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FREYR Battery expands gigafactory plan amid pledge of support from Norway’s government

June 30, 2022
FREYR Battery will go ahead with construction of its first battery gigafactory in Norway, which has announced a National Battery Strategy.
Austin Leach (left) of TechLink is shown test results for Enzinc's nickel-zinc pouch cell by battery engineering intern Santiago Edinger. Image: Enzinc.

Diversifying energy storage is vital for the global industry’s health

June 15, 2022
The battery industry is at risk of falling into the trap of becoming too dependent on a single ingredient.
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GE Renewable Energy to ramp new ‘Renewable Hybrid’ factory in India to 9GW

June 14, 2022
GE Renewable Energy will triple its solar and battery energy storage manufacturing capacity at its newly launched Renewable Hybrids factory in India by the end of 2022.
US President Joe Biden visiting a National Renewable Energy Lab (NREL) solar facility. Image: NREL.

Biden’s executive action to support solar likely to run in tandem with support for energy storage

June 14, 2022
Actions taken this month by the US government to support solar industry unlikely to come at the expense of support for energy storage.
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Canadian Solar’s project development arm has 27GWh pipeline of BESS

May 30, 2022
Canadian Solar has said its project development arm has a pipeline of more than 27GWh of battery storage projects.
Samsung SDI batteries at ees Europe 2022. Image: Cameron Murray / Solar Media

PODCAST: Europe’s surging demand for energy storage and latest global solar PV market trends

May 26, 2022
The Solar Media Podcast returns for a new season.
Sella 2 factory, Eumseong Innovation City, South Korea. Image: SolarEdge.

SolarEdge opens 2GWh lithium battery cell factory in South Korea

May 25, 2022
SolarEdge has begun producing test cells for certification at its newly opened lithium-ion cell gigafactory in South Korea.
Trina Storage Elementa modular cabinet. Image: Trina Storage corporate video screenshot.

Trina Storage-Power Electronics partnership targets 1GWh BESS deployments by end of next year

May 20, 2022
Trina Storage has formed a partnership with solar inverter manufacturer Power Electronics to jointly deploy battery storage.
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Overcoming the great disconnect in the battery storage supply chain

May 16, 2022
Rising demand for batteries, largely coming from the electric vehicle (EV) sector, means raw materials prices continue to be volatile.
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Eos manufacturing expansion underway, 14% drop in materials costs for zinc battery storage

May 12, 2022
Eos Energy Enterprises added 65MWh of production capacity in the first quarter of this year.

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