Still cooking used EV packs in smelters and bathing them in acid? That is like pressure-washing a Rolex to get the gold out. It works, but you lose a lot of value and make a mess you did not need. The problem we finally have to solve Conventional lithium-ion battery
Planning a battery farm? Many towns just slammed on the brakes. Utility-scale energy storage is racing ahead, but local permitting is tapping the brakes. Oshtemo Township, Michigan, just enacted a one-year moratorium after a developer scouted the area for a large lithium-ion project. Communities are asking pointed questions about fire
Still charging your EV like it’s 2018? That’s the energy equivalent of putting lawnmower fuel in a supercar. The UK is gearing up for a fundamental shift in how electric drivers pay for roads. From April 2028, a pay-per-mile system for EVs is planned to kick in, designed
Hook Still sizing grid batteries like it is 2019? In a NEM racing toward high-renewables, that is bringing a butter knife to a grid knife fight. Australia just opened CIS Tender 8 - a 16 GWh storage swing that could reset how developers design, finance, and connect batteries across the
China just rewired the storage game Still sizing storage like it is 2022? In China, that playbook just went through a shredder. Beijing’s Document No. 136 scrapped mandatory storage add-ons for renewables and flipped the market to performance and price signals. Translation: standalone batteries are about to run faster,
Remember when you had to buy a case of soda just to get the flavor you wanted? That's essentially how China's renewable energy market worked until February 2025. Want to build a wind farm? You had to bundle it with energy storage, whether it made economic
Remember when everyone said lithium-ion was the only game in town for grid storage? That's looking about as outdated as a flip phone. While the industry was busy obsessing over the latest lithium chemistry tweaks, zinc batteries quietly built a compelling case for utility-scale dominance - and Eos
Ever wonder if your million-dollar energy storage investment might spontaneously combust? You're not alone - and frankly, you're smart to ask. With lithium-ion battery fires making headlines from Tesla Megapacks to residential installations, the industry has finally gotten serious about answering one critical question: which battery