battery storage

North Carolina regulators have approved a pilot program that would allow Duke Energy to supplement the power grid with electricity from customers' electric vehicle batteries when demand is high. The test will initially involve 100 customers who lease Ford F-150 Lightning pickup trucks.

The U.S. power system is centralized. We rely on large, mostly fossil-fuel-burning plants to generate electricity. It's sent out on high-voltage wires over long distances (the grid). Substations step it down to lower voltages to power your home or business. An attack, a storm or other disruption can affect the wider network. But what if there was another way — a more decentralized solution?

Duke Energy will begin construction soon on one of its first large-scale electricity microgrids in the North Carolina mountains. The project will use…

Researchers at UNC Charlotte’s Motor Sport and Automotive Research Center are known for their work in improving the performance of race cars. They are…

Duke Energy plans to install its first two large-scale battery storage units in 2019 in western North Carolina. A nine-megawatt battery system will be…