4+ day, 6+ hour ago   (694+ words) Demand from hyperscalers and data centers is rising quickly, while interconnection delays are stretching multiple years across utilities. As a result, commercial and industrial customers and large energy buyers are turning to one of the few resources that can be…...

5+ day, 23+ hour ago   (180+ words) By Kelly Pickerel | September 8, 2026 MN8 Energy is building a solar + storage system that will provide dispatchable capacity to the PJM grid serving Google’s data centers in the West Virginia region. The 86-MW solar project will pair 100 MWh of zinc-based long-duration energy…...

1+ week, 6+ day ago   (269+ words) By Kelly Pickerel | September 1, 2026 The U.S. energy storage industry installed a record 20.2 GWh of new capacity in the second quarter of 2026, bringing total installations in the first half of the year to 30.8 GWh, according to the “U.S. Energy Storage Market Outlook…...

2+ week, 4+ day ago   (111+ words) By Kelly Pickerel | August 26, 2026 The University of Minnesota Morris will install a 1-MW/6-MWh zinc energy storage system on its campus. The project, funded by a grant from the Legislative-Citizen Commission on Natural Resources (LCCMR), will feature the Eos Z3 system…...

2+ week, 5+ day ago   (172+ words) By Billy Ludt | August 26, 2026 Northern Sun Energy, a solar and storage EPC firm, has begun construction on two solar projects for developer Seaboard Solar in Waterford and Boonville, New York. The 23-MWDC project portfolio is supported by NYSERDA grants and…...

3+ week, 6+ day ago   (150+ words) By Billy Ludt | August 17, 2026 Sunrun is partnering with a distributed generation management platform to have residential and commercial solar-plus-storage systems reduce grid demand from hyperscale data centers. The New Jersey data center. This service with Voltus, ostensibly similar to a…...