ROUNDUP: House of Representatives’ net zero plan, ESS for EVs, €100m energy transition fund
This week's roundup includes energy storage-relevant news from across Solar Media's publishing stable.
Articles tagged with: Start-ups
Form Energy closes US$40 million funding round for its long-duration storage
Form Energy has closed a US$40 million Series B funding round led by Eni.
‘World’s largest tech investor’ puts US$110m bet on energy storage using concrete
Swiss energy storage start-up Energy Vault will use the investment from Soft Bank's Vision Fund to "accelerate global deployment" of its energy storage tower technology.
Lithium battery factories inaugurated in Los Angeles and Europe
Start-up Romeo Power has opened a lithium battery pack factory in Los Angeles, aimed at the EV and stationary energy storage markets, aiming to ramp up to 4GWh production capacity by next year.
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2016: ‘Bullet proof’ investments, favourable exits for software start-ups and the Intern
In the simplest terms, if 2014 was the year of test deployments and proving storage can work, 2015 was a year of getting things done. But what are the big trends likely to drive the space on in 2016? Lux Research closely tracks the energy storage industry, in combination with solar, in terms of its synergy with EVs and in its own right. Andy Colthorpe spoke with Lux analyst Cosmin Laslau to get his views and predictions on what we can expect to see this year.
US government funds solar-plus-storage demonstrator projects
The US Department of Energy is to fund six projects trialling the combination of solar and energy storage.
A123 offshoot 24M targets US$100 per kWh costs for Li-ion by 2020
24M, a battery company that claims it can achieve 50% cost-savings over existing Li-ion technology and hit US$100 per kWh by 2020, is positioning itself as a ‘disruptor’ of the energy storage space, an industry analyst has said.