The US government Department of Energy has begun implementation of a programme to support battery recycling.

FREYR Battery and Nidec intend to form a JV for the manufacture of battery storage modules and packs.

Bidding took place in reverse auction to contract for 500MW/1,000MWh of standalone BESS with the Solar Energy Corporation of India.

Proposals for two large-scale battery storage facilities have been put before decisionmakers on New York’s Long Island.

The government of Barbados has created a national energy storage policy and sees billions of investment potential in the sector, a minister has said.

A 100MW/150MWh battery energy storage system (BESS) has been brought online in Queensland, Australia, by developer Vena Energy.

Lithium-ion battery factory serving EV and ESS sectors has opened in New York State which could ramp-up to 38GWh annual production capacity.

The signing of the Inflation Reduction Act by US president Joe Biden has been considered a major step forward for clean energy.

EDF Renewables North America has fully commissioned Palen Solar, a multi-stage solar PV project on public lands in California.

The Inflation Reduction Act should accelerate current efforts to move battery cell production nearer to the US, the senior director of manufacturing for Fluence told Energy-Storage.news.