Energy Storage
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MISO could save $27B in system costs by 2035 with 11 GW of batteries: report
Battery storage could reduce average Midcontinent wholesale power price growth by $1.40/MWh, according to a report drafted for the American Clean Power Association.
By Ethan Howland • Aug. 5, 2025 -
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OpinionMove fast, adapt faster: A distributed generation playbook for turbulent times
Distributed generation can go from development to construction to operation in months, not years, even under compressed timelines.
By Goksenin “Goksi” Ozturkeri • Aug. 4, 2025 -
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TrendlineEnergy 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.
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OpinionAggregations and data centers: If a resource shows up when the grid is straining, make it count.
Allow AI data centers to participate in grid stress management, and the capital will flow to the solutions that enable flexible, grid-supportive outcomes.
By Arushi Sharma Frank • July 31, 2025 -
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NYPA’s updated renewables plan would more than double capacity to 7 GW
The New York Power Authority’s draft plan includes new renewable and energy storage projects totaling more than 3.8 GW.
By Robert Walton • July 31, 2025 -
PPL utilities reach agreement on adding 1.3 GW of gas-fired power, mainly for data centers
The agreement also pushes out the retirement date of a 297-MW coal-fired unit and withdraws an earlier proposal to build a four-hour, 400-MW battery electric storage system at another gas plant.
By Ethan Howland • July 31, 2025 -
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Data center flexibility can save money but may come with higher emissions: MIT
In Texas, where renewable energy is booming, data center emissions fell by up to 40% in the MIT modeling of flexible data center workloads. In other regions, however, emissions rose.
By Robert Walton • July 30, 2025 -
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OpinionWant abundant energy? Ask who benefits from scarcity.
Achieving energy abundance requires reforming electricity markets, refreshing electric utility regulation and rethinking the way we pay for grid infrastructure.
By Arjun Krishnaswami • July 30, 2025 -
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New York launches 1 GW bulk energy storage solicitation using new credit
The projects that bid into the solicitation will have to meet new storage safety codes following a series of battery fires.
By Diana DiGangi • July 29, 2025 -
DTE Energy in talks with data centers for 7 GW of new load
Data centers are providing upside to the company’s long-term plan, potentially requiring investment in energy storage and generation, company officials said Tuesday.
By Robert Walton • July 29, 2025 -
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OpinionThe hydrogen industry is failing. Here’s how to fix it.
The industry should build reasonably-sized, modular electrolyzer systems that can be deployed on-site, expanded over time and matched to actual needs.
By Gabriel G. Rodríguez-Calero • July 29, 2025 -
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OpinionReimagining the grid for the 21st century with virtual power plants
Why should we pay for new utility power plants when VPPs can meet our grid’s needs at far less cost?
By Richard Boehnke • July 28, 2025 -
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Sponsored by Bloom EnergyAI infrastructure: The utility’s role in scalable, reliable data center power
Getting reliable and sustainable power at scale is one of the biggest challenges facing data centers.
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OpinionCoal- and gas-fired power plants have a new best friend: data centers
The data center boom is here to stay, but so is climate change. Load growth is not an excuse to reverse progress and renew dependence on fossil fuel energy.
By Abbe Ramanan • July 25, 2025 -
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GM, Redwood Materials sign deal to deploy energy-storage batteries
The partnership will create low-cost batteries to power AI data centers and other applications.
By Eric Walz • July 25, 2025 -
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FERC orders changes to PJM’s grid interconnection process, plus 3 other open meeting takeaways
Required changes include cost allocation for network upgrades, consideration of grid-enhancing technologies and energy storage modeling.
By Ethan Howland • July 25, 2025 -
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OpinionThe IRA rollback is a disaster for energy. Industry leaders must move fast.
Project changes will require meticulous due diligence involving legal and finance teams. Those who can show robust tracking and tracing protocols may be among the biggest winners.
By Anna Shpitsberg • July 23, 2025 -
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Electric utilities will invest more than $1.1T by 2030 to meet demand growth: EEI
The electric utility sector’s capital expenditures “are higher than any other sector in the U.S. economy,” Edison Electric Institute President and CEO Drew Maloney said.
By Robert Walton • July 23, 2025 -
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Booming solar and storage are propping up Puerto Rico’s grid this summer
What started as a modest pilot program is now the first virtual power plant of its kind in the region, advocates say.
By Meris Lutz • July 22, 2025 -
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OpinionThe key to renewable energy development is building local trust
After a gigawatt’s worth of development, Arun Muthukrishnan now approaches each project not just as a technical or financial challenge, but as a deeply human one.
By Arun Muthukrishnan • July 18, 2025 -
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OpinionSo you’re thinking about buying an electric school bus
From working with a utility to choosing a charger, five insights to improve the decision-making.
By Linda Margison, Ryan Henderson and Linda Stevens • July 16, 2025 -
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Georgia Power’s new IRP keeps coal plants online to serve data centers
The integrated resource plan approved by regulators on Tuesday also calls for up to 4,000 MW of renewable resources by 2035 and more than 1,500 MW of storage.
By Robert Walton • July 16, 2025 -
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Lydian Energy lands $233M in financing for 550 MW/1.1 GWh of Texas storage
The Electric Reliability Council of Texas said it expects to have nearly 14,000 MW of storage on its system by September, up from about 10,000 MW last year.
By Ethan Howland • July 15, 2025 -
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Ameren plans Missouri gas plant with 400-MW battery storage
The Big Hollow Energy Center will be Ameren’s first large-scale battery facility, but the utility’s long-range plans call for installing 1.8 GW of energy storage by 2042.
By Robert Walton • July 8, 2025 -
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OpinionHow retail energy suppliers can navigate the new federal energy policies
Key strategies include buying renewable energy certificates now, leveraging data and predictive analytics and growing market share.
By Nainish Gupta • July 8, 2025 -
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Base Power, GVEC partner on 2-MW Texas VPP
Batteries will provide residential customers with power if there is a blackout while allowing GVEC to offer ancillary services and manage transmission costs.
By Robert Walton • July 2, 2025
