Trellis – Why big batteries will be in vogue in 2026

Steelmaker Nucor and data center operator Aligned are among the small but growing number of corporations investing in energy storage systems at or near their facilities — a trend expected to accelerate in 2026.

The motivation: The need to add reliable, lower-carbon electricity capacity quickly in an era of increasingly constrained supply.

Nucor’s installation in Arizona, engineered by service provider Ameresco, will provide it with access to 50 megawatts (or 200 megawatt-hours) of electricity at a steel factory that uses an electric arc furnace to produce 600,000 tons annually.

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