Global average lithium-ion battery prices have fallen 20% to US$115 per kWh this year, going below US$100 for electric vehicles (EVs), BloombergNEF said.
We get the reaction from other BESS suppliers, consultancies, research firms, optimisers, investors and IPPs to BYD launching a BESS using sodium-ion battery cells, a technology many see as a potential competitor to lithium-ion.
A consortium of development finance institutions led by the Asian Development Bank (ADB) and IPP Gulf Energy have signed a US$820 million loan agreement for a solar and storage portfolio in Thailand.
Chinese EV giant BYD has launched what an executive claimed is the ‘world’s first high-performance’ sodium-ion BESS product, using its proprietary form factor Long Blade Battery cell.
Callum McGuinn, partner at European intellectual property (IP) firm Mewburn Ellis, rounds up the major advancements in battery cell technology that BESS industry sources should be aware of.
We hear from S&P Global Commodity Insights analysts and a former Fluence executive about the major trends shaping the competitive landscape of system integrators in the BESS industry.
Philippines president Ferdinand Marcos Jr attended as construction began on what is thought to be the world’s largest power plant to combine solar PV and battery storage.
