US President Donald Trump has banned the import of inverters, transformers and other power equipment that pose a potential risk to US grid security.

Tom Sisto, CEO of US flow battery provider XL Batteries, writes that lithium-ion batteries’ dependence on a supply chain controlled almost completely by one country is a risk that could be avoided.

Battery storage equipment manufactured by CATL and recently installed at a US Marine Corps facility has been disconnected after the raising of security concerns about the China-headquartered maker.

Recommendations for how the US can double its lithium battery revenues have been published by Department of Energy’s Li-Bridge partnership.

US National Laboratory leaders talk about the importance of the right kind of storage for the grid.