Energy Investment Brief — August 24, 2026

Today's Developments

Supply Chain Issues Delaying US Grid Batteries' Installation¹ (Slashdot.org)

Falling prices have made grid-scale storage batteries more attractive, reports Bloomberg. But after decades of stagnant investment, America's grids "are racing to make the upgrades needed to plug them in," with supplies straining for the necessary equipment. …

EcoFlow’s Stream home batteries arrive to power the UK’s plug-in solar boom — but installation still isn’t DIY² (TechRadar)

With plug-in solar soon to be legal in the UK, you may be investing — and these batteries let you store your generated power.

Clean Energy Spending Tracking Toward Record $180 Billion in 2026³ (Yahoo Entertainment)

U.S. battery storage has hit 52 GW and is set to double again by 2030 as clean energy investment races toward a record $180 billion.

Heart Aerospace Just Flew The Aviation Transition Investors Should Be Putting Billions Into⁴ (CleanTechnica)

Heart Aerospace’s X1 demonstrator flew for 27 minutes on August 12 from Plattsburgh International Airport, powered entirely by batteries. The aircraft has a 106-foot wingspan, weighed more than 25,000 pounds at takeoff and drew more than a megawatt at peak. H…

BRICS’ Race to Clean Energy Risks Creating a New Energy Divide⁵ (Activistpost.com)

A study published in Energies analyzes the impact of renewable energy shifts on energy poverty across BRICS countries from 2000 to 2023 What happens when the clean energy transition moves faster than infrastructure, affordability policies and social protectio…

Asahi Kasei Says Lithium Carbonate Method Increases Silicon Battery Energy Density by 10%⁶ (Naturalnews.com)

Asahi Kasei, a Japan-based chemical company, said it has developed a lithium carbonate method that increases the energy density of silicon-based battery cells by about 10%, according to the report published by Interesting Engineering. Lithium carbonate is pro…

No, MIT, ‘clean energy’ isn’t the future — nor is it actually clean⁷ (Wattsupwiththat.com)

These not-so-clean, weather-dependent energy sources will never be more than bit players in today’s fast-moving, technology-driven industrial revolution. The post No, MIT, ‘clean energy’ isn’t the future — nor is it actually clean appeared first on Watts Up W…

A first-of-its-kind US factory could make grid batteries safer⁸ (Electrek)

Anthro Energy has broken ground on a first-of-its-kind US battery materials factory in Louisville, Kentucky, with enough planned annual output to support up to 25 gigawatt-hours (GWh) of lithium-ion batteries.