Developer energyRe has secured US$240 mllion from Bank of America to fund the 108MWdc/198MWh Lone Star solar-plus-storage project in South Carolina, US.

Energy-Storage.news Premium’s mini-series on fire safety and industry practices concludes with a discussion of strategies for testing and the development of codes and standards.

Battery energy storage system (BESS) developer-operator Plus Power has received a US$82 million tax equity investment from bank Morgan Stanley for an Arizona project.

US vehicle-to-grid (V2G) technology company Nuvve has entered a strategic partnership with Chinese battery and energy storage solutions manufacturer Guangzhou Great Power.

G7 nations have agreed a new global energy storage target of 1500GW by 2030, a six-fold increase from today’s levels.

US-headquartered battery storage system integrator Powin Energy has signed a 12GWh cell supply agreement with Chinese battery maker REPT Battero.

Developers Agilitas Energy and On.Energy have raised a total US$125 million in debt financing towards solar, energy storage and hybrid solar-plus-storage projects in the US.

Natron Energy has started commercial-scale operations at its sodium-ion battery manufacturing plant in Michigan, US, and elaborated on how its technology compares to lithium-ion in answers provided to Energy-Storage.news.

California now has more than 10GW of battery storage, with Governor Gavin Newsom hailing the state’s “energy storage revolution,” which is underway.

This Friday Briefing looks at the battery manufacturing race that Europe and the US are set to get into, with both currently trailing far behind leader China.