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.
Telecoms specialist Elisa is deploying battery and PV systems at base towers in Finland, which will “implement virtual power plant (VPP) optimisation of locally produced solar energy.”
A double-header of big news from Germany, with construction starting on a ‘Grid Booster’ BESS from TransnetBW and Fluence and the EU putting €58 million towards a project that will combine green hydrogen and iron flow battery storage at scale.
A battery energy storage system (BESS) comprising Tesla Megapacks with output of 10.8MW and 43MWh storage capacity has gone into operation in Sendai, Japan.
AES Corporation has withdrawn one of its solar and battery storage hybrid facilities from Hawaiian Electric Co’s (HECO’s) latest renewable energy procurement.
The EV charging and energy solutions arm of Volkswagen Group is entering the large-scale BESS market, with individual projects up to 350MW/700MW in size and the first, in Germany, planned for next year.
Australia’s Clean Energy Council has signaled that Q1 2024 saw signs of recovery for the nation’s renewable energy generation sector but warned that investment levels must radically increase to achieve 2030 decarbonisation targets.
Real estate investor Montea will put €30 million (US$33 million) to installing 56MWh of distributed battery energy storage systems (BESS) at logistics sites in Belgium and the Netherlands.
Trade association EASE has urged policymakers to recognise the vital role energy storage can play in solving energy sector challenges as European Union (EU) elections take place.
