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Stackelberg game framework optimizes distributed energy storage allocation
Researchers have developed a game-theory-based method for optimizing the location, capacity and operation of distributed energy storage. Simulations on a 33-node distribution network reportedly reduced load fluctuations from 25.98% to 14.25% while requiring around 85% less storage capacity than conventional methods.
Aug 06, 2026
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New framework optimizes energy storage for worst-case grid outages
Researchers have developed a framework that simultaneously determines the optimal siting and sizing of energy storage while identifying worst-case grid component failures. They said the framework analyzed power networks with up to 116 buses in less than 100 seconds.
JT Solar teams with UNSW to launch battery testing lab
Researchers from the University of New South Wales and clean tech company JT Solar Technologies have established a facility to test the real-world performance of battery energy storage systems as Australia’s home battery installations numbers continue to climb.
AI framework identifies five novel oxide candidates for battery hosts
US researchers used generative artificial intelligence to screen thousands of candidate crystal structures for multivalent-ion battery electrodes, then built a separate AI system to propose lab synthesis routes for the untested materials.
Study links air exposure during battery manufacturing to faster degradation
South Korean researchers say a routine manufacturing step – leaving battery cathode materials exposed to air – can nearly double the rate at which high-nickel batteries lose capacity over time, but a simple change in chemical composition largely reverses the effect.
Researchers develop framework for national battery storage planning
Researchers have developed an optimization framework that identifies the optimal locations and capacities of grid-scale battery storage across national transmission networks. Demonstrated on the Czech Republic's projected 2030 power system, the approach reduced electricity generation costs by up to 30%.
Researchers outline AI-energy storage nexus for clean energy transition
Researchers say AI and energy storage can accelerate each other’s deployment, with AI improving storage innovation and batteries enabling more flexible, renewable-powered data centers. According to one researcher, AI growth is creating opportunities to put clean energy transitions on track.
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BESS in Brazil: Feasibility of three strategic approaches
Based on real data from the National Interconnected System between 2024 and 2025, the study evaluates the technical, economic, and regulatory performance of batteries operating as autonomous market agents, behind the meter for consumption shifting, or co-located with distributed solar generation.
Comparing safety profiles of lithium-ion, sodium-ion and solid-state batteries
New research finds that battery safety rankings are not universal but highly dependent on application scenarios, and shows that LFP batteries can emit high levels of hydrogen fluoride, challenging their reputation as the “safest” chemistry.
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New design specifications for sodium-ion batteries
U.S. scientists used density functional theory to reveal how sodium ions are stored in nanoporous carbon anodes for sodium-ion batteries, identifying dual ionic and metallic storage mechanisms within the pores. Their findings provide practical design guidelines to improve battery voltage, safety, and commercial viability for stationary energy storage.
Battery storage in Spain becomes unviable beyond 32 GWh of cumulative capacity, study finds
Scientists from the University of Seville have developed real-time optimization models showing that electricity storage in Spain may be approaching its economic limit, with cumulative capacities above 32 GWh depressing prices and undermining project profitability.
Australia’s national science agency puts battery chemistries to test in tropical conditions
Researchers from Australia’s national science agency have teamed with Malaysian authorities to explore how different battery chemistries perform under tropical stressors like heat, humidity and corrosion, and what this means for durability, safety and cost-effectiveness.
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