Subscribe To Premium
Premium Subscription

manufacturing

Joe Manchin at an event with Energy Secretary Jennifer Granholm (left). Image: Joe Manchin's office.

Cobalt-free lithium battery gigafactory to help transition West Virginia away from coal economy

March 23, 2022
A newly-announced battery gigafactory in the US from startup SPARKZ will make batteries suitable for grid storage and will be built in the heart of Appalachian coal county in West Virginia. 
Image: Wood Mackenzie Power & Renewables.

LFP to dominate 3TWh global lithium-ion battery market by 2030

March 22, 2022
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.
Flow battery demonstration plant in Hubei, China, where the world's biggest VRFB system, at 100MW/400MWh, went online recently. Image: VRB Energy.

Australia’s lithium, vanadium battery value chain gets share of AU$243m government funding

March 17, 2022
Australia’s Prime Minister Scott Morrison has announced financial support for four technology sector manufacturing projects, including a vanadium processing plant.
american battery factory gigafactory

US gigafactory startup ABF claims first 3GWh LFP-making facility can be online in two years

March 16, 2022
Energy-storage.news speaks with the CEO of American Battery Factory, which seeks to establish a network of LFP gigafactories.
gigafactory europe northvolt delays britishvolt

Northvolt announces third European gigafactory site for ‘sustainably produced’ batteries

March 15, 2022
Northvolt intends to build its third gigafactory in Schleswig-Holstein, Germany.
connected energy renault mercedes nissan second life battery storage EV

Green batteries: Let’s design for reuse, as well as for recycling

March 14, 2022
‘Simple’ changes at the design stage of batteries could add significantly to their ‘reusability’ before end of life.
Front cover image for PV Tech Power 30. Image: Solar Media / Adrian Cartwright, Planet Illustration.

PV Tech Power Vol.30: Solar skills gap, battery insurance and more in our quarterly journal

March 9, 2022
The new edition of PV Tech Power is now available to download.
tesla gigafactory berlin

The three things the US needs to catch up with Europe’s battery gigafactory charge

March 9, 2022
With Europe set to reach 789.2GWh of lithium-ion battery gigafactory production by 2030, what does the US need to do to keep up?
Rendering of an EV battery plant in Hungary, Europe, being built by SK Innovation. Image: Sk Innovation.

US battery scrap recycling deal for SK, BASF building cathode materials and recycling plant in Canada

March 9, 2022
Ascend Elements will recycle manufacturing scrap from SK Innovation’s lithium battery gigafactories in Georgia, US.
One of Inovat's four BESS projects built for distribution companies in Turkey. Image: Inovat.

Turkey’s energy storage market is ‘now fully open’

March 7, 2022
With a commitment to add 1GW each of new solar PV and wind each year, Turkey’s need for energy storage is coming sooner rather than later. 

Email Newsletter

Most Popular

BESS industry starts to diversify away from 20-foot container, back to modular

Premium

Officials in Rockingham County, Virginia, deny Special Use Permit for 600MWh BESS project

CATL launches 9MWh ‘two in one’ stacked BESS product in response to transportation weight limits

Sunrun quadruples California VPP from 2024 to 2025

Georgia Power begins construction on 765MW of BESS

Evyon and Elywhere merge second life BESS and EV charging businesses

Upcoming Events

Stay ahead of ERCOT and CAISO’s evolving battery storage revenue opportunities

May 20
 - May 20
, 2025
1pm EST / 6pm BST

Renewables Procurement & Revenue Summit 2025

May 21
 - May 22
, 2025
London, UK

The Battery Show Europe 2025

June 3
 - June 5
, 2025
Messe Stuttgart Stuttgart, Germany

Electric & Hybrid Vehicle Technology Expo Europe 2025

June 3
 - June 5
, 2025
Messe Stuttgart Stuttgart, Germany

Energy Storage Summit Germany 2025

June 3
 - June 5
, 2025
Stuttgart, Germany

PV ModuleTech USA 2025

June 17
 - June 18
, 2025
Napa, USA
Energy-Storage.News is part of the Informa Markets Division of Informa PLC
This site is operated by a business or businesses owned by Informa PLC and all copyright resides with them. Informa PLC's registered office is 5 Howick Place, London SW1P 1WG. Registered in England and Wales. Number 8860726.
Copyright © 2025. All rights reserved. Informa Markets, a trading division of Informa PLC.