The Inflation Reduction Act took a significant step forward over the weekend as US vice-president Kamala Harris cast a decisive vote.

Hopes have been raised once again that US lawmakers could introduce an investment tax credit for energy storage.

US energy storage industry is going strong despite delays due to supply chain issues, interconnection queue waiting times and other factors.

Actions taken this month by the US government to support solar industry unlikely to come at the expense of support for energy storage.

Utah project claimed as largest green hydrogen storage hub planned globally will get loan funding from the US Department of Energy.

President Joe Biden’s recent invocation of the Defense Production Act of 1950 could help solve supply chain issues, but only over the longer term. 

Redwood Materials CEO JB Straubel told a US Senate hearing his company already receives approximately 6GWh of end-of-life lithium-ion batteries for recycling annually. 

The Biden administration plans to use the Cold War-era Defense Production Act to ramp up mining and processing for materials integral to batteries and renewable energy, like lithium, graphite, nickel, manganese and cobalt.

Biden’s first State of the Union address included strong messaging on the importance of both supply and demand side measures to support clean energy.

US President Joe Biden announced a “major investment in domestic production of key minerals and materials” this week, including efforts to strengthen supply chains of lithium and other materials used in batteries.