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.

Charlotte Gisbourne, market analyst at PV Tech Research discusses trends and movements in the Q1 2025 edition of the EnergyStorageTech Bankability Ratings report.

February 2025 saw around 4.5GW/10.5GWh of grid-scale BESS deployments globally, with China continuing to account for the majority but Europe increasing its share from January.

Ensuring high levels of system performance and availability are top priorities for battery storage professionals, and data plays a key role.

China-based lithium-ion OEM Gotion has launched a 7MWh BESS DC block product and claims over 7GWh of deals already.

The capabilities of lithium-ion battery storage in providing long-duration energy storage to global energy systems should not be overlooked, write Kotub Uddin and Sam Secher of Envision.

A utility in Dubai, UAE, has launched launched an expressions of interest (EOI) call for a solar and storage project.

Egypt’s government has signed contracts with developer AMEA Power for two large-scale battery energy storage projects, the country’s first.

US renewable energy company Ormat Technologies has won a tender for two separate 15-year tolling agreements for two energy storage facilities with a combined capacity of 300MW/1,200MWh.

The investment manager at pension fund Railpen has downplayed the impact to date of trade disputes on the battery storage industry.