LDES Insights

As the global race for Artificial Intelligence (AI) dominance accelerates, a silent but fierce bottleneck has emerged: reliable, carbon-free baseload power.In 2026, tech giants like Google, Microsoft, and Amazon are no longer just software companies — they have become the world's most aggressive...

When most people think of long-duration energy storage (LDES), they think of 100-hour iron-air batteries or vanadium flow systems. But the LDES market is not a monolith. According to the LDES Council, a mix of technologies is essential for grid reliability — and zinc-air batteries occupy a critical...

Germany is preparing to launch one of Europe’s most ambitious energy market reforms: a comprehensive, technology-neutral capacity market scheduled to go live in 2027. The move, agreed between the German government and the European Commission in January 2026, will fundamentally reshape how grid-scale...

The United Kingdom is on the cusp of creating one of the world’s first dedicated revenue support mechanisms for long-duration energy storage (LDES). If designed well, it could unlock billions of pounds of investment in iron-air, zinc-air, flow batteries, and other technologies capable of storing cle...

Photo: Form EnergyThe iron-air battery — once a forgotten technology from the 1960s — is now the most compelling story in long-duration energy storage (LDES). In just 18 months, it has moved from a pilot project in a Dutch university lab to multi-gigawatt supply agreements with some of the world’s l...