The US Department of Energy (DOE) has released its draft Energy Storage Strategy and Roadmap (SRM), a plan providing strategic direction and opportunities to optimise DOE’s energy storage investments ahead of the incoming Trump administration.
Peak Energy president and CCO Cameron Dales speaks with Energy-Storage.news about the US startup’s plans for scaling sodium-ion battery storage and cell manufacturing, sodium-ion’s advantages, and the bankability of the technology.
Lithium-sulfur battery and supermaterials firm Lyten is seeking a US$650 million loan from the US import-export bank EXIM to scale up manufacturing and meet BESS orders from the Caribbean region.
State-owned EPC firm China Power Construction Group (Power China) recently concluded a 16GWh BESS supply tender, which resulted in extremely low prices amidst a squeezing of market share and increased buying power from state-owned companies, an S&P analyst told Energy-Storage.news.
Lightsource bp has selected Hithium as the supplier of battery storage technology for a 222MW/640MWh solar co-located project in Queensland, Australia.