The US now has a larger pipeline of lithium-ion manufacturing projects than Europe, according to Clean Energy Associates (CEA) and Benchmark Mineral Intelligence.
Electric ‘supercar’ firm Rimac is bringing “leading expertise in extracting maximal performance” from battery cells to its new energy storage division, which will also consider non-lithium technology, it told Energy-Storage.news.
The problem of changes to battery cell order pricing because of raw material index (RMI) pricing has now improved for energy storage offtakers, EPC firm Burns & McDonnell told Energy-Storage.news.
Battery energy storage systems (BESS) cost base has increased 25% in the past year, the head of storage for global energy technology group Wärtsilä told Energy-Storage.news.