A new joint venture (JV) is evaluating building battery cell gigafactories in the US, based on advanced lithium-ion technologies, formed by investor Koch Strategic Platforms and manufacturer FREYR Battery.
A six-year lithium off-take contract signed by LG Energy Solution and supplier Sigma Lithium “signals the importance of securing lithium supply and the importance of ESG,” an industry supply chain expert has said.
Vanadium flow batteries are considered a leading light of the push towards technologies that can meet the need for long-duration energy storage. Not least of all by the companies that mine the metal from the ground. Andy Colthorpe learns how two primary vanadium producers increasingly view flow batteries as an exciting opportunity in the energy transition space.
China has once again been ranked top for involvement in the global lithium-ion battery supply chain by BloombergNEF, but for the first time the US has come in second amid a policy rush to support the domestic industry.
Global equipment manufacturer Caterpillar has supplied hybrid energy solutions technology including 7.5MW of battery storage to the microgrid powering a gold mine in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC).
Eos Energy Enterprises, the NASDAQ-listed US manufacturer of zinc-based battery storage technology, has secured an equipment financing deal that will aid its efforts to increase manufacturing capacity.
Energy-Storage.news proudly presents this sponsored webinar with energy intelligence group Curation, looking at the exciting but challenging work that goes into following and forecasting the costs of batteries.
India’s government will launch its first 1,000MW pilot tender to procure energy storage within a matter of weeks, Ministry of Power joint secretary Ghanshyam Prasad has said.
Update 27 September 2021: Australian Vanadium contacted Energy-Storage.news to say it has selected a contractor to deliver the first stage of its vanadium electrolyte production facility project.
