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Trump tariffs China batteries

Trump’s 1930s-level tariffs bring China battery duty to 82%, big increases for Southeast Asia

April 3, 2025
Donald Trump has announced his sweeping ‘Liberation Day’ global tariffs, with another new China tariff resulting in an effective doubling of the price of batteries and BESS imported from there to the US.
ERCOT customers can assess the impact of system condition on revenue generation in real-time through one dashboard, TWAICE's Ryan Franks said. Image: TWAICE.

TWAICE and Modo integrate BESS analytics, revenue data for ‘highly competitive and dynamic ERCOT environment’

April 3, 2025
Integration of data analytics and asset revenue data will give battery storage operators an edge in the ERCOT market, TWAICE claims.
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Over 3GWh of BESS approved in UK in March

April 3, 2025
The UK saw 1,590MW/3,179MWh of grid-scale BESS projects approved last month, bringing the total approved projects to around 55.4GW/117GWh.
Anthony Albanese (pictured) and the Labor Party have taken on board the need for storage in making clean energy dispatchable, Dr Bruce Mountain said. Image: Anthony Albanese's office via Twitter.

Australia’s federal election: a shift in policy could cause ‘chaos and delay’

April 3, 2025
With Australia’s federal election set for 3 May 2025, Energy-Storage.news delves into how energy storage could be impacted.
Rendering of the 250MW/1,000MWh Oneida BESS, which is nearing completion. Image: NRStor.

Ontario IESO: ‘Considerable amount’ of battery storage will help meet Canadian province’s rising energy demand

April 2, 2025
Ontario’s electricity system will be able to handle rising demand, thanks in part to new battery energy storage systems (BESS).
Dry Bridge, a 20MW/80MWh BESS project which East Point Energy developed and brought into operation in 2023, on behalf of utility Dominion Energy which bought the project two years prior to that and before Equinor's acquisition of the developer. Image: East Point Energy.
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East Point withdraws 116MW BESS project in Upstate New York after town bans utility-scale storage

April 2, 2025
Equinor-owned East Point Energy has officially withdrawn plans to construct a 116MW standalone BESS in New York State.
SMA Solar Rheinenergie Germany BESS partnership

SMA and RheinEnergie partner on Germany BESS projects

April 2, 2025
The system integration arm of SMA Solar and utility RheinEnergie have partnered to deploy BESS projects in Germany, with construction about to launch on the first.
Lithium sodium-ion BESS China

Large-scale hybrid lithium-sodium-ion BESS comes online in China

April 2, 2025
A 200MW/400MWh BESS project in China combining lithium-ion and sodium-ion batteries has been put into operation.
Rendering of Eku Energy's proposed Wongalea BESS project in NSW, Australia. Image: Eku Energy
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Australia has the world’s toughest grid codes, and BESS developer Eku Energy is fine with that

April 2, 2025
ESN Premium hears from Tom Best, COO at Eku Energy, what it takes to comply with Australia’s Generator Performance Standards.
Enlight New Mexico

Enlight secures US$773 million financing for 688MWh California BESS

April 1, 2025
IPP Enlight Renewable Energy has received a US$773 million debt financing for its solar-plus-storage Country Acres project located near Sacramento, California, US.

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