Topic: energy storage
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Form Energy secures $750M to expand 100-hour grid batteries
Form Energy raised $750 million to scale up its West Virginia manufacturing, driven by surging energy storage demand from AI data centers and a 32% year-over-year jump in U.S. installations this quarter. Its iron-air batteries provide up to 100 hours of discharge,far longer than typical systems,u...
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Photoncycle Secures €15M Series A for Seasonal Energy Storage
Photoncycle has raised €15 million in Series A funding to commercialize its long-duration, seasonal energy storage system, which uses solid-state hydrogen to bridge the gap between summer solar surplus and winter energy demand. The technology targets storage for months, unlike short-duration lith...
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Store Solar Energy for Months, Release Heat on Demand
Solar heating faces a key challenge: storing solar heat long-term is much harder than storing solar electricity, which is crucial for decarbonizing heating systems. A promising solution is molecular solar thermal (MOST) energy storage, which captures solar energy in chemical bonds for later heat ...
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Google Invests $425M in Redwood Amid Surging AI Power Demand
Google has invested $425 million in Redwood Materials to secure energy storage systems specifically for powering AI data centers, highlighting its strategic focus on reliable energy for AI operations. Redwood Materials, founded by a former Tesla executive, has evolved from battery recycling to pr...
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Pumped Hydro Storage Is Making a Comeback
Pumped hydro storage, a century-old technology, is experiencing a major resurgence as an essential grid stabilizer for variable wind and solar power, helping to prevent costly energy waste. Traditional expansion has been limited by high costs and geographical needs, but new innovations, like usin...
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Anker Unveils Smart Energy & Living Ecosystem at All Energy 2025
Anker Innovations showcased a fully integrated ecosystem at All Energy Australia 2025, connecting power generation, energy storage, EV charging, and smart home technologies tailored for Australian households. The company's brands hold top global positions, including Soundcore in wireless audio, A...
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Fourth Power's Thermal Batteries Could Undercut Natural Gas Plants
Fourth Power is developing a thermal battery using superheated liquid tin and argon to store and release energy efficiently, aiming to make renewable energy more cost-effective than natural gas. The technology can supply power for about eight hours, twice the duration of most lithium-ion batterie...
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US Quantum Leap Solves Renewable Energy's Biggest Hurdle
A new thermal energy storage system using quantum physics can convert heat to electricity with 60% efficiency, addressing renewable energy's intermittency problem by making clean power more reliable for homes and grids. The system pairs thermal storage with thermophotovoltaic converters that emit...
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Tesla Revamps Megapack to Revive Declining Energy Storage Business
Tesla has launched the upgraded Megapack 3 and new modular Megablock to boost its energy storage division, addressing rising demand from utilities and data centers. The Megapack 3 offers increased storage capacity and a wider operational temperature range, while the Megablock combines units for f...
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GM eyes vehicle-to-grid tech to offset AI’s energy demand
GM announced vehicle-to-grid (V2G) capabilities to allow its EVs to feed electricity back into the grid during peak demand, turning parked cars into distributed energy assets. The company introduced a commercial energy storage system using new sodium-ion batteries, offering a cheaper and more sus...
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SoftBank converts Sharp LCD factory into battery plant for AI data centres
SoftBank is converting part of a former Sharp LCD factory in Sakai, Japan into one of the country's largest battery production facilities to power its AI data centres, with production expected around 2031. The move completes SoftBank's vertical integration stack for AI infrastructure, spanning ch...
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Lunar Energy Secures $232M for Grid-Stabilizing Home Batteries
Stationary home battery systems are attracting massive investment as a critical solution for grid stability, with startup Lunar Energy securing $232 million in new funding to scale production. The growth is driven by a strained electrical grid, and these batteries, aggregated by virtual power pla...
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Harnessing the Ocean to Store Renewable Energy
Childhood memories of a pumped-storage hydropower reservoir inspired the creation of an offshore energy storage solution to overcome land scarcity limitations. Sizable Energy's design uses two flexible reservoirs connected by turbines, pumping dense saltwater to store energy and generating power ...
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Dubai's DEWA Deepens China Ties to Boost Clean Energy Goals
DEWA is enhancing its partnership with Chinese energy firms to advance Dubai's clean energy transition, aligning with its goal of 100% clean power by 2050. The collaboration includes progressing the seventh phase of the Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum Solar Park, which will add 2,000MW of solar ca...
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TerraPower’s reactor fuels AI data centers with a secret weapon
TerraPower, co-founded by Bill Gates, will unveil its first data center project later this year, with construction slated for 2027, following a Wyoming plant and a Meta deal for eight Natrium reactors. The company's key advantage is thermal energy storage using molten sodium, which lets the react...
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Reservoir raises $8M for smarter water heaters that help the grid
Reservoir, a startup founded by Luke Winston-Almanzar and co-founders, has raised $8 million to launch smart water heaters that learn household usage patterns, heat water during low-demand periods, and operate up to five times more efficiently than gas models. The devices also detect plumbing lea...
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Samsung Backs Startup to Stabilize Grid With Software and Batteries
The modern electrical grid faces critical peak demand challenges, intensified by the massive energy needs of data centers and AI development, which can overwhelm supply. Grid Beyond, a startup backed by Samsung Ventures, creates virtual power plants by aggregating distributed energy resources and...
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Google Invests $1B in Form Energy's 100-Hour Battery
Google is investing $1 billion to integrate Form Energy's iron-air battery system into a new Minnesota data center, which will be powered by wind and solar energy. The iron-air battery technology can deliver 300 megawatts of power for 100 hours, using a reversible rusting process with abundant ma...
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Anker's Zero-Margin Power Station Shakes Up the Market
The Anker Solix C1000 (Gen 2) offers a high 2,000W constant output with a 3,000W surge capacity, enabling it to power demanding appliances like refrigerators and microwaves effectively. It features an ultra-fast recharge time of just 49 minutes via a standard AC outlet, significantly reducing dow...
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My Mobile Office & Adventure Van Build
After abandoning the idea of using an electric vehicle due to unreliable charging infrastructure, the author chose a diesel Sprinter van for its widespread refueling and repair options, enhancing its utility with an oversized fuel tank. To maximize flexibility and return on investment, a hybrid p...
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