Energy Storage

A consequential week across transportation, energy markets, land‑use policy, and regional development. Here is your curated weekly summary of the stories shaping New Jersey and the broader grid transition.

Behind the majesty of Niagara Falls lies a complex energy and transportation system that connects and powers the region.

A year after the Moss Landing battery fire, the environmental and human impacts are still unfolding in California. As NJ moves towards similar battery storage at scale, what lessons can be learned from the infamous fire?

NJ is taking an all-of-the-above approach to its energy future. A package of bills targeting rising utility costs, grid reliability and energy demand just cleared key committees.

“When union labor leads, everyone succeeds. If New Jersey is serious about lowering energy bills and meeting skyrocketing demand, we must start building energy here, and we must start now,” said Greg Lalavee, Business Manager of Operating Engineers Local 825. “Through Climate Jobs New Jersey, we are laying out a simple plan: build energy here, store it here, and put New Jersey back in charge of its own energy future.”

"'Everywhere we went, people treated energy availability as a given,' Rui Ma wrote on X after returning from a recent tour of China’s AI hubs."

"The clean energy will be used to power AI servers and the electricity it generates will be sold to one company: Microsoft."

"New Jersey has launched a landmark energy storage initiative that aims to deliver 2GW of capacity by 2030 while cutting long-term electricity costs and strengthening grid reliability."

Wind energy is not plug and play. A lot of engineering and technical challenges still must be resolved.

Climate Advocates and Legislative Leaders Convene Rally at Statehouse to Call for Legislation That Achieves 100% Clean Energy by 2035 Trenton, New Jersey – A...

"There’s a full-on race in the tech industry, and in tech-centric investment communities, to spend billions of dollars on new AI-infused infrastructures. The furious pace of expanding manufacturing to produce AI-capable silicon chips and simultaneously building massive, AI-infused datacenters is shattering the illusion that a digital economy enables a decoupling of economic growth from rising energy use."

Data centers, electric vehicles, and industrial electrification are driving projections of 4.5% annual load growth in PJM territory - a dramatic increase that will require new generation and transmission investments. This comes as the industry struggles with supply chain delays and workforce shortages.

Imagine flipping a switch and instantly lighting up a room. What is actually happening behind the switch? This video explains the basics of electrical...

AI is going to change the way that we live, work, and play much like the smartphone and personal computer did. Maybe even more. There's...

The "Energy Security and Affordability Act" (Bill S2839), introduced in the NJ Senate March 2024, aims to reshape New Jersey's energy planning by mandating...