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California’s Battery Array Is as Powerful as 12 Nuclear Power Plants. Here’s What’s on the Horizon.

An expert in the state’s energy grid explains how the state is faring amid federal cuts.

By Claire Barber

Workers are seen at the Pastoria Battery Energy Storage System facilities on April 16 in Arvin, Calif. Credit: Eric Thayer/Los Angeles Times via Getty Images
Technicians check equipment at a battery energy storage system in Daggett, Calif. Credit: Irfan Khan/Los Angeles Times via Getty Images

Which State Leads in Battery Energy Storage? It Depends on How You Measure.

By Dan Gearino

Honda presents the world premiere of the 0 Saloon and 0 SUV prototypes at the Consumer Electronics Show in Las Vegas on Jan. 9, 2025. Credit: Artur Widak/Anadolu via Getty Images

The Vanishing Next Generation of US-Made EVs

By Dan Gearino

New Jersey Gov. Phil Murphy speaks at a rally for Democratic gubernatorial candidate Mikie Sherrill at Essex County College in Newark on Nov. 1. Credit: Kyle Mazza/Anadolu via Getty Images

In Murphy’s Final Weeks, NJ Climate Advocates Race to Lock in 100 Percent Clean Power

By Rambo Talabong

The construction site for Chinese battery giant CATL’s plant near Debrecen, Hungary, is seen on May 5, 2024. Credit: Attila Kisbenedek/AFP via Getty Images

China’s Clean Energy Investments Abroad Are a Boon for Climate, but Human Rights and the Environment Are a Different Story

By Nicholas Kusnetz

A battery storage facility in Iola, Texas. Credit: Jon Shapley/Houston Chronicle via Getty Images

How Batteries Could Play a Role in Data Center Rollouts

By Arcelia Martin

Hornet Solar in Swisher County, Texas, is the largest U.S. power plant to go online in the first six months of this year, based on its capacity of 600 megawatts. Credit: Vesper Energy

Solar and Batteries Lead US Power Plant Additions by a Lot. How Does This Square With the Trump Administration’s Agenda?

By Dan Gearino

Exterior construction was just about complete at the LG Energy Solution-Honda joint venture battery plant in October 2024 near Jeffersonville, Ohio. Credit: Honda

What Does the ‘Big Beautiful’ Debate Tell Us About the Politics of the IRA?

By Dan Gearino

A bystander watches a fire burn at the Vistra Corp. battery storage plant on Jan. 17 in Moss Landing, Calif. Credit: Doug Duran/Digital First Media/East Bay Times via Getty Images

Researchers Wanted to Understand Concerns With Batteries in Moss Landing, California. Their Funding Just Got Yanked

By Dan Gearino

The construction site of BlueOval SK’s EV battery manufacturing facility in Stanton, Tenn. Credit: BlueOval SK

EV Battery Manufacturing Capacity Will Rise When 10 New Plants Come Online This Year. But Can They Thrive in Chaos?

By Dan Gearino

Flames and smoke rise from the Moss Landing Energy Storage Facility after a fire erupted on Jan. 16 in Monterey Bay, Calif. Credit: Tayfun Coskun/Anadolu via Getty Images

Moss Landing Battery Fire Leads to Health Fears, Evidence of Contamination and Concerns About Overreaction

By Dan Gearino, Kiley Price

A fire erupts at the Moss Landing Energy Storage Facility on Jan. 16 in Monterey County, Calif. Credit: Tayfun Coskun/Anadolu via Getty Images

Making Sense of the Giant Fire that Could Set Back Energy Storage

By Dan Gearino

United Auto Workers President Shawn Fain at the Democratic National Convention on Aug. 19. He spoke about Lordstown, Ohio, where an auto assembly plant closed during the Trump administration and a battery manufacturing plant opened during the Biden administration. (Photo by Justin Sullivan/Getty Images)

As the UAW Moves Into Battery Plants, New Research Shows the Shift to EVs Doesn’t Lead to Job Losses

By Dan Gearino

Muhammud Abu-Kass demonstrates how to work the training equipment at Guilford Tech Community College. The equipment trains him to be ready to work at Toyota’s first and only battery manufacturing plant in the U.S. Credit: Nicole Norman/Medill News Service

Toyota Opens a ‘Megasite’ for EV Batteries in a Struggling N.C. Community, Fueled by Biden’s IRA

By Nicole Norman

President Joe Biden addresses striking members of the United Auto Workers union at a picket line outside a General Motors Service Parts Operations plant in Belleville, Michigan, in September. Credit: Jim Watson/AFP via Getty Images

UAW Settles With Big 3 U.S. Automakers, Hoping to Organize EV Battery Plants

By Dan Gearino and Aydali Campa

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