A senior executive from the power solutions arm of manufacturing firm Volvo Group, Volvo Penta, talked Energy-Storage.news through its recent entry into the BESS market.
California governor Gavin Newsom has outlined how the state will reach 100% decarbonisation by 2045, in a policy update which put energy storage front-and-centre in enabling 24/7 clean power.
Mobile battery energy storage system (BESS) firm Moxion has announced plans to build a manufacturing plant in California with 7GWh of production capacity, in a launch ceremony attended by the state governor.
Some 710MW of battery storage came online in the US in the first three months of the year, of which around 70% was in the ERCOT, Texas market, S&P Global said.
Lithium carbonate prices have started to creep back up again after coming down from 2022’s extreme highs, but the long-term outlook is one of downwards prices, research firm Fastmarkets said.
The US Department of Energy (DOE) has cancelled a US$200 million grant application from lithium-ion battery firm Microvast, which rejected any links to the Chinese government.
Developer Pulse Clean Energy has secured a three-year £175 million (US$215 million) credit facility with a number of banks to go towards its pipeline of battery storage projects in the UK.
