Most Insightful & Popular Energy Storage Content on Energy Central [Recognizing National Battery Day]

Did you know that February 18 is known as National Battery Day? 

Given the increasing role that energy storage technologies are having in countless ways across the energy sector– from EV batteries to grid-tied storage to on-site backup power and more– we thought it only appropriate that Energy Central tip our hat to the crucial technology that is ensuring that when energy is generated doesn’t necessarily need to be exactly aligned with when it’s consumed. 

So see below for some of our hottest submissions and content related to batteries from the past 12 months. And if you have key insights, topics, or ideas you think we’re missing, then please let me know in the comments!

Smoothing out frequency fluctuations on low-inertia islands and electrically islanded grids by Kat Beaulieu, PXiSE

157. Mobile batteries, the ultimate flexibility – Redefining Energy podcast by Laurent Segalen, Megawatt-X

Salt-Based Batteries Will Soon Enter U.S. Power Grid by Judy Knight, PLMA

Could Going Hybrid be the Answer to Better Batteries? by Tony Paradiso, E3

New California Residential Battery Energy Storage Code by Todd Wulfert, Pacific Energy Advisors

Big Calif. battery storage facility fire burns for 11 days by Kennedy Maize, The Quad Report

Latest Battery Breakthroughs: The Role of LFP Technology in Sustainable Energy by Jacobo Weizenblut, Trading ADR

Australia Faces Looming Power Shortage Crisis by 2027: Urgent Strategies Needed by Paul Budde, Paul Budde Consulting

Carbon-capture batteries developed to store renewable energy, help climate by Karen Dunlap, Oak Ridge National Laboratory