Philippines President Ferdinand ‘Bong Bong’ Marcos Jr has attended the inauguration of the country’s first lithium iron phosphate (LFP) battery factory.

The EU’s security requirements for energy assets including energy storage are increasing as the risks grow, particularly in Central and Eastern Europe (CEE).

Vanadium redox flow battery (VRFB) manufacturer VRB Energy intends to build two factories in China through a joint venture (JV) and one in the US through a new subsidiary.

Chinese battery manufacturer Rept Battero launched its North American subsidiary earlier this month with an event in Irvine, California, US.

Supply chain risk platform Infyos discusses its research into forced and child labour in the battery supply chain, suppliers risk of exposure to it and what business risks that could entail for those in the ESS industry – particularly around the EU Batteries Regulation.

The government of Queensland has committed to investing in a factory in the Australian state that will make flow batteries based on iron electrolyte technology.

Energy Plug Technologies and the Malahat Nation have confirmed that construction has started on Canada’s first indigenous-led energy storage gigafactory in Mill Bay, British Columbia.

The US Department of Energy (DOE) will guarantee a loan from U.S. Bancorp Impact Finance for a project pairing 15MW of solar PV with 70MWh of long-duration energy storage (LDES) on Tribal Lands in California.

Investor Return has acquired an energy storage development platform in Germany, Swedish optimiser Flower has bought another large-scale BESS project, while Romania’s CIS Group has revealed a flurry of solar and storage projects.

Three-quarters of the lithium-ion battery supply chain could have exposure to forced labour, contravening US and EU laws and potentially leading to products being blocked from those markets, a report said.