JinkoSolar has signed distribution agreement for its battery storage solutions with a Nigeria-headquartered business systems integrator.

Global battery energy storage system (BESS) integrator Powin Energy is expanding its battery cell and system testing lab in Oregon, US.

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

Norwegian lithium-ion battery gigafactory group FREYR has signed a conditional offtake agreement with energy storage system integrator Powin Energy totalling 28.5GWh over six years.

Independent Power Producer (IPP) Innergex Renewable Energy has ordered two battery energy storage system (BESS) projects from Mitsubishi Power Americas for co-located sites in Chile, South America.

Tesla made 846MWh of battery energy storage system deployments in the first quarter of this year.

CATL has sold 900MWh of battery energy storage system (BESS) equipment to US independent power producer (IPP) Broad Reach Power. 

President Joe Biden’s recent invocation of the Defense Production Act of 1950 could help solve supply chain issues, but only over the longer term. 

Facilities aimed at making products for the BESS industry announced by Turkey-headquartered Kontrolmatik and Ireland-headquartered Eaton.

Lithium iron phosphate (LFP) will be the dominant battery chemistry over nickel manganese cobalt (NMC) by 2028, in a global market of demand exceeding 3,000GWh by 2030.