ELM MicroGrid installs battery storage in its hometown [video]
ELM MicroGrid installs battery storage in its hometown [video]

Battery energy storage specialist ELM MicroGrid has spent more than two decades building a nationwide energy storage and utility infrastructure businesses. Now, the company is bringing that expertise home with the installation of a new battery energy s…

Pine Point Schools cuts the ribbon on new, 2.7 MWh microgrid project
Pine Point Schools cuts the ribbon on new, 2.7 MWh microgrid project

The Pine Point School district serving Minnesota’s White Earth Reservation community has taken a huge step towards energy independence this month, with the commissioning of a new solar + BESS microgrid project that will help insulate the district from …

BYD surpasses Tesla as world’s top energy storage deployer
BYD surpasses Tesla as world’s top energy storage deployer

BYD has overtaken Tesla to become the world’s largest battery energy storage system (BESS) integrator, capturing 13% of the global market in 2025 compared to Tesla’s 10%, according to new data from Benchmark Mineral Intelligence.

The shift marks the…

Ford launches Ford Energy subsidiary to build 20 GWh of battery storage annually
Ford launches Ford Energy subsidiary to build 20 GWh of battery storage annually

Ford has officially unveiled Ford Energy, a wholly owned subsidiary that will manufacture and sell U.S.-assembled battery energy storage systems (BESS) for utilities, data centers, and large industrial customers. The new unit plans to produce 20 GWh of…

AI in a box: Windrose wants to containerize the data center [update]
AI in a box: Windrose wants to containerize the data center [update]

Windrose first published AI-generated drawings of its BESS-in-a-trailer and mobile AI data center concept back in February, but hand it to Windrose founder, Wen Han: he’s not leaving it at that – Han has signed a new strategic partnership with the mobi…

Duke Energy brings $100M, 50 MW battery project online
Duke Energy brings $100M, 50 MW battery project online

Just in time for this weekend’s wicked weather, Duke Energy has powered up a 50 MW grid battery at the former Allen coal plant — a major infrastructure upgrade that could help stabilize the grid and drive down energy costs across the Carolinas.

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Samsung SDI shifts US focus from EVs to BESS solutions
Samsung SDI shifts US focus from EVs to BESS solutions

In what appears to be significant strategic pivot, Samsung SDI will begin supplying prismatic lithium iron phosphate (LFP) batteries for energy storage systems under a fresh US contract worth more than 2 trillion won (~$1.35 billion). The move will see…