Aug 21, 2026 | Battery Technology, Policy & Regulations
On 18 August, LG Energy Solution started production at an all-new $2 billion plant in Lansing, Michigan, rated at more than 35 GWh of cells a year. Paired with its Holland plant up the road, the company now anchors more than 50 GWh of North American lithium iron...
Aug 15, 2026 | Renewable Energy, Smartgrids
A peaker plant is a power station built to sit idle. It earns its keep by running a few hours a year, on the evenings when demand spikes and everything cheaper is already maxed out — and that scarcity is exactly why it produces the most expensive electricity on the...
Aug 12, 2026 | Battery Technology
America is getting its first sodium-ion battery factory — for the second time. Peak Energy is building a $71 million plant near Sacramento to make 4 GWh of sodium-ion grid batteries a year, a twentieth of the budget of the $1.4 billion Natron Energy gigafactory that...
