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Illustrative rendering of a solar-plus-storage project with LG ES containerised BESS. Image: LG Energy Solution.

LG Energy Solution building US factory with 16GWh dedicated to battery storage

March 24, 2023
LG Energy Solution will build a cell factory with 16GWh of annual production capacity dedicated to the stationary energy storage market.
IESA president Dr Rahul Walawalkar (right) at a recent industry event. Walawalkar is also founder of the Alliance, and managing director and president at advisory group Customized Energy Solutions. Image: IESA via Twitter.

India’s Union Budget ‘supports energy storage supply chain, deployment and export potential’

February 8, 2023
“Overall we are very happy with the direction of the budget,” says Dr Rahul Walawalkar, president of the India Energy Storage Alliance (IESA).
A 200MW/400MWh LFP BESS project in China, where lower battery prices continue to be found. Image: Hithium Energy Storage.

Hithium LFP cells used in China’s ‘largest standalone battery storage project’

December 22, 2022
A 200MW/400MWh BESS has gone live in Ningxia, China, equipped with Hithium lithium iron phosphate (LFP) cells.
Average lithium battery pack prices, with the US$100/kWh threshold forecast for 2026 on far right hand side. Image: Solar Media with BloombergNEF data.

Lithium battery pack prices go up for first time since BloombergNEF began annual survey

December 6, 2022
Lithium-ion battery pack prices have gone up 7% in 2022, marking the first price rise since BloombergNEF began its surveys in 2010.
Image: Storlytics.

Grid-tied battery lifecycle estimation, the Achilles’ heel of energy storage project development

September 13, 2022
Sherif Abdelrazek from energy storage software company Storlytics on one of the major challenges still faced in the BESS space.
Cell testing. Customers should request independently verified test data from vendors, DNV said. Image: DNV.

CATL, Narada among top performers in DNV’s 2022 ‘Battery Scorecard’

September 6, 2022
LFP batteries from CATL and Narada are among those ranked highest performance for stationary energy storage in DNV’s new ‘Battery Scorecard’.
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US cell manufacturer KORE Power wins 20MWh UK battery storage project supply deal

June 16, 2022
KORE Power will provide batteries for a 20MWh battery storage project under development between ABB and UK green energy supplier Ecotricity.
Land at California's Salton Sea, where the extraction of lithium from geothermal brine will be piloted. Image: CTR.

Biden’s Defense Production Act intervention ‘won’t solve near term battery supply chain challenges’

April 14, 2022
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. 
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Northvolt announces third European gigafactory site for ‘sustainably produced’ batteries

March 15, 2022
Northvolt intends to build its third gigafactory in Schleswig-Holstein, Germany.
Tesla Megapacks at SRP's BESS project in Peoria, which went online in September 2021. Image: SRP.

ESS integrators will ‘have to get used to’ being lower priority than EV makers in battery procurement

March 4, 2022
Energy storage system integrators are diversifying their procurement strategies to ease supply chain constraints.

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