Lithium-ion battery and energy storage system (ESS) manufacturer Microvast has announced plans to set up an ESS manufacturing plant in Colorado, US, which will be operational this year.

Cost disclosure requirements needed in order to qualify for IRA’s investment tax credit (ITC) domestic content adder could prove problematic for ESS providers, sources told Energy-Storage.news.

Vietnam’s VinES Energy Solutions has partnered with SolarBK to promote the integration of battery storage with rooftop solar PV.

BESS projects in the US need to be 40% US-made to qualify for the ITC domestic content adder, rising to 55% from 2027 onwards, the IRS has said.

European Commission’s categorisation of energy storage technologies in the Net Zero Industry Act is a “huge victory,” one source said.

India’s upcoming Union Budget should include tax-based incentives for energy storage, the India Energy Storage Alliance (IESA) has said.

Taiwan-based Aleees will provide its lithium iron phosphate (LFP) cathode manufacturing process technology for ICL Group’s US$400 million facility in Missouri, US.

Australia’s Prime Minister Scott Morrison has announced financial support for four technology sector manufacturing projects, including a vanadium processing plant.

‘Zinc hybrid cathode’ battery storage company Eos Energy Enterprises has signed a long-term supply and collaboration agreement with industrial chemicals group TETRA Technologies.

Emphasis has been placed once again on the importance of developing domestic battery supply chains for electric vehicles and energy storage by the administration of US President Joe Biden, with the country currently highly dependent on imports.