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  • ERCOT’s Permian Blackout Math Assumes the Batteries Are Empty

    The Permian Basin is at risk of rolling blackouts. That much is on the record from the Electric Reliability Council of Texas, repeated through a chain of hearings, wire stories…

  • 10 MW Utility-Scale Zinc Batteries

    Backgrounder Google will buy the output of the Eos zinc batteries, one of the largest deployments of that chemistry built to date. Both hope it will prove zinc is now…

  • China Battery Makers Frozen Backgrounder

    A September approval freeze on new battery storage capacity is an entry barrier rather than a production cut. Sourced from Chinese-language reporting, with a verification appendix.