Engineers are turning to a chemistry that ancient Romans perfected two millennia ago to build thermal batteries capable of storing cheap, abundant heat for industrial use. By exploiting the reversible ...

This article was published in Scientific American’s former blog network and reflects the views of the author, not necessarily those of Scientific American A new public-private partnership was ...

Vistra Corp. will not proceed with plans to build a 600-megawatt battery energy storage facility in Morro Bay, according to the California Energy Commission. “Vistra has informed the CEC that they ...

A rendering illustrates how a proposed 22-acre battery storage plant would look at the site of the Morro Bay Power Plant’s old oil tanks. Courtesy rendering Vistra Corp. has withdrawn its application ...

This story originally appeared on Vox and is part of the Climate Desk collaboration. The tricky thing about generating electricity is that for the most part, you pretty much have to use it or lose it.