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Long-Duration Storage Found Its Buyer: AI Data Centers

Long-Duration Storage Found Its Buyer: AI Data Centers

Aug 17, 2026 | Battery Technology, Renewable Energy, Smartgrids

On 13 August, Noon Energy and Sabanci Renewables signed an agreement to build up to 1 GW — 100 GWh — of storage that discharges for more than 100 hours, and to aim all of it at AI data centers. This is not a bigger version of the battery already on the grid. The...
The BrightVolt Take: The Transformer Is the Real Bottleneck

The BrightVolt Take: The Transformer Is the Real Bottleneck

Aug 16, 2026 | Policy & Regulations, Renewable Energy, Smartgrids

The machine deciding how fast the United States can electrify is not a solar panel, a gas turbine or a battery. It is the large power transformer — a hundred-year-old block of steel and copper the country imports 82% of, now on a two-to-four-year wait, whose core...
The BrightVolt Take: Gas Didn’t Win the AI Power Race

The BrightVolt Take: Gas Didn’t Win the AI Power Race

Aug 7, 2026 | Renewable Energy, Smartgrids

Gas did not win the AI power race. In 2026 the US grid will add a record 86 GW of capacity, and 6.3 GW of it is natural gas — 7% of the total, behind solar, batteries and wind. The turbine order books everyone points to are real, but the first slots GE Vernova is...
AI and Green Tech: A Synergistic Future for Sustainable Innovation

AI and Green Tech: A Synergistic Future for Sustainable Innovation

Jul 26, 2025 | Renewable Energy, Smartgrids

AI and Green Tech: A Synergistic Future for Sustainable Innovation As we look to the future, the convergence of Artificial Intelligence (AI) and green technology is proving to be a powerful catalyst for sustainable innovation. July 2025 insights, including reports...