Long-duration energy storage

Form Energy raises $405M for its 100-hour iron-air batteries

The long-duration energy storage startup has raised a total of $1.2 billion. Form is expanding its West Virginia factory and working on its first deployments now.

By Jeff St. John . 9 October 2024

Form's factory in Weirton, West Virginia. (Form Energy)

Long-duration energy storage

Goldman Sachs just made a record-setting investment in long-duration energy storage

The banking giant is betting $250M on Canadian startup Hydrostor and its novel underground system to store clean energy for the grid.

By Julian Spector . 10 January 2022
Energy storage

Grid energy storage surged in 2021, as we predicted

Your humble correspondent presaged 5 market trends, and they all came to pass.

By Julian Spector . 5 January 2022
Fun stuff

The top 10 Canary Media stories of 2021

Check out our most popular pieces of the year. It turns out that people love unexpected good news about clean energy breakthroughs.

By Julian Spector . 27 December 2021
Marine transport

Canary's global shipping coverage sets sail with new hire

Maria Gallucci reports on tough-to-decarbonize sectors like aviation, marine transport and more.

By Julian Spector . 13 December 2021
Long-duration energy storage

Energy Dome is the rare long-duration storage firm that's moving fast

The Italian firm landed a deal for a 100MWh plant just two years after launch.

By Julian Spector . 9 December 2021
Energy storage

Energy storage is booming — and flexing its political muscle

The folks storing clean power are flush with cash and winning in Washington.

By Julian Spector . 6 December 2021
Clean energy

Google and others have committed to 24/7 carbon-free energy. What does that mean?

Here's your introduction to the hot new trend in clean-energy pledges.

By David Roberts . 12 November 2021
Hydrogen

The biggest green hydrogen hub in the US could be coming soon to Mississippi

Hy Stor Energy wants to use renewables to produce hydrogen in the oil and gas industry's heartland.

By Jeff St. John . 19 October 2021
Climatetech finance

Newsletter: What do clean energy infrastructure and the railroad era have in common?

Plus, irrational exuberance seizes the long-duration energy storage space.

By Julian Spector . 22 September 2021
Long-duration energy storage

Investors are whipping up an irrational frenzy in the long-duration energy storage sector

Here are more than 20 long-term storage companies that have been attracting dollars into that bubble.

By Eric Wesoff . 21 September 2021