Solar and energy storage were described by Elon Musk as going together “like peanut butter and jelly”. Andy Colthorpe meets some of the players creating this winning combination in the US.

Trina Storage has formed a partnership with solar inverter manufacturer Power Electronics to jointly deploy battery storage.

Pine Gate Renewables has signed a second long-term supply memorandum of understanding (MOU) targeting an alternative to lithium-ion this week, with nickel-hydrogen battery group EnerVenue.

Lithium-ion battery recycler Li-Cycle has opened its third recycling facility, in Arizona.

Duke Energy’s carbon reduction plan for its Carolina businesses includes proposals for a “significant growth” in energy storage deployments.

Battery storage system safety was at the top of the agenda for many vendors and their customers at ees Europe last week.

Commercial operations have begun at the Hydrovolt battery recycling plant in Norway, a joint venture (JV) between Norwegian materials processing company Hydro and Sweden-headquartered lithium battery manufacturing startup Northvolt.

Intersolar Europe event saw a number of energy storage-related announcements from Chinese solar PV industry players.

Iron flow battery company ESS Inc continues to await recognition of revenues, but has “strong confidence” in its trajectory towards profitability.

Eos Energy Enterprises added 65MWh of production capacity in the first quarter of this year.