The US Department of Energy Loan Programs Office (LPO) is continuing to work with battery recycling firm Li-Cycle on its loan application, a spokesperson told Energy-Storage.news, after Republican lawmakers questioned the LPO director’s role in granting the loan to the firm.

Jennifer Downing, senior advisor to the Loan Programs Office at the US Department of Energy (DOE) and author of a recent report into virtual power plant technology, speaks to Energy-Storage.news.

Energy-Storage.news speaks with US Department of Energy Loan Programs Office head Jigar Shah in the second part of our exclusive interview.

Jigar Shah, the clean energy industry veteran leading the US Department of Energy Loan Programs Office, speaks with Energy-Storage.news.

A multi-year offtake deal and technology partnership between Kore Power and Nidec were among the flurry of deals announced at RE+ last week.

Zinc battery storage company Eos Energy Enterprises has received positive news from the US Department of Energy (DOE) regarding a US$398.6 million loan.

US DOE Loan Programs Office has invited Nostromo into due diligence and terms sheet negotiations for a loan worth up to US$176 million.

Vertically integrated US energy storage company Kore Power has received a conditional commitment from the US Department of Energy (DOE) for a $850 million loan for its Arizona gigafactory.

The US is now taking the stance on climate change its European counterparts have been demanding for years, the Department of Energy’s Jigar Shah told Energy-Storage.news in a wide-ranging interview.

The US Department of Energy’s Loan Programs Office (LPO) has announced a US$375 million loan to lithium-ion recycling firm Li-Cycle to finance its material recovery facility in Rochester, New York.