Lithium’s Growing Importance and Its Influence on Economic Growth
The transition to renewable energy is happening at a large scale globally, and without lithium, it is almost impossible. The demand for lithium is expected...
Tesla prioritizes installation cost cuts, storage integration in solar ‘market leader’ quest
Tesla's solar business had its best quarter since 2018 during the final months of 2020, according to CEO Elon Musk. After turning his attention to...
A circular economy for batteries to underpin renewable energy growth
As the renewable energy sector grows, high-capacity long-life battery storage is fundamental to its success. How these batteries are designed and made will define their...
Top six countries with the largest lithium reserves in the world
Lithium is growing in demand, but many of the countries with the biggest-known reserves have yet to successfully commercialise the resource at scale.
To batteries and beyond: Compressed air, liquid air and the holy grail of long-duration storage
In 1991, generation and transmission cooperative PowerSouth — then known as the Alabama Electric Cooperative — started operating a 110 MW compressed air energy storage (CAES) plant in...
FERC Opens Electricity Markets to Distributed Resource Aggregators
The FERC approved a final rule that will enable distributed energy resource (DER) aggregators to compete in organized wholesale electricity markets. DERs are located on...
China ‘dominating’ the lithium-ion battery supply chain, says industry report
China’s success has come as a result of its large domestic battery demand, alongside its control over 80% of the world’s raw material refining.
DC Circuit upholds landmark FERC storage order, rejecting claims it violates state authority
A three-judge panel of the court said the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission's 2018 Order 841, intended to expand the ability of storage to participate in wholesale...