Explore how distributed energy storage drives business model innovation, enabling virtual power plants, energy-as-a-service, peak shaving, and AI-optimized renewable integration. Last year, the company's profit fell 45% compared with 2024, driven in large part by falling sales of its electric vehicles. Investors anticipated the decline in sales, but Tesla still beat Wall Street. Just last month, Ford announced that it was dissolving its joint-venture with SK On, and pivoting production of the BlueOval SK Battery Park plant in Kentucky from EV batteries to lithium-iron phosphate (LFP) batteries destined for energy storage purposes. That plant will lay off all its workers as. As renewable energy integration accelerates worldwide, distributed energy storage (DES) has emerged as a key enabler for a resilient, flexible, and efficient energy ecosystem. From homeowners with rooftop solar to factory managers battling peak electricity rates, the global energy storage market is projected to grow by 20% annually through 2030. Our audience? Think forward-looking entrepreneurs, renewable.