Tantalus, Calix Collab Aims to Advance AI-Powered Smart Grid Tech for Fiber Networks
Tantalus notes that more than 200 electric cooperatives across North America are currently in the process of deploying fiber networks.
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The Cooperative Difference: How Vegetation Management at Rural Electric Cooperatives Requires Its Own Playbook
Vegetation management at electric cooperatives requires integrated knowledge, flexible planning and member engagement to ensure reliability and community trust.
RECHARGEing Energy Storage Strategy
The energy storage industry is moving fast. What was once an emerging technology is now critical American energy infrastructure—supporting grid reliability, strengthening domestic supply chains, creating new investment opportunities, and helping meet rising electricity demand across the country. Energy storage…
Equinor’s East Point Energy begins operations at 200MWh Texas BESS
East Point Energy, owned by Norwegian state-owned energy company Equinor has completed construction and started operations at the 100MW/200MWh Citrus Flatts energy storage project in Harlingen, Texas, US.
EDF brings €160 million, 600 MWh Navagne BESS online in Belgium
EDF subsidiary Luminus and infrastructure fund I4B have officially commissioned a 150 MW / 600 MWh battery energy storage system in Lixhe, Belgium. Backed by a €160 million capital investment, the Navagne facility directly connects to transmission system operator Elia’s…
Cypress Creek Reveals Microsoft as Long-term Offtaker for New $180 Million Washington Solar Project
Renewables developer and power producer Cypress Creek Energy announced the commercial operation of its Ostrea Solar project, its new $180 million, 104 MWdc renewable energy facility in Yakima County, Washington. The company also revealed that Microsoft, headquartered in Redmond, Washington,…
BLUETTI Launches New Energy Solutions for Work, Home and Life on the Move at IFA 2026
BLUETTI, a technology pioneer in clean energy, today unveiled a new portfolio of products and intelligent energy solutions at IFA 2026.
Southco launches multi-point latch for BESS enclosures
Southco said its new F2 multi-point latch is designed to address enclosure space, serviceability, sealing and safety challenges in battery energy storage system (BESS) applications, positioning it as an alternative to conventional vertical rod latches. The access hardware manufacturer said…
BESS Industry Buzz: German grid attack, revenue cannibilisation, CATL’s price cut, sodium-ion’s ramp-up and more
A roundup of user-posted analysis, views and unofficial news from across the industry this past week, this time looking at this week’s sabotage attack on the German grid, BESS revenues and electricity market activity, CATL’s LFP price cut and various…
Interview with ESS Inc CEO Drew Buckley
ESS News: To start, could you provide a sort of ‘state of the nation’ for 2026? How is demand evolving and how is ESS Inc responding? Drew Buckley: 2026 has been a year of significant change at ESS Inc. We’ve…