System integrator HyperStrong will deploy sodium-ion BESS first in its home market of China, before bringing a product to the international markets, its president of technology said.

Eni Storage Systems has broken ground on a gigafactory in Italy set to build LFP cells for energy storage applications, while Chinese firm Hithium has won an €80 million grant from the Spanish government for a battery and BESS plant there.

A group of sodium-ion (Na-ion) battery-focused companies have launched a new industry coalition, the American Battery Leadership Coalition (ABLC).

We caught up with NeoVolta CEO Ardes Johnson about its US domestic BESS manufacturing partnership with Chinese firms Potis Edge and Longi, and how it has been structured to be FEOC compliant. 

US sodium-ion (Na-ion) battery startup Alsym Energy and domestic manufacturing company Re:Build Manufacturing are partnering to develop commercial-scale battery cell manufacturing capacity in the US.

The US can currently produce enough solar and battery energy storage system (BESS) modules to meet domestic demand, according to clean energy trade body American Clean Power (ACP).

Ford Energy, the wholly owned subsidiary of Ford Motor Company and developer EDF power solutions North America have announced a five-year battery energy storage system (BESS) supply agreement.

South Korean-owned company Qcells, part of the Hanwha Group, has introduced its first domestically assembled residential battery energy storage system (BESS) to the US market.

American Battery Factory (AFB) has secured offtake agreements for 4.5GWh of its initial 5.5GWh US factory output.

A new report from the US Energy Storage Coalition (ESC) indicates that the American battery manufacturing sector surpasses 100% of US demand for energy storage systems (ESS) and modules.