The biggest threat to any crewed expedition to Mars is time. NASA’s shortest blueprint for sending people to the Red Planet and back requires spending 620 days in space and 30 days on Mars. Even setting aside the compounding challenges…
AI data center grid flexibility technology company Emerald AI announced that it has raised $150 million in a Series A funding round, with proceeds aimed at accelerating commercial deployment of its technology to transform AI data centers into flexible assets…
A research team led by scientists from South Korea’s Chonnam National University has developed a new tri-layer composite solid electrolyte for next-generation rechargeable lithium metal batteries (LMBs). With enhanced ionic conductivity and mechanical durability, the new electrolyte is designed to…
US independent power producers (IPPs) Swift Current Energy and Avantus have secured financing for their pipelines and projects, respectively.
Capalo AI, a Finnish company that optimizes battery energy storage systems across European electricity markets, has agreed to provide route-to-market and trading services for two hybrid solar-plus-storage projects owned by Danish developer European Energy in the Baltic region. The first…
In this news roundup, Eos and WATTMORE; Gotion and Gamma Technologies; Middle River Power and PowerTransitions; and Electra AI and MinTech are advancing battery energy storage system (BESS) technology in the US.
In May, US automotive group Ford made the surprise announcement that it was launching a BESS product via new division Ford Energy. In this deep dive article, we look at its product’s specifications and how they compare to other existing…
A trio of BESS updates in Germany from power firm Alpiq, CATL-backed system integrator CNTE and virtual tolling platform Terralayr, totalling around 260MW of operational capacity.
Saudi Arabia’s Principal Buyer of electricity has awarded four service contracts for large-scale battery storage projects to consortia featuring ACWA Power and Engie.
Singapore-based environmental markets exchange Climate Impact X (CIX) and London-based carbon market platform Carbonplace announced today an agreement to merge, in a transaction described by the companies as bridging two of the world’s leading financial and carbon market hubs, backed…