Articles written by Phoebe Skok

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Markets & Policy
Installers misread what homeowners want from home batteries While resilience remains a key driver for homeowners to adopt residential battery storage, it’s not as high on the priority list for most customers as many installers believe.
Phoebe Skok
Dec 30, 2025
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US battery market faces make-or-break year in 2026 Rising demand, tighter economics, and higher expectations for performance and reliability are putting the US energy storage industry under pressure heading into 2026.
Phoebe Skok
Dec 22, 2025
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Markets & Policy
Robotics driving US solar recycling capacity expansion Solar recycler OnePlanet will draw on vision-guided robots and automation to scale its River City facility and recover more, purer valuable materials from spent panels.
Phoebe Skok
Dec 09, 2025
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Markets & Policy
Solar sidewalks cut urban emissions 98%, claim scientists A Concordia University modeling study in Canada finds that photovoltaic sidewalks could power local electric mobility, reduce urban emissions by 98%, and shift rooftop use toward agriculture under a 15-minute-city framework.
Phoebe Skok
Nov 24, 2025
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Applications & Installations
US startup Unigrid adopts contract manufacturing model for batteries Unigrid is pursuing a contract manufacturing strategy for its sodium-ion batteries, drawing on semiconductor foundry practices to shorten development timelines while shifting most production to underutilized Asian factories.
Phoebe Skok
Nov 21, 2025
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Research & Development
Universities are turning solar furniture into campus infrastructure As universities expand outdoor learning, off-grid solar furniture is emerging as a new class of campus infrastructure.
Phoebe Skok
Nov 19, 2025
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Applications & Installations
California legislation sets new safety standards for battery storage TWAICE says California’s Senate Bill 283 will shift developers’ focus from hardware redesign to proactive documentation and data-driven safety compliance.
Phoebe Skok
Nov 12, 2025
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Applications & Installations
Energy storage reshapes data center siting amid US regulatory pressure Power cut regulations and slow permitting are driving US data centers toward storage-backed, grid-independent designs.
Phoebe Skok
Oct 20, 2025
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Markets & Policy
Pollinator-friendly solar gains ground in renewable credit markets As biodiversity metrics enter renewable energy credit schemes, developers and corporate buyers are turning to certified pollinator-friendly solar sites to enhance project value and meet environmental, social and governance (ESG) goals.
Phoebe Skok
Oct 17, 2025