Managing your battery energy storage system (BESS) supply chain is a complex issue with no easy fixes, according to leading developers, system integrators and investors.

The US Department of Energy’s Loan Programs Office (LPO) has announced a US$375 million loan to lithium-ion recycling firm Li-Cycle to finance its material recovery facility in Rochester, New York.

Infradebt has made the first close of a fund dedicated to investing in large-scale battery storage projects around Australia.

The broader portfolio and management team are critical to securing investment for individual energy storage projects, said senior figures at asset managers Blackrock and Impax.

CSI Energy Storage, part of Canadian Solar, will supply 487MWh of its battery energy storage solution Solbank to developer Aypa Power.

Trina Storage is developing an energy management system (EMS) as a major strategic priority for its business.

There is more work to be done on ensuring alignment between maximising grid-scale battery revenue and maximising system benefits, said panellists on Day 2 of the Energy Storage Summit.

Planning approval has been given for Waratah Super Battery in Australia to help fill gap in energy supply from a retiring coal power plant.

Microsoft’s project to equip a data centre with a ‘grid-interactive’ battery storage system shows “what is possible”.