Hithium has become the latest overseas player to seek to onshore production of battery energy storage system (BESS) equipment and components in the US.
While Chinese companies dominated the square footage at ees Europe / Intersolar Europe in Munich last month, some project developers are still keen on prioritising products made closer to home.
We hear from industry sources about the reasons for, and implications of, the increasing convergence to the 20-foot, 5MWh+ container as the dominant grid-scale BESS product today.
The Inflation Reduction Act (IRA) put battery storage into the mainstream of the US energy industry, but also created supply chain complexities, writes Rauni Jaskari of Wärtsilä Energy Storage and Optimisation (Wärtsilä ES&O).
Trina Storage’s new 10MWh battery storage product is claimed by the company to be the first in the US to include full cell-to-AC system integration from a single vendor.
US zinc hybrid cathode battery storage manufacturer Eos Energy Enterprises has agreed a financing package with private equity firm Cerberus, comprised of separate loan and revolver facilities totalling US$315 million.
Invinity Energy Systems, a technology company that develops vanadium redox flow batteries (VRFB), plans to expand its manufacturing footprint in Scotland, UK.
