Sep 2, 2026 | Battery Technology, Renewable Energy, Smartgrids
A battery rated at 100 megawatts and a battery rated at 100 megawatt-hours are not the same battery, and mixing the two up is the most common error in energy storage. Power, measured in watts — kilowatts, megawatts, gigawatts — is how fast a battery can push...
Sep 1, 2026 | Battery Technology, Renewable Energy, Smartgrids, Solar
Batteries did not unlock “anytime solar” in 2026. The Ember report that coined the phrase found that this year’s battery build could shift 34% of new daily solar generation into non-sunny hours — up from 18% last year. But that number is a...
Aug 22, 2026 | Hydro, Renewable Energy, Smartgrids
Batteries get every storage headline. Pumped hydro does the work. The world crossed 201 gigawatts of pumped storage in 2025, and by the IEA’s reckoning it holds almost all of the roughly 12 terawatt-hours of electricity the planet can store — a share...
Aug 2, 2026 | Hydro, Renewable Energy, Smartgrids
Global pumped storage capacity passed 201 GW in 2025, the first time it has cleared 200, on a record 11.7 GW of additions. There is 243 GW more under construction. China accounts for 218 GW of it — 90% of everything being built on the planet. North America, by...
