A resolution aimed at rescinding access to the 45X manufacturing tax credit for companies with links to ‘adversarial foreign governments’, primarily China, has been submitted in the US House of Representatives.
Donald Trump has threatened to impose additional 10% tariffs on all goods from China once he takes office, which would compound existing tariffs the BESS industry already has to deal with.
Chinese EV giant BYD has launched what an executive claimed is the ‘world’s first high-performance’ sodium-ion BESS product, using its proprietary form factor Long Blade Battery cell.
Callum McGuinn, partner at European intellectual property (IP) firm Mewburn Ellis, rounds up the major advancements in battery cell technology that BESS industry sources should be aware of.
The Energy Storage Awards 2024 ceremony saw the European industry and its partners gather to celebrate the best technologies, brightest minds and sharpest business ideas.
European battery company Northvolt has filed for Chapter 11 ‘reorganisation’ bankruptcy in the US, which it said will allow it to restructure its debt to continue scaling the business.
Second life energy storage and BMS firm Element Energy has commissioned the largest project in the world using repurposed EV batteries, it claimed, with LG Energy Solutions (ES) Vertech revealed as a system integration partner going forward.
A roundup from a very busy fortnight of UK BESS news, with major project announcements from Field, Cero Generation, Fidra Energy, Sungrow, Green Nation and Low Carbon, as well as ESB and SSE news items from neighbouring Ireland.
