Three-quarters of the lithium-ion battery supply chain could have exposure to forced labour, contravening US and EU laws and potentially leading to products being blocked from those markets, a report said.

Stem Inc has seen its CEO step down while Energy Vault has been warned by the NYSE over its low share price, in a double helping of unfortunate announcements from SPAC-listed energy storage firms.

ESN Premium speaks with representatives of Lunar Energy and Nomad Power Systems, respectively targeting the tricky VPP and mobile power markets with energy storage-backed solutions.

EDP Renewables North America (EDPR NA) has secured a long-term contract with Dominion Energy to develop an 85MW/340MWh battery energy storage system (BESS) in Virginia, US.

Global energy storage players Fluence and Saft on moves to onshore production for the US market.

System integrator and project developer On.Energy has acquired nine in-development battery energy storage projects, which will play into California’s CAISO market.

The planning department in Imperial County, California, has progressed a solar-and-storage project from developer Avantus, which could total 500MW of solar and 500MW of BESS.

IPP Grenergy and EV and BESS firm BYD have extended a supply agreement for the Oasis de Atacama in Chile, which they claim will have the world’s largest BESS, to 3GWh.

The Planning Commission at the City of Ripon has issued a permit extension to Engie after the IPP experienced further delays in commencing construction of its 99MW/396MWh Ripon Reliability BESS project located in San Joaquin County, California. 

From leading players to startups, here are some tasty quotes from interviews taped at RE+ this week in Anaheim, California, US.