CATL has sold 900MWh of battery energy storage system (BESS) equipment to US independent power producer (IPP) Broad Reach Power. 

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. 

Facilities aimed at making products for the BESS industry announced by Turkey-headquartered Kontrolmatik and Ireland-headquartered Eaton.

A new 1GWh lithium iron phosphate (LFP) battery factory in Turkey serving the energy storage system (ESS) market will start production in Q4 2022.

Microinverter supplier Enphase Energy has been selected by Vermont, US, utility Green Mountain Power to supply its home battery system for a virtual power plant (VPP) programme.

Investor-owned utility SDG&E is turning its first lithium iron phosphate-based battery energy storage system (BESS) online today, while Stanford university says it has hit 100% renewable electricity with the offtake from Goldman Sachs’ recently-commissioned Slate solar-plus-storage project.

The US battery storage market is struggling to adapt to rising raw materials costs and has reached a “crisis point”.

KORE Power, a company building a lithium-ion gigafactory in Arizona, has launched a full service storage integrator division with the acquisition of an existing provider.

Reliance New Energy Limited, part of the massive Indian conglomerate, has acquired LFP battery manufacturer Lithium Werks for US$61 million two months after buying a sodium-ion battery producer.

Energy-storage.news speaks with the CEO of American Battery Factory, which seeks to establish a network of LFP gigafactories.