From ESS News
After a turbulent 2025, market forces are pulling the sector in multiple directions: surging AI and data center-driven electricity demand, record-high electricity prices, shifting battery costs, and new policies coming into effect.
AI and data-center-driven energy demand is skyrocketing while electricity prices are hitting highs; battery costs are shifting unevenly, project economics are under strain and a suite of policies set to come into effect in the New Year will cause even more shake-up.
ESS News spoke with leaders from around the energy storage industry to learn more about what they expect for the year ahead.
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