The annual capacity of battery cell manufacturing for ESS in the US looks set to reach 50GWh by the end of next year, based on recent company announcements.
CATL, the world’s biggest lithium-ion OEM, saw flat ESS revenues in the first half of the year, but the extent to which this can be blamed on the increased US-China tariffs, if at all, is far from clear.
We caught up with the CEO of BESS optimiser Enspired to discuss what the emergence of tolls means for companies like his, and what role optimisers can play in the area of performance warranties.
Oil, gas and renewables firm Galp has announced construction on BESS projects in Spain and Portugal using equipment from inverter and BESS firm Sungrow.
Clean energy owner-operators Apex Clean Energy and esVolta have commissioned and put into commercial operation BESS projects in the ERCOT, Texas market, while second life BESS firm B2U has started building one in the state.
Utility and power generation firm EnBW has presented a 400MW/800MW BESS project proposal to a municipal council in Germany, for deployment at its Philippsburg nuclear power plant which is in the process of being decommissioned.
The government of Portugal has announced plans to invest €400 million (US$466 million) to improve its grid management capabilities and increase its battery energy storage system (BESS) capacity.
As the BESS industry matures, the trend towards a closening relationship between OEMs and project owners looks set to continue, but system integrators will continue to have a role to play.
