The Energy Information Administration (EIA) projects significant growth in U.S. utility-scale generation in 2025, with 63 GW of new capacity expected—an almost 30% increase over 2024. Solar and battery storage will dominate, accounting for 81% of the additions, with Texas and California leading in solar expansion. Battery storage capacity is also set to nearly double, while wind additions will increase modestly, and natural gas will contribute a smaller share.
Topics: Solar, renewable energy, battery, offshore wind
Lithium-ion batteries have been around since the 1980s, with their major technology relatively unchanged. Their use however, has expanded exponentially, particularly in the age of electric vehicles. Tesla, Nissan, GM and others rely heavily on Lithium-ion battery systems for their hybrid and fully EV vehicles. One of the major hurdles cited for EV adoption is the driving range possible between charges.
Topics: battery, ev, solid state battery
We're all familiar with both the rise of electric vehicles, and the lingering concerns some have regarding their adoption - namely, driving range, time to recharge, and battery lifetime limits. It's long been assumed that solid state batteries could be the key to solving all of these issues at once, while simultaneously enhancing safety but until recently it looked like it would be quite some time before the technology got to a point where it was scalable and practical. We may have reached that point sooner than expected, however.
Topics: Climate Change, electric vehicles, battery, ev, solid state battery
The Sterling Municipal Light Department in Sterling MA is building the first utility scale battery storage system project in Massachusetts. It's not only the first in Mass, its also the largest in New England -a 2-megawatt, 3.9 megawatt-hour battery storage system to be exact. Its kind of a big deal!
Topics: Mass DOER, renewable energy, battery