Imagine a region spanning 14 states, where the hum of electricity demand grows louder each day, threatening to outpace the aging grid’s capacity to deliver. This is the reality for the Southwest Power Pool (SPP), a critical grid operator tasked with ensuring reliable power across a vast swath of
Market context and why this analysis matters New Jersey’s power market is entering a compressed moment where politics, prices, and physics collide as customer bills jump, PJM’s reserve margin tightens, and large-load demand from data centers accelerates right when a new administration makes
Grid-scale storage at a turning point in the Upper Midwest power system Power demand is rising, coal retirements are accelerating, and weather volatility is testing the grid’s limits, so a 600‑MW battery at Sherco signals not just a project upgrade but a pivot point for how the Upper Midwest plans,
Lead/Introduction A single signature set off a cascade through the power market: a 1.4-gigawatt hyperscale agreement that would lift one utility’s electric load by roughly a quarter in as little as two to three years, reshaping how energy is planned, financed, and delivered while AI-fueled data
In a world increasingly driven by artificial intelligence, the backbone of this technological revolution—data centers—faces a critical hurdle: energy. These sprawling hubs, powering everything from cloud computing to AI algorithms, consume staggering amounts of electricity, often outpacing the
In a nation racing toward a cleaner energy future, the quest for reliable, affordable storage solutions has become a critical challenge, especially as the grid struggles to store excess renewable energy for peak demand without high costs or safety risks. Enter sodium-ion batteries—a technology that
