Being able to create a single contract for project delivery is perhaps the biggest advantage of vertically integrating battery energy storage system (BESS) manufacturing with system integration, according to the CEO of LG Energy Solution (LG ES) Vertech.
The Inflation Reduction Act (IRA) put battery storage into the mainstream of the US energy industry, but also created supply chain complexities, writes Rauni Jaskari of Wärtsilä Energy Storage and Optimisation (Wärtsilä ES&O).
Trina Storage’s new 10MWh battery storage product is claimed by the company to be the first in the US to include full cell-to-AC system integration from a single vendor.
Recurrent Energy has closed US$513 million financing on a battery storage project in Arizona, US, which has a 20-year utility tolling agreement in place.
System integrator Stem Inc and developer Prometheus Power have deployed the first of three co-located BESS projects in Arizona for utilities in the AEPCO co-operative.
US$5 million will be made available for long-duration energy storage (LDES) projects via a competitive solicitation run by the New York State Energy Research and Development Authority (NYSERDA).
US-based independent power producer (IPP) NextEra and utility Entergy have revealed a five-year, 4.5GW development pipeline of solar and storage projects.
US lawmakers have accused lithium-ion battery OEMs CATL and Gotion High-Tech of having supply chain connections to forced labour and Uyghur oppression in China – a claim the firms adamantly deny – and called on an immediate block on shipments of their products.
