ACWA Power has agreed to deploy wind energy and battery capacity to help power what is claimed will be the Middle East and Africa region’s ‘first battery gigafactory.’

Tier-1 battery manufacturer EVE Energy will be the first to mass-produce lithium iron phosphate (LFP) battery cells with more than 600Ah capacity for stationary applications.

ESN Premium’s canvassing of election views from North America’s biggest clean energy trade event concludes.

With the US election rapidly approaching, ESN Premium has heard the views of system integrators, developers, and EPCs.

Lithium-ion OEM LG Energy Solution will slow its expansion to focus on increasing utilisation at existing production lines, while also starting battery production in the US for energy storage next year, it revealed in its quarterly results.

The US Treasury and Internal Revenue Service (IRS) have finalised the rules and process for the 45X advanced manufacturing tax credit, which effectively provides a subsidy to domestic clean energy technology manufacturing, including batteries.

“It won’t be long” before Tesla’s stationary energy storage business is shipping 100GWh a year, CEO Elon Musk has claimed.

Automotive group Mercedes-Benz has inaugurated what it claimed is the first integrated hydrometallurgical facility in Europe for battery recycling in Baden-Württemberg, Germany.

Hithium has launched a battery storage solution for use in desert conditions and plans to build a 5GWh production plant in Saudi Arabia.

KORE Power CEO Lindsay Gorrill speaks with ESN Premium about the US startup’s manufacturing plans, why NMC won’t go away anytime soon, and where he thinks the BESS market is going.