that the Fed will cut the benchmark interest rate by at least 0.75 percentage point before next year.

By Jim Tyson • Sept. 5, 2025

Trump’s FERC nominees pledge agency independence in Senate confirmation hearing

Nominees Laura Swett and David LaCerte said they support the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission’s independence and the need to be agnostic on generating technologies.

By Ethan Howland • Sept. 5, 2025

This 4-GW renewables joint venture aims to play the long game

Two European renewable energy firms are teaming up to develop a significant portfolio of wind, solar and energy storage projects in the Western United States.

By Brian Martucci • Sept. 5, 2025

Swift Current lands $242M in financing for PJM’s largest storage project

The clean energy developer will sell the output from its Prospect Power project to Dominion Energy Virginia under a 15-year contract.

By Ethan Howland • Sept. 4, 2025

EV charger reliability improves, but high costs still dent satisfaction

Just 14% of EV owners visited a charger without being able to successfully charge their vehicles, down from 19% last year.

By Kalena Thomhave • Sept. 2, 2025

US utility-scale storage outlook ticks upward post-OBBBA

Battery storage capacity is still expected to more than double by 2027 and appears undented, so far, by passage of the One Big Beautiful Bill Act.

By Robert Walton • Aug. 27, 2025

MISO’s fast-track interconnection review draws 26.6 GW in proposals, dominated by gas

Proposals for the expedited study process include about 19.7 GW of gas, 4 GW of storage and a 675-MW nuclear project in Iowa.

By Ethan Howland • Aug. 27, 2025

Greenlane announces second long-haul electric truck charging corridor

Greenlane is a joint venture between Daimler Truck, NextEra Energy and BlackRock. The new charging corridor will run from Southern California to Arizona via Interstate 10.

By Alejandra Carranza • Aug. 26, 2025

Fuel cells: A distributed approach for accelerating load growth

Discover how solid oxide fuel cells can support your grid strategy and customer relationships.

Aug. 25, 2025

PJM surplus interconnection can support 153 GW of solar, wind, storage: UC Berkeley researchers

Surplus interconnection capacity can enable rapid resource additions. “There's a demand for anything that can come online in any sort of a reasonable time frame,” EDP Renewables’ David Mindham said.

By Ethan Howland • Aug. 21, 2025

Managed EV charging could generate $30B in annual savings by 2035: report

Carefully managing electric vehicle demand could cut all U.S. electric bills by 10% annually, regardless of whether a customer owns an EV, according to new research from ev.energy.

By Robert Walton • Updated Aug. 27, 2025

California’s virtual power plant could save $206M by 2028: Brattle

Advocates say the taxpayer-funded Demand Side Grid Support program is critical to reducing energy costs and managing the California grid, but it faces an uncertain future.

By Robert Walton • Aug. 20, 2025

Utilities: Don’t lose out on advanced metering infrastructure with a short-term vision

There is a revolution of grid-connected devices in the making, writes Laura Sherman, president of the Michigan Energy Innovation Business Council.

By Laura Sherman • Aug. 20, 2025

NV Energy seeks FERC approval to give wind, solar developers free exit from interconnection queue

Projects with solar or wind components make up nearly 80% of NV Energy's interconnection queue.

By Ethan Howland • Aug. 19, 2025

Lithium-ion battery recyclers see challenges, opportunities under Trump

While the administration has moved to strip electric vehicle incentives and cancel some grants, it’s still focused on lithium’s value as a critical mineral for manufacturers.

By April Reese • Aug. 18, 2025

How engineered power and control buildings bring green energy to the grid

Engineered power and control buildings play an essential role in delivering power from renewable sources to the grid.

By Rob Chaffee • Aug. 18, 2025

ISO-NE should make its governance transparent, accessible and accountable

With a leadership change coming in January, ISO New England has a chance to launch a new era of governance that engages with the communities it serves.

By Mireille Bejjani and Steven Botkin • Aug. 13, 2025

Portland General energizes 1.9 GWh of lithium batteries in major storage expansion

The Seaside, Sundial and Constable battery projects bring the Oregon utility’s large-scale storage capacity from 17 MW to 492 MW.

By Robert Walton • Aug. 12, 2025

Allete sale would help fund clean energy investment for Minnesota

The proposed sale would inject a massive infusion of private capital into Minnesota Power, capital guided by a long-term perspective rather than short-term market pressures.

By Jigar Shah • Aug. 12, 2025