New Yorkers fighting the opening of massive battery energy plants in their neighborhoods have a powerful new ally: US Environmental Protection Administrator Lee Zeldin. Zeldin, the former Long Island ...

Community residents fighting the rise of battery energy storage systems near their homes and places of business now have some additional support. Lee Zeldin, administrator of the U.S. Environmental ...

The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) issued new battery energy storage system (BESS) safety guidelines this week, and while there’s not much ‘new’ here, the agency’s overall message is that ...

Environmental Protection Agency Administrator Lee Zeldin on Monday announced new federal "guidelines" for battery-energy storage facilities that encourage but do not mandate local control in siting ...

It’s the new not-in-my-backyard rage – and the latest blow to New York’s green energy agenda. New Yorkers are lining up in opposition to dozens of new lithium-ion battery storage facilities planned ...

This is read by an automated voice. Please report any issues or inconsistencies here. California hasn’t issued an emergency plea for the public to conserve energy, known as a Flex Alert, since 2022.

A report released Friday by a clean-energy trade group spells out best practices for safe use of large-scale battery energy storage systems following a major fire at a battery facility early this year ...

This guest essay reflects the views of Paul Rogers, cofounder of Energy Safety Response Group and former battery subject-matter expert for the FDNY. Every day in America, nearly 3,800 fires break out ...

Solar energy's unstoppable ascendancy, largely caused by costs continuing to fall and deployment accelerating, is no longer a matter of if—it is a matter of how fast. The global energy landscape is ...

The environmental consequences of battery energy storage system (BESS) fires have been a subject of increasing scrutiny, but one organization claims to have good news. Environmental assessments from ...