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Energy Storage
End-of-Life and Damaged Battery Shipping: Navigating State and Federal Regulations
Navigating the world of battery transportation can feel like trying to solve a puzzle with pieces that just don’t seem to fit. As the energy transition continues, and with more technologies and industries
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Commentary
BESS Decommissioning and End-of-Life Planning: Why Care Today?
As renewable energy generation continues to grow, the use of battery energy storage systems (BESS) in solar farms has become increasingly important for stabilizing the grid and enabling the integration of intermittent solar and wind power. The permitting process to build a BESS facility often requires a formal plan for site decommissioning and disposal, even […]
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Energy Storage
Extending the Cycle Life of an Industrial Battery: What Makes a Battery Last?
In the fast-evolving world of industrial lithium batteries, extending cycle life—the number of charge and discharge cycles a battery can endure before significant degradation occurs—is one of the key advantages over the incumbent lead-acid technology. A battery management system (BMS) plays a pivotal role in supporting the long cycle life of a lithium battery. Low-priced […]
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Commentary
How ESG Requirements Impact Your Material Handling Equipment Purchasing
Listen up, power plant operators: moving forward, environmental, social, and governance (ESG) reporting is going to impact your material handling equipment (MHE) buying process. Purchasing forklifts is no longer just about comparison shopping for the best products, adding an item to the expense column of your ledgers, and creating processes for the ongoing monitoring, managing, […]
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