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Wood Mackenzie's analysis of construction cost changes as a result of tariffs. Image: Wood Mackenzie

US import tariff analysis spells out extent of challenge facing US battery storage industry

June 4, 2025
New analysis from Clean Energy Associates (CEA) and Wood Mackenzie highlights the challenges facing the US battery storage market due to trade tariffs.
Aerial view of the 15-acre battery yard at Longroad Energy's Sun Streams 3 solar-plus-storage project in Maricopa County, Arizona. Image: Longroad Energy
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Energy storage IPPs reveal impacts of tariffs and tax credit uncertainty: Stockpiles, strategy shifts and price increases

May 29, 2025
Matthew Biss looks at how energy storage companies plan and mitigate tariff and tax credit risks within an uncertain policy landscape.
Peninsula Clean Energy CEO Shawn Marshall cuts the ribbon to inaugurate a solar PV carport project in Los Banos, California, with the city's mayor Michael Amabile earlier this year. Image: Peninsula Clean Energy
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California CCA’s contract for KKR-owned BESS includes protections for tariff, tax credit risk

May 28, 2025
Even during times of turmoil for the US renewable energy industry, IPPs are continuing to secure long-term offtake agreements in California.
A D.E. Shaw Renewable Investments solar PV plant in New Mexico, US. Image: DESRI
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California utility SMUD’s BESS PPA deal with DESRI includes protections against tariff uncertainty

May 13, 2025
Sacramento Municipal Utility District (SMUD) has finalised terms of a PPA with developer D. E. Shaw Renewable Investments (DESRI).
Miniera d'Energia, an Energy Vault project in Sardinia, Italy, piloting the use of a hybrid BESS and 'modular pumped hydro' gravity storage tech at a former mining site. Image: Energy Vault.

Energy Vault claims geographic diversity helps offset US-China tariff risk

May 13, 2025
US grid-scale energy storage solutions provider Energy Vault claimed its diversification into new geographies and business models “shielded” its backlog from tariff risk.
Fluence's flagship Smartstack BESS solution, launched earlier this year. Image: Fluence.

Tariff uncertainty leads Fluence to lower 2025 guidance as US projects put on pause

May 12, 2025
Uncertainty over trade tariffs has caused Fluence to lower its revenue and EBITDA guidance, although CEO Julian Nebreda said the company is “optimistic about the future of energy storage.”
US president Donald Trump delivering the 2018 State of the Union address during his first term. Image: Flickr/ Trump White House Archived

US BESS investment ‘already impacted’ by tariffs, but industry predicted to remain resilient

April 14, 2025
Tariffs announced on ‘Liberation Day’ have already caused battery storage project deals to fall through in the US, Energy-Storage.news has heard.
Turnkey systems excluding EPC and grid connection costs saw their biggest reduction since BNEF's survey began in 2017. Image: BNEF.
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Behind the numbers: BNEF finds 40% year-on-year drop in BESS costs

February 5, 2025
BNEF analyst Isshu Kikuma discusses trends and market dynamics impacting the cost of energy storage in 2024 with ESN Premium.
Fluence at the RE+ industry event in California, September 2024. The company is active in 17 global territories but around half of its deployments are in the US. Image: Andy Colthorpe/Solar Media

Year in Review: Fluence on data centres, domestic manufacturing and another ‘record-breaking year’ ahead

January 15, 2025
Our Year in Review Q&A series continues as we speak with Andrew Gilligan, senior director for commercial strategy at Fluence.
China dominates the global battery energy storage supply chain thanks to its low costs and technological prowess. Image: Hithium

Cutthroat competition: the race to the top of the BESS supply chain

January 14, 2025
Rho Motion’s head of research Iola Hughes analyses some of the trends shaping the battery storage supply chain as market growth accelerates worldwide.

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