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Winter Grid Resiliency Needs Long-Duration Energy Storage
By Hugh McDermott | Power outages due to extreme weather are not new. However, our aging grid combined with an increasingly unstable climate have caused power outages related to extreme weather to double over the past 20 years.
Only Energy Storage and Renewables Can Deliver Enduring European Energy Security
By Alan Greenshields, Director EMEA | To meet aggressive goals, energy storage must be incorporated as a critical component of any plan. When renewable energy penetrations exceed 25%, storage is required to maintain grid stability and mitigate the intermittency of solar and wind.
Energy Security and National Security are Inextricably Linked
By Eric Dresselhuys, CEO | Achieving true energy independence will require reducing dependence upon fossil fuels controlled or heavily influenced by geopolitical foes. The path to energy independence will require building a zero-carbon, entirely renewable energy grid.
After a Momentous Year, Gratitude and Renewed Focus | By Craig Evans, President & Founder
As 2021 comes to a close, we at ESS have much to be grateful for and to celebrate. To be sure, many faced continued hardship this year in ways that extended...
At COP26, Long-Duration Storage Comes into its Own | By Eric Dresselhuys, CEO
Amid all the bustle, noise, and hot takes from the COP26 climate conference in Glasgow, it may be easy to miss some of the more important, quieter, outcomes....
The Long and Short of It: Segmenting the Energy Storage Market | By Eric Dresselhuys, CEO
What’s in a label? When it comes to energy storage, clear-cut definitions are still a work in progress. Thanks to rapidly advancing technology, volume-driven...
The Answer to Grid Instability is Not a Quick Fix—It’s Long-Duration Storage | By Craig Evans, President & Founder
A centralized grid, once the only option, now stands in the way of reliable service for all electricity users. Long-duration storage and microgrids can provide a flexible network of distributed assets delivering the resiliency the grid needs.
The Future is Long (Duration Energy Storage) | By Hugh McDermott, Senior VP of Sales & Business Development
Ready or not, the watershed moment for long-duration energy storage has arrived. Over the next 30 years, the International Renewable Energy Agency (IRENA)...
What’s in Store: Securing the Energy Future of our Grid | By Mike Niggli, Chairman of ESS Inc.’s Board of Directors
The “Polar Blast” of 2021 laid bare many flaws in the Texas energy supply network, and presented many opportunities for improvement. The changes...
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