A home battery can keep your home running during power outages, or provide a more sustainable energy option when paired with solar panels, but finding the right one can be tricky. Buying a home ...

Across the country, companies have been installing giant batteries that help them use more wind and solar power. That’s about to get much harder. By Brad Plumer The sweeping tariffs that President ...

The double-punch of the surprise May derecho and Hurricane Beryl spurred many Houstonians to consider backup power options. Even before this year’s natural disasters, one in four households in the ...

Backup generators used to be the go-to option for keeping your lights on during power outages. That was until home batteries arrived as a cleaner alternative, but these systems can do much more than ...

In the April 4, 2024, issue of EDN, the design of a solar mains hybrid lamp (HL) was featured. The lamp receives power from both a solar panel and a mains power supply to turn on an array of LED lamps ...

Turning cheap daytime solar into electricity you can actually use at night just got a lot cheaper. A new analysis from energy think tank Ember shows that utility-scale battery storage costs have ...

Wisconsin has launched a groundbreaking project that could reshape how the state generates and uses electricity. The Paris Solar-Battery Park in Kenosha County combines a massive solar farm with a ...

Texas temperatures are rising, and so is the demand for electricity. But the grid is holding up great, thanks to record amounts of solar and battery-stored energy. At noon on July 29, solar facilities ...