Waller County, Texas, officials have approved tax abatements for Tesla to build its newest battery storage factory in the US.

The European Union (EU) has launched the Clean Industrial Deal and Affordable Energy Action Plan, which dedicate at least €100 billion towards boosting industry, manufacturing and speeding up the rollout of renewables and energy storage.

European lithium-ion OEM Northvolt has sold the division in which its ESS manufacturing plant in Poland sits, as it continues to divest non-core assets amidst its ongoing Chapter 11 bankruptcy.

Battery Council International (BCI) is asking congress to defend domestic battery supply chains. BCI published a briefing for legislators outlining steps to “create jobs, support domestic battery manufacturers and defend the US economy from unfair foreign competition.”

NYSE-listed firm Freyr has cancelled its plans for a battery manufacturing plant in Georgia, US, following its pivot to becoming a US solar company.

BNEF analyst Isshu Kikuma discusses trends and market dynamics impacting the cost of energy storage in 2024 with ESN Premium.

A few weeks ago, a battery recycling deal was announced for a 640MWh BESS project in Australia, but the project isn’t even built yet and the cells have 25-year warranties – we caught up with the company recycling the batteries to hear more.

LG Energy Solution is ‘proactively responding to market volatilities’ that have seen the South Korean battery manufacturer’s annual operating profits slide 73.4%.

Chinese renewable energy tech company Envision has begun building a factory for wind turbines and energy storage systems (ESS) in Kazakhstan.

This edition of news in brief focuses on energy storage technologies that are emerging or on the path to commercialisation.