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Beyond lithium? Why alternative battery chemistries are promising—but not ready

May 7, 2025
Alternative technologies to lithium-ion are unlikely to oust the incumbent anytime soon, writes Anh Vu of Clean Energy Associates (CEA).
Stage 1 of independent power producer Neoen's Collie Battery project in Western Australia, which uses Tesla Megapacks and went online last October. Image: Neoen.

Tesla: Trade tariffs will have ‘outsized impact’ on battery storage business, CFO says

April 24, 2025
Tesla’s energy storage business continued to grow in Q1 2025 even as profits and vehicle sales fell, but faces greater exposure to trade tariff risks than its automotive segment.
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‘We’re talking 56GW of storage by 2035’: Australia’s Essential Energy confirms V2G tech is market-ready

April 11, 2025
Australian electricity distributor Essential Energy has confirmed that vehicle-to-grid (V2G) charging technology is now market-ready in Australia.
Rendering of KORE Power's planned 12GWh gigafactory in Buckeye, Arizona, which the company cancelled in January. Image: KORE Power.

US battery gigafactories face delays and cancellations amid market uncertainty

April 9, 2025
US battery gigafactory ‘power play’ will see smaller vendors step back, write Anjali Joshi and Dan Finn-Foley of Clean Energy Associates.
Figure 5. Most of the suppliers included in the report are predicted to ship between 3.5-6.5GWh of product in 2025.

CATL and Sungrow join Tesla as AAA-Rated energy storage suppliers

April 1, 2025
Charlotte Gisbourne, market analyst at PV Tech Research discusses trends and movements in the Q1 2025 edition of the EnergyStorageTech Bankability Ratings report.
The May 2023 topping out celebration for the factory in Holland, Michigan. Image: LG Energy Solution
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LG Energy Solution Vertech: US demand for BESS, fire safety and the evolution of energy density

March 26, 2025
ESN Premium’s two-part interview with the CEO of LG Energy Solution Vertech continues, covering topics such as US customer demand and the Moss Landing fire.
Output from the production lines for battery storage projects such as the one pictured here is sold out for the next three to five years, Jaehong Park claims. Image: LG Energy Solution.
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‘We will keep investing in the US’: LG Energy Solution Vertech on BESS manufacturing strategy

March 19, 2025
ESN Premium discusses the ongoing adaptation of EV battery lines to stationary storage applications with Jaehong Park, CEO of LG ES Vertech.
Norway's Freyr Battery put this publicity image out a couple of years ago of the site where it hoped to build a battery factory. The company is now known as T1 Energy and is headquartered in the US, following a pivot to solar manufacturing. Image: Business Wire.
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Wood Mackenzie: 2025 is a ‘crucial year for Europe’s battery industry’

March 10, 2025
ESN Premium speaks about the upstream market landscape for Europe’s energy storage industry with Kevin Shang, analyst at Wood Mackenzie.
LG Energy Solution at the RE+ clean energy trade event in Anaheim, California, September 2024. Image: Andy Colthorpe / Solar Media

LG ES to invest US$1.4 billion in US stationary storage cell manufacturing

February 25, 2025
LG ES will begin production of lithium iron phosphate (LFP) cells for stationary energy storage applications in the US this year.
The start of 2024 saw the Edwards & Sanborn project, featuring 3,287MWh of battery storage alongside 864MW of solar PV, come fully online. Image: Terra-Gen

Energy-Storage.news’ most-read news stories of 2024

December 25, 2024
As we welcome the end of another exciting, if sometimes challenging year, here are the most-read news stories on Energy-Storage.news for 2024.

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Our Next Energy launches US-made ESS products, American Energy Storage Innovations winding down

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Local opposition, permitting struggles stall progress on Northland Power’s 1GWh BESS in New York

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California BESS legislation update: Progress for pragmatic approaches, not for the extreme

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