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Battery Energy Storage Systems (BESS) are increasingly recognized as a promising solution for enhancing the flexibility of power systems, especially in managing the variability of renewable energy sources like solar and wind. Their unique capability to rapidly absorb, store, and discharge electricity makes them highly effective in stabilizing energy supply. BESS has gained significant traction due to its versatility in addressing various challenges within the power grid. Moreover, multiple BESS units can be integrated to function collectively as a Virtual Power Plant (VPP).The article explores the concept of BESS in depth, covering its benefits, practical applications, advantages, system architecture through…

The Government of Canada has announced more than $22 million in funding to support eight projects aimed at accelerating battery innovation and expanding domestic production capacity. The investment, delivered through the Energy Innovation Program (EIP), is part of the federal strategy to strengthen Canada’s clean energy sector and battery supply chain. The announcement was made on Oct. 3 by Tim Hodgson, Minister of Energy and Natural Resources, who emphasized the role of batteries in supporting electric vehicles and integrating renewable energy into the grid. According to the government, global battery demand is expected to increase nearly 150-fold between 2022 and…

All-solid-state lithium batteries, hailed as the “grail” of next-generation energy storage technology, have long faced a challenging problem: maintaining tight contact between the solid electrolyte and the lithium metal electrode.Chinese scientists have developed a self-adaptive interphase in all-solid-state lithium batteries that maintains intimate contact between the lithium metal anode and solid electrolyte without external pressure, a breakthrough that decisively overcomes a major bottleneck toward commercialization.The findings have been published in the journal Nature Sustainability. Traditional methods require constant pressure from bulky external equipment, making the batteries too large and heavy for practical use. The researchers from the Institute of Physics…

A new analysis by Clean Cities examines the initial impact of the introduction of zero-emission zones for freight transport (ZEZ-F) in Dutch cities. One finding: registrations of electric vans and trucks are skyrocketing in the country. The Dutch ZEZ-F zones were introduced in January 2025 and now cover 18 cities. The effects are already clearly noticeable: according to Clean Cities, municipalities that have introduced ZEZ-F zones or simply border on such zones are seeing faster electrification and a significant decline in diesel vehicles. Diesel vehicles would thus be displaced from densely populated cities in particular. This is particularly evident when…

Var Energi ASA said Tuesday it had completed a project to enable low-pressure production in Gjoa on Norway’s side of the North Sea, increasing the field’s output to 41,000 barrels of oil equivalent a day (boed). Production grew 6,000 boed, while remaining recoverable volumes rose 6.3 million boe or about 25 percent, the Norwegian continental shelf explorer and producer said in a press release. The low pressure project, part of a planned maintenance shutdown, adds two to three years to Gjoa’s economic production life with a payback of less than six months, Var Energi said. “The project has modified the…

Commonwealth LNG, a project proposed for Louisiana and originally supposed to be up and running by 2027, will take until 2031 to complete, the company behind it has warned in a request for an extension to its deadline.The company blamed the temporary ban on new liquefied natural gas capacity that the Biden administration imposed on the industry in its final year, following a report by an environmentalist that claimed LNG is more harmful than coal for the atmosphere.The Trump administration canceled the ban this year, but that was not soon enough for Commonwealth LNG, the company said in its letter…

SCHWENK Zement GmbH & Co KG has signed a deal with TotalEnergies SE to acquire a 35 percent stake in the Bifrost carbon capture and storage (CCS) project on Denmark’s side of the North Sea. The German cement producer “chose Bifrost to be its preferred solution to store its future emissions”, TotalEnergies said in a press release. After the transaction, which is subject to customary conditions including regulatory approvals, the French energy giant will retain 45 percent as operator. Danish state-owned oil and gas producer Nordsofonden owns the remaining 20 percent. The farm-down agreement was signed between SCHWENK’s Danish affiliate CarbonVault…

HANOI, Vietnam (AP) — Intense storms in the aftermath of Typhoon Matmo triggered widespread flooding in northern Vietnam and killed at least eight people while damaging thousands of homes. The typhoon, despite not hitting Vietnam directly, brought heavy rains Tuesday that left rivers swollen, flooded streets, submerged houses and caused numerous landslides in the region that has already battled four other typhoons and tropical storms since September. According to Vietnamese state media, more than 4,800 homes were damaged as of Tuesday. Authorities said three people were killed due to landslides in the provinces of Cao Bang and Thanh Hoa, and…

The Gen Z job crisis isn’t stopping Sam Altman from being jealous of today’s college dropouts.”I’m envious of the current generation of 20-year-old dropouts,” the OpenAI CEO said in an interview with Rowan Cheung at the DevDay conference on Monday. “Because the amount of stuff you can build, the opportunity in this space is so incredibly wide.”He added: “I have not had, like, a real chunk of free mental space in a couple of years to think hard about what I would build, but I know that there would be a lot of cool stuff to build.”Altman dropped out of…

The weaker Japanese yen could boost carry trades and drive demand for risk assets such as US stock futures. US Senate Stopgap Funding Bill Vote Looms Traders remain on edge ahead of a pivotal Senate vote that could prolong fiscal paralysis. While the yen’s slump lifted sentiment, US stock futures saw modest gains. Uncertainty over the potential impact of the government shutdown on the US economy limited the upside. The 2018-19 shutdown shaved roughly 0.4% off the US GDP. A similar effect on the US economy in 2025 may fuel stagflation risks, potentially weighing on sentiment. The impasse on a…