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Policy

CEA: Trade barriers set to see U.S. BESS prices increase 35% in 2025 2025 is likely to see battery prices surge in the United States on the back of increases in tariffs and duties imposed on battery energy storage systems and their components from China. While lithium iron phosphate (LFP) capacity is being established outside of China, few options exist today to dodge costs of increasing tariffs.

Jonathan Gifford

Jan 14, 2025

Recycling

Aluminum maker to acquire Northvolt’s battery recycling business Swedish battery maker Northvolt has been withdrawing from non-core businesses in the face of a financial crisis.

Jan 14, 2025

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Industry

Japan keeps lead in solid state battery development While China, South Korea, Europe, and the US are also engaged in active development of all solid state batteries, Japan is leading the charge offering generous subsidies to technology proponents.

Jan 10, 2025

Policy

Chile has 15 GW of energy storage under environmental permitting The Chilean Association of Renewable Energy and Storage (Acera) says 3 GW of energy storage projects have gotten off the ground and another 15 GW are at the environmental permitting stage.

Jan 09, 2025

Flow batteries

Quinone redox flow battery company secures $2.6m for commercial pilot site Quino Energy says the mildly alkaline nature of its storage medium means it can be installed in existing oil industry holding tanks.

Jan 09, 2025

Finance

U.S. DOE loans $1.8 billion to Arizona utility for solar, storage, transmission The Department of Energy Loans Programs Office has approved a loan to Arizona Public Service (APS) to construct new electricity generation, storage and transmission assets.

Jan 09, 2025

Manufacturing

Chinese lithium-ion anode producer halts $1.4 billion Swedish investment The decision comes after the Swedish Strategic Products Inspectorate imposed regulatory conditions deemed unacceptable by China's Putailai New Energy Technology.

Jan 08, 2025

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Software

Modo Energy expands into Australian storage market Battery analytics platform gears up to launch service for Australian grid-scale storage market.

Sep 26, 2024

Industry

Octopus acquires UK solar, battery storage developer Exagen The move follows Octopus’s initial investment for a 24% stake in August 2022.

Sep 24, 2024

Supply chain

Battery companies can access funds in Poland, Indo-Pacific markets Two separate renewables funding announcements have made grants and loans available to battery companies on opposite sides of the planet.

David Carroll, Patrick Jowett

Sep 23, 2024

Supply chain

US announces $3bn for battery manufacturing, recycling Iron-air battery manufacture and numerous recycling plants are among the projects to benefit from the latest round of Department of Energy (DoE) funding.

Sep 23, 2024

Industry

Flower buys 40 MW Swedish battery storage site for $3 million Optimization company Flower is acquring a ready-to-build 40 MW/80 MWh battery energy storage site, bringing its Swedish portfolio to 270 MW.

Sep 19, 2024

Finance

Industrial firebrick thermal storage could receive $75m US federal funds Two projects that would store heat in firebricks, for industrial use, may receive cash, in part because the systems are deemed highly replicable.

William Driscoll

Sep 18, 2024

Supply chain

Demand for large capacity battery storage cells goes strong as prices continue to slide The analysis from Taipei-based intelligence provider TrendForce finds that the average price for lithium iron phosphate (LFP) energy storage system cells continued to slide in August, reaching CNY 0.35/Wh ($0.049/Wh). Meanwhile, demand for large capacity cells continued to grow at a steady pace.

Sep 11, 2024

Finance

Actis invests in 3.5 GW/4.5 GWh Fillipino solar-plus-storage site The private equity investor has become a strategic partner in a project set to be the world’s largest integrated renewables and energy storage installation. Actis is investing $600 million for a 40% equity stake.

Sep 10, 2024

Flow batteries

Australian startup Allegro to ramp flow battery capacity after AUD 17.5m funding round The redox flow battery developer aims to “rapidly accelerate” its manufacturing capacity after closing a funding round that attracted major domestic and international investors.

Sep 10, 2024

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